Fan Fury: If You Cut Me, Do I Not Bleed in Four Colors?
I have been spending the last three months on research – that essentially means taking apart scans of Pulps so that I can aggregate the Read More
Category: Fantasy
Post-Apocalyptic Heroes: Samson and Hercules
Selling a comic based on straight mythology is a tough go. Wonder Woman is an Amazon but the myths are all in the background. Same Read More
Link: The Journeys of the Viking Prince
Most Sword & Sorcery fans consider “Crom the Barbarian” by Gardener F. Fox and John Giunta (Out of This World #1, June 1950) the first Read More
Sword & Sorcery Comics Hall of Fame: Archie Goodwin
If you are going to associate a name with Sword & Sorcery comics it is usually Roy Thomas. This is ironic in that Roy has Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed and May Not Care
In our last segment I mention four great stories I would want you to enjoy. This time the sentiment is more, well if you don’t Read More
Gifts of Blood: The Fiction of Susan C. Petrey
After all the recent vampire silliness it is nice to be reminded that an author can actually do something with the idea of the vampire Read More
The Monsters of Grettir the Strong
This piece uses quotes from the Gutenberg version of Grettir the Strong. Available here. Grettir the Strong is a 13th Century heroic saga of the Read More
The Fiction of A. Merritt: The Moon Pool
Abraham Merritt was not a full-time pulp-slinger like many of the greats. He wrote in the early days of the Pulps, like Edgar Rice Burroughs, Read More
Leigh Brackett, Queen of Space
Leigh Brackett was one quarter of Space Opera’s Big Four (Edmond Hamilton, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore. These four were actually two married couples who Read More
Fantasy Tales: A Haven For Sword & Sorcery
The 1980s were not kind to Sword & Sorcery. What started as an explosion in the 1960s became a marketable sub-genre by the 1970s, but Read More