Link: At the Sign of the Prancing Pony, or, Is This the Place to Start Our Adventure?
Every fantasy role-playing adventure, many sword & sorcery tales, any number of heroic fantasy comics, all seem to begin in a tavern in an inn. Read More
Category: Fantasy
Still More Bronze Age Plant Monsters III
If you missed the last one… Still More Bronze Age Plant Monsters III takes us from 1976 to 1982. These won’t be the last of Read More
Monsters of the Hyborian Age 12: Yama the Demon-King
If you missed the last one… The Great Dog of Death and Terror, Yama the Demon King Yama, the Demon-King, he of many arms, is Read More
Some Odd Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery Comics
If you missed the last one… Here are some odd Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery comics you might have missed. All the big companies (Marvel, Read More
The Broken Sword by George Barr
The Broken Sword by George Barr is a little known adaptation of Poul Anderson’s classic Heroic Fantasy novel. Anderson wrote the book in 1954 to Read More
More Robert E. Howard Pastiches
Conan the Cimmerian was the first Robert E. Howard character to be written about by others. This began when L.Sprague de Camp converted non-Conan tales Read More
Clark Ashton Smith Comic Adaptations
The Clark Ashton Smith comic adaptations are peppered through out the decades, with the first of them being unofficial swipes first by EC Comics then Read More
Moanin’ the Bavarian (1991)
“Moanin’ the Bavarian” was a Conan parody published in What the–?! #12 (May 1991). Conan parodies were not new in the early ’90s but this Read More
Heroic Fantasy Movie Comics
Previously I outlined the major Heroic Fantasy movies and shows that Sword & Sorcery fans could have watched in their youths. Many of those films Read More
Four Color Comics’ Fairy Tale Parade
If you missed the last one… Walt Kelly led the artists and writers for Dell’s Fairy Tale Parade from June-July 1942-March 1944. Much of his Read More