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The Gothic in Sword & Sorcery

September 24, 2020 G. W. Thomas 6

Pulp Origins Sword & Sorcery, from its very first story in 1929 was steeped in the Gothic. Robert E. Howard published “The Shadow Kingdom” in Read More

The Northern Thing: Artists of the Golden Age

September 19, 2020 G. W. Thomas 1

Robert E. Howard and J. R. R. Tolkien shared one thing for sure: a love of “the Northern thing”. The two giants of heroic fantasy Read More

Artist & Author: Hannes Bok & Others

September 9, 2020 G. W. Thomas 2

How often is the artist also the author of a Fantasy work? After looking over a selection of J R. R. Tolkien’s own artwork for Read More

The Polar Bears of Fantasy

September 7, 2020 G. W. Thomas 0

Polar bears as creatures of Fantasy have not had the widespread exposure that other animals have. I suspect this is because J. R. R. Tolkien Read More

Clawfang the Barbarian

July 5, 2020 G. W. Thomas 0

Clawfang the Barbarian wins the silver medal in the Valhalla of Sword & Sorcery comics. As most know today, the first comic character to bear Read More

Giant Spiders in Weird Tales

June 24, 2020 G. W. Thomas 0

Giant Spiders! The recent J. R. R. Tolkien movies (as well as Harry Potter films) have made giant spiders quite well known. If you are Read More

Heroic Fantasy Films and Television Pre-1982

June 21, 2020 G. W. Thomas 0

In 1982, Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian was brought to the big screen in a film featuring Arnold Schwartzenegger. The success of Conan the Read More