The Seven Comics of Sinbad
There’s going to be Ray Harryhausen in this piece. You just know it… Check this out….a Sinbad comic strip! Ray started it all with The Read More
Month: January 2020
Link: Marga the Panther Woman
Jungle lords were nothing new in 1940. Edgar Rice Burroughs created Tarzan in 1914. Johnny Weissmuller had been playing him in the movies since 1932. Read More
Link: The Legion of Space: Lest We Forget
We live in a world that ignores its past. “Everything old is new again” is a kinder way to say it. Even Science Fiction does Read More
Mark of the Monster: Jack Williamson’s Lovecraftian Lapse
In a 2000 interview with Jayme Lynn Blaske, Jack Williamson was asked this question: “Have you ever had a story published, and afterwards wished you 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
Zudo the Jungle Boy
Zudo was another short-lived jungle boy, in the tradition of Bomba, who had adventures with his pet lion, Lao. The strip was drawn by Ken Read More
Link: Jeff Rice and Kolchak
Today is a good day to be a horror writer, whether in print or comics. If your work gets picked up by a cable network, 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
The Strangest Northerns: Charlton Style
“Deep Freeze” appeared in The Thing #11 (November-December 1953). It was written by Carl Memling and drawn by Bob Forgione and Vince Alascia. It is Read More
The Sword & Sorcery of Clark Ashton Smith
Sword & Sorcery as an idea never existed back in 1936. I chose that date because it was the year Robert E. Howard killed himself. Read More