The Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Earl Norem (1923-2015)
Earl Norem began his career as an illustrator after serving in World War II. He was incredibly prolific, doing work for men’s magazines, trading cards, Read More
Category: Superheroes
Manly Wade Wellman Part 2 (1941-1943)
If you miss it: Part 1 (1927-1940). The early 1940s were busy for Manly as he wrote Pulps and comics. Wellman wrote comics for Fawcett, Read More
The Domino Effect
There are many types of masks. Masks have been employed throughout human history to disguise identity or to represent the presence of a mythical creature Read More
Link: The End of a Beautiful Friendship: Creators’ Rights
The fight over creators’ rights seems like ancient lore these days, but for those of us who remember Destroyer Duck and all the fuss that Read More
Link: Lois Lane, Jungle Girl
The early days of superheroes were pretty simple. You created a weird character and you threw villains at him. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman; they just Read More
Link: Lena Thorul, Jungle Princess
The 1960s get a lot of press for being a time of civil unrest, counter culture, and music. Another thing it was, was a time Read More
Link: While You Wait (for Superman) Classics: Dr. Occult
In 1935, while waiting to sell Superman to the comic strip syndicates, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created other comics to sell to the fledgling Read More
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
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
The Fate of Science Fiction According to Barry N. Malzberg
Below is an editorial called “The Malzberg Predictions” from E-Genre Weekly, July 20, 2001. by G. W. Thomas I just finished Barry N. Malzberg’s book, Read More