Canadian Weird Tales Writers
Canadian Weird Tales writers sounds like a very small group. Weren’t Pulp writers a bunch of hacks in crappy apartments in New York City? Their Read More
Category: Pulp Magazines
Konar the Barbarian
“Konar the Barbarian” appeared in Feature Funnies #15-18 (December 1938 to March 1939), only two-three years after Robert E. Howard’s death. Did Robert M. Hyatt Read More
Artist & Author: Hannes Bok & Others
How often is the artist also the author of a Fantasy work? After looking over a selection of J R. R. Tolkien’s own artwork for Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: George Barr (1937-)
George Barr’s art is influenced by Maxfield Parrish and his acolytes, Hannes Bok and Virgil Finlay. Like another influence, Arthur Rackham, Barr works in water Read More
Some Great Monster Stories You May Have Missed
Great monster stories you may have missed are lurking out there in old anthologies and magazines. I’ve been feeling autumnal early this year. That means Read More
Into Outer Darkness
H. Russell Wakefield (1888-1964) is the third man in a triumvirate of English ghost story writers. The first two are M. R. James and E. Read More
Wonder Woman/Conan: Sword & Sorcery Superheroes
Wonder Woman and Conan teamed up as Sword & Sorcery Superheroes a few year ago back in 2017. The rivalry that existed between Marvel and Read More
Omha Abides
Omha Abides was a novel I had never noticed before. I stumbled across a copy at a used bookstore and had to have it. The Read More
Beyond the Farthest Star: The Comic
If you missed the last one… Beyond the Farthest Star (1942) is not Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most famous book. In fact, it is a bit Read More
Der Orchideengarten: Germany’s Weird Tales
Der Orchideengarten (Phantastische Blätter) translates to The Orchids-garden: Fantastic Pages. It was a horror magazine that was published in German between 1919 and 1921. It Read More