Link: Sword & Sorcery Cliche No. 2: Barbarian Bikinis
I believe the movie was Spartacus (1960) with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis. In an early scene, the trainer of the gladiators is showing the Read More
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A Sax Rohmer Gallery
Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) (1883-1959) was as flamboyant a portrayal of an author as you could hope to find. A man of mystery, Read More
Early Sword & Sorcery Comics: Malu the Slave Girl
Howard Larsen is best remembered for EC Comics’ Crime Patrol though he drew for Wild Bill Hickock, Jungle Comics and others. For two short issues Read More
The Science Fiction of Donald Duck
It can be fun to read comics that were written and drawn before you were even born. Take Dell Comics for instance. Began as a Read More
Link: Sword & Sorcery Cliche No. 1: The Ming the Merciless Haircut
I am currently re-reading John Jakes’s entire Brak the Barbarian saga, and I was struck by an odd thought. Why do wizards in sword-and-sorcery always Read More
Link: DC Flirts With Sword & Sorcery – Horror Anthologies
Nightmaster failed to become DC’s first sword-and-sorcery title, but DC kept trying in the horror magazines. “The Eyes of the Basilisk” (The House of Mystery Read More
Link: DC Flirts With Sword & Sorcery – Nightmaster
Sword-and-sorcery comics have become a thing in their own right. Titles like Conan the Barbarian, The Warlord, and Red Sonja have been successful franchises spanning Read More
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
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