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
Category: Weird Tales
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
The Strangest Northerns: Frozen Hell
“Frozen Hell” is a very strange Northern. I discovered the author, Victor Rousseau (Emmanuel) (1879-?) through Science Fiction and Horror. He was the headliner for Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Marvel Tales Style
Marvel Tales #117 (August 1953) offered us a strange Northern called “Terror in the North”. The author is not known but the classic artwork is 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
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
Link: Of Serpents Men & Worms
Robert E. Howard’s Serpent Men first appeared in his Sword & Sorcery tale “The Shadow Kingdom” (Weird Tales, August 1929). As a piece of fantasy, Read More
Three Plant Monsters From Haunted
Plant monster comics go back to the 1940s. What’s easier to draw that branches or vines that catch? Pretty much every comic company used them Read More
Link: A Lesson in Squidgy History
We are creeped out by cold, slimy limbs, flesh that lacks bones. I recently experienced this feeling first-hand while snorkeling, when I got to touch Read More