Link: Dark History: Bran Mak Morn:
Robert E. Howard, more than anything, wanted to sell to Adventure Magazine. This publication of the Buttrick Co. was considered by many the best Pulp Read More
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A Crash Course in Creating Monsters
This post begins: Ready to start designing monsters? Take a deep breathe and….go! I like to draw my monsters when I’m designing. Not everybody has Read More
Creatures High and Low: The Monsters of Manly Wade Wellman
Manly Wade Wellman (1905-1986) started his writing career during the hey-days of the Pulps, finding himself at home both in the science fiction magazines (Astounding) Read More
Link: Of Fish Genes & Bloodlines
H. P. Lovecraft was skilled at borrowing what he wanted from those who came before him. It was a kind of literary game to him Read More
Link: Of Shadows & Serpents – The First Sword & Sorcery Tale
When people think of 1929 they usually recall the Great Depression and “Black Tuesday” (October 29th). I prefer to think of it as the year Read More
The Cases of Jules de Grandin – Part 4
This post is brought to you by The Book of the Black Sun II by G. W. Thomas, a Cthulhu Mythos collection with a difference. Read More
J. Allen St. John at Weird Tales
J. Allen St. John (1872-1957) will always be remembered first and foremost as the artist who brought the imaginative worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs to Read More
“The Leopard’s Paw” by Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton was a Science Fiction writer who is loved for his Captain Future novels, his Star Kings and any number of other Pulp stories. Read More
DC Comics Versus Pulps Covers
DC Comics spawned some long-running anthology comics in the 1950s including House of Mystery in Horror and Strange Adventures in Science Fiction. The editors of Read More
Who Was the First Ghostbreaker? A Conversation with Christopher Lyons
G. W. Thomas: Who do you consider the first Ghostbreaker? Christopher Lyons: Bill Murray? But seriously, folks. Samuel Warren began to lay down some of Read More