Early Marvel Mythos
In 2008, Marvel did Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft with adaptations of the Old Gentleman from Providence. But this wasn’t Marvel’s first go at the Mythos. Read More
Category: Sword & Sorcery
The Black God’s Kiss: Jirel of Joiry
C. L. Moore was famous in several ways, first as a writer of space opera, then as half of the Science Fiction team “Lewis Padgett”. Read More
Dennis More and the Tales of a Wandering Bard
In October 1975 an unknown writer named Dennis More appeared in Ted White’s Fantastic, his first tale garnering the cover by Marcus Boaz. The story Read More
Sword & Sorcery Favorites You Might Have Missed
After you’ve read the Howard Conans a hundred times, and the Michael Moorcocks are wearing thin, you might start to think Sword & Sorcery has Read More
De Camp & Carter: The Early Conan Pastiches
In 1966, Lancer Books began publishing their purple-edged paperbacks with Conan the Adventurer. This first volume contained only Robert E. Howard originals and one re-write Read More
Mike Kaluta’s Conan
I love when interesting artists take on Robert E. Howard’s most famous swordsman. This isn’t a slight on John Buscema/Ernie Chan/Tony DeZuniga/Alfred Alcala. I love Read More
Classic Interview: Jessica Amanda Salmonson
“I have high expectations of heroic fantasy. I don’t believe it has to be the endless barrage of hastily written imitations whose themes, characters, plots, Read More
Brak the Barbarian: A History
The Barbarian Age was not a remote time after the fall of Rome but the years 1968 to 1981 or so. Beginning with the Lancer Read More
A Cowboy, A Space Captain, a Private Detective and a Barbarian Walk Into a Bar…
That could be the beginnings of a really lame joke, but it’s something more. All four of these characters, these separate genre icons, share something Read More
Sword & Sorcery versus Sword & Planet
A swordsman, his arms bearing red wounds, limps across a battlefield covered in bodies. His helmet is gone; his shield is broken. The flag of Read More