In Search of a Classic: The Mummy
The Mummy as a monster was created out of ignorance. The mystique of evil Egyptian sorceries was the vagaries of human curiosity. Hieroglyphics were not Read More
Tag: A. Conan Doyle
The Cases of Jules de Grandin – Part 2
This post is brought to you by the Wild Inc. series by Jack Mackenzie. Enjoy Pulp tales of a band of heroes who defeat the Read More
Murder in Mesopotamia
Murder in Mesopotamia is as close as Agatha Christie ever came to writing an autobiographical mystery. Her unpublished novel Unfinished Portrait (1934) as Mary Westmacott, Read More
The Genuine Article: Detective Comics
Comics based on famous detective characters are not uncommon. Sherlock Holmes alone has dozens in many languages. But what is rarer, and the focus of Read More
The Hound of Death: The Supernatural Works of Agatha Christie
THE INVISIBLE WORLD It is natural for readers of supernatural fiction to wonder what beliefs an author might hold. Do they believe in ghosts? Vampires? Read More
The Science Fiction of Donald Duck
It can be fun to read comics that were written and drawn before you were even born. Take Dell Comics for instance. Began as a Read More
The Illustrators of The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle was famous already. He was the creator of Sherlock Holmes and he could have rested on those laurels (and big bucks) forever. Read More
The Monster Genre II
My obsession with monsters is well known. You can dribble on about H. G. Wells and Socialism, his work for Humankind until you’re blue in Read More
Guy de Maupassant Comics in the Golden and Silver Age
Guy de Maupassant is a master of the short story. He wrote several Horror story classics as well including his masterpiece, “The Horla” (1881). These Read More
Sherlock Holmes: The Reluctant Ghostbreaker
When one speaks of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, visions of foggy London streets, hansom cabs, the Diogenes Club and the dim-witted bobbies from Scotland Read More