The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 8: The Dragon
If you missed last time… The Dragon from “Red Nails” is one of the more unusual monsters of the Hyborian Age. Like the giant snake Read More
Category: Sword & Sorcery
Second-Hand Sword & Sorcery: Avalon’s Barbarians
Reprints of 1970s material in the 1990s gave us second-hand Sword & Sorcery. Avalon Communications, a Canadian company, published two issues of Barbarians in 1998. Read More
Magic Versus Science: Campbellian Fantasy After 1943
Unknown Worlds was an important magazine for Fantasy fiction. Before its run between 1939 and 1943, the fantastic genre was found in Science Fiction magazines Read More
The Original Thongor Stories
The original Thongor stories by Lin Carter sometimes get ignored because they were not collected with the original six novels. The Thongor novels began in Read More
The Art in Heroic Fantasy Films
All great heroic fantasy films begin with talented artists conceiving the wonders that will eventually appear on the screen. Many of the comic book and Read More
Dicky in the Magic Forest
“Dicky in the Magic Forest” by Louis Golden was a comic strip that ran for 17 issues of Zip Comics. Golden, who is pretty much Read More
The Return of a Master: Lee Brown Coye
Lee Brown Coye (1907-1981) made his debut on the covers of anthologies like Arkham House’s Sleep No More (1944) before moving onto the pages of Read More
Sword & Sorcery Superheroes II: Hulk vs. Kronak
Hulk vs. Kronak! “The Sword and the Sorcerer” is not a 1980s film but another episode of Sword & Sorcery superheroes from Marvel. The Incredible Read More
The Saga of Dragonus
The Saga of Dragonus is a short but fascinating two-story entry into early Sword & Sorcery comics. These were done by Frank Brunner, an artist Read More
John Buscema’s Bront
John Buscema’s Bront was another back-up story from The Savage Sword of Conan. Like Chane of the Golden Hair, it allowed one of Marvel’s major Read More