Home is the Hunter
If you missed the last one… As Robert Louis Stevenson said in “Requiem”… “Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from Read More
Tag: Strange tales
Classic Monsters in Comics: The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells (1897) was one of his genre-establishing books along with The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau and Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1930s: Odds & Ends
If you missed Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories…. For our last post on the Plant Monsters of the 1930s, we offer a potpourri of various Read More
Golden Age Islands of Terror!
Golden Age Islands of Terror! Not your vacationing hotspot but a physical cage for bad things to happen in. Islands offer the Horror/Suspense writer a Read More
Werewolf By Night!
In honor of the new Werewolf By Night television show, I thought it would be fun to look back at the old Golden Age Marvel Read More
Lovecraftian Elements in the Early Doctor Strange
The Lovecraftian elements in the early Doctor Strange comics were formative as well as fun to look for. As with all Marvel characters, Doctor Strange Read More
More Silver Age Plant Monsters
If you missed the last one… More Silver Age Plant Monsters, because they just never seem to run out! Here’s a baker’s dozen more botanical Read More
Next Stop: The Thirteenth Floor
Last year my favorite television episode was “E is For Elevator” on Evil. This segment used the old idea of the “Thirteenth Floor”, a Read More
Clark Ashton Smith Comic Adaptations
The Clark Ashton Smith comic adaptations are peppered through out the decades, with the first of them being unofficial swipes first by EC Comics then Read More
The Sea Stories of Frank Belknap Long
The Sea Stories of Frank Belknap Long form a short phase at the beginning of his career when he wrote largely for Weird Tales. FBL Read More