Link: Of Serpents Men & Worms
Robert E. Howard’s Serpent Men first appeared in his Sword & Sorcery tale “The Shadow Kingdom” (Weird Tales, August 1929). As a piece of fantasy, Read More
Category: Dark Worlds Quarterly
Link: Artists of the Cthulhu Mythos: Stanley Sargent
Stanley C. Sargent was born and raised in Beavercreek, Ohio (suburb of Dayton). He then moved to San Francisco to be a hippie and find Read More
Link: Artists of the Cthulhu Mythos: Toren Atkinson
Toren G. Atkinson is something of a Mythos “Renaissance Man”: artist, musician, promoter and editor, he is also one funny guy to talk to. He Read More
The Barbarian and the Line
The Barbarian and the Line belong together. The heroic figure offers the fantastic artist such a pleasure of riches. I remember encountering such sketches for Read More
Three Plant Monsters From Haunted
Plant monster comics go back to the 1940s. What’s easier to draw that branches or vines that catch? Pretty much every comic company used them Read More
Dark Worlds Podcast 2: Derrick Ferguson
Derrick Ferguson is a writer from Brooklyn, New York. Best known for his Dillon novels, Ferguson is unabashedly a pulp writer. We sat down to Read More
Link: A Lesson in Squidgy History
We are creeped out by cold, slimy limbs, flesh that lacks bones. I recently experienced this feeling first-hand while snorkeling, when I got to touch Read More
More H. P. Lovecraft and Charlton Comics
Charlton Comics in the 1970s wasn’t immune to the power of H. P. Lovecraft. Both Marvel and DC had their dalliances, why not Charlton? Tom Read More
The Terror Garden: The Growing Terror
The Terror Garden has looked at plant monsters in past posts. Today it is “The Growing Terror” from Suspense #19 (June 1952). (And as I Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Neal Adams (1941-2022)
Adams is one of a core of pros who promoted S&S comics in their infancy along with Frank Frazetta and Wally Wood. Oddly though he Read More