The Call of Cthulhu: A Fan’s Declaration
Howard Phillips Lovecraft began his horror classic, “The Call of Cthulhu” (Weird Tales, February 1928) with: “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, Read More
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Hal K(ertan) Wells, Science Fiction Dabbler
Hal Kertan Wells (1899-1979) was a Pulpster who wrote largely for the Mystery and Shudder Pulp magazines along with Detective, Western and Sports stories. (He Read More
Jack Williamson in Weird Tales
Jack Williamson (1908-2006) is considered one of the great pioneers of quality Science Fiction. He, like his buddy Edmond Hamilton, had the strange idea of Read More
Solomon Kane: The Weird Tales Adaptations
Solomon Kane is an iconic character. When Hugh Jackman plays a descendant of Abraham van Helsing, he looks like Kane. That austere warrior in the Read More
Boris Dolgov: Weird Tales Artist
Being an artist for Weird Tales was not a fast track to fame and fortune. It is only in retrospect that names like Hugh Rankin, Read More
Jules de Grandin, Pulp Superstar
Who was the most popular author of Weird Tales in its four decades in publication, from 1923 to 1954 ? H. P. Lovecraft, the creator Read More
The Original Conan Art
The original Conan by Robert E. Howard appeared largely in Weird Tales. Because of this, the artists of Weird Tales are intrinsically linked to the Read More
The First Mythos Images
I came across Hannes Bok’s illustration for H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and this got me thinking, “Is this the very first interpretation Read More