Link: Shoggoths Away!
If you watch horror or science fiction movies of any decade after the 1950s, you will see slime monsters: viscous jelly creatures that pour onto Read More
Category: Weird Tales
Tros of Samothrace: Howardian Forefather
In 1900 Mark Twain defined: “A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.” That definition comes close to Read More
Weird Tales Covers That Weren’t
Dorothy McIlwraith (1891-1976) inherited Weird Tales in 1940 when Farnsworth Wright left and died shortly afterwards. McIlwraith was a graduate of McGill University in Ontario. Read More
Link: Sing a Song of Tentacles: Mythos Poetry
H. P. Lovecraft and his two closest Mythos-writing friends, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E. Howard, all wrote poetry. It’s what people who were born Read More
Death…Ten Feet Tall: Conan Vs. The Hulking Beast
Looking at covers for the old Conan the Barbarian comics, I was struck by a few thoughts. First off, a number of covers feature Conan Read More
Anthony M. Rud and “Ooze”
This post begins: To a fan of Weird Tales Anthony M. Rud is the guy who kicked it all off. He wrote the lead story Read More
Link: Not Quite Sword & Sorcery: Early Fantasy
Robert E. Howard may have invented Sword & Sorcery with the first King Kull tale, but he was not the only author working with the Read More
The Plant Monsters of ACG
ACG pre-Code horror comics did more than just vampires and werewolves (though lots of those). Five comic stories in four years featured killer plant monsters. Read More
Link: Blue Pencils and Bloody Swords: Editors of S&S
It’s easy to discuss authors for their contributions are evident. You just have to read the stories. The great editors are harder to corral, for Read More
Pulp Artist/Comic Artist
Doing research on my favorite Pulp artists at Field Guide to Wild American Artists, I found the end of each biography was almost always “and Read More