Marvel Comics Salutes Canada!
Marvel Comics salutes Canada on this 154th Canada Day. I can still remember being a twelve year-old kid living in Dawson Creek, BC and opening Read More
Category: Comic Books
The Big Five in the Comics
The Big Five The Big Five of the Storytellers were all authors of adventure fiction but they were also writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy or Read More
Harry Harrison… Beware!
Harry Harrison… Beware! Not of Harry Harrison’s writing because that’s excellent. Beware he drew horror strips for more than just EC Comics. While he and Read More
Welcome to Room 1313
Welcome to Room 1313. The summer is fast approaching and a nice holiday is just what you need after a year without travel. You should Read More
Undead and Unleashed!
Undead and Unleashed! Marvel in the Bronze Age gathered the undead and unliving monsters of Robert E. Howard (and pastichers like L. Sprague de Camp Read More
Ova Hamlet: The Sound of Distant Memory
Ova Hamlet The Ova Hamlet stories of Richard A. Lupoff appeared in Ted White’s Fantastic (1969-1975). There were nine stories, each a strange milestone on Read More
Plant Monsters in the Comics III
If you missed last time… Well, it’s allergy season again and green is to be seen everywhere. The comics always seemed to do plant monster Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 8: The Dragon
If you missed last time… The Dragon from “Red Nails” is one of the more unusual monsters of the Hyborian Age. Like the giant snake Read More
Second-Hand Sword & Sorcery: Avalon’s Barbarians
Reprints of 1970s material in the 1990s gave us second-hand Sword & Sorcery. Avalon Communications, a Canadian company, published two issues of Barbarians in 1998. Read More
Caveman Hero Comics
Caveman Hero Comics had a strong tradition to follow. In literature, particularly Pulp and Children’s, there were heroes who were prehistoric men. Caveman literature dates Read More