The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 5: Thak the Apeman
In case you missed the last monster… “Rogues in the House” (Weird Tales, January 1934) was the seventh Conan story Howard sold. It is set Read More
Tag: Dark Horse Comics
Comic Book Adaptations of The Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Comic book adaptions of The Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1919) seems like a no-brainer. Not only do the short episodes lend themselves to single issue Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Wendy Pini (1951-)
Wendy Pini got her start doing covers for SF digests like Galileo and Galaxy. She also made a splash in 1973 dressing up as Red Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 2: Satha the Giant Snake
If you missed last time… Satha the giant snake of the Hyborian Age is as iconic as the other frequent Howard baddie, the gorilla. Satha Read More
Favorite Frankenstein Covers 1945-2015
If you subscribe to this blog, you will have received a crappy version of this piece. My Yoast Plugin ate it before it went out Read More
Pigeons From Hell: Horror Masterpiece
Robert E. Howard will always be the father of Sword & Sorcery. He created Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, King Kull, and finally, Conan the Read More
King Kull Covers
Conan the Barbarian will always be Robert E. Howard’s top dog but there are those of us who enjoy Kull just as much. (In Robert Read More
Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Comics
In a previous post, we looked at the Pulp illustrations of Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd & Gray Mouser. This time we will look at the comic Read More
Michael Kaluta’s Monsters and Machines
Michael W. Kaluta is famous for his horror covers in the 1970s, his Fantasy art both in and out of comics, for The Shadow, and Read More
Helheim: A Review
Oni Press$3.99 an issueWritten by Cullen BunnArt by Joelle JonesColor by Nick FilardiLettered by Ed BrissonDesigned by Keith WoodEdited by Charles Chu Note: I have Read More