Naked Jungle: Leiningen Versus the Ants
Stephenson’s classic adventure tale of a man fighting an army of ants was required reading in high school for years. It is an example of Read More
Month: May 2020
The Curse of Jules de Grandin: Pierre d’Artois
The Curse of Jules de Grandin haunted one man: E. Hoffman Price (1898-1988) and his creation, Pierre d”Artois. The success of a character in a Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 2012
If you missed 2010-2011… 2012 turned out to be a pretty good year for dinosaur comics. The new Jurassic Strike Force 5 replaced Super Dinosaur Read More
Yag-kosha and The Tower of the Elephant
“The Tower of the Elephant” (Weird Tales, March 1933) by Robert E. Howard is one of the central Conan stories, set in his youth. Conan Read More
Some Odd Werewolves
Werewolves have been around since humans kept livestock, perhaps even longer. After centuries of werewolf lore, most readers think they know all there is to Read More
A Nazghul Gallery
The Ringwraiths or in the Black Speech “Nazguls” of The Lord of the Rings were the original spectral knights. From mentions in Led Zeppelin songs Read More
The James Gang: Ghost Story Writers
Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) is in my opinion the greatest of all the ghost story writers. The Cambridge don began a tradition of writing a Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Quest of Qui
Quest of Qui appeared in Doc Savage Magazine, July 1935. It was #12 in the Bantam paperback series. It also received a junior hard cover Read More
Weird Westerns and Lee Winters
The creation of the new sub-genre of Weird Westerns is not a recent thing. The first Western is considered to be Owen Wister’s The Virginian Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 2010-2011
If you missed 2006-2009… Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics finally hits the last decade: 2010-2019. The first two years saw a nice up-tick in dino-series Read More