Link: Lord Baltimore, A Confessional
They say confession is good for the soul. I suppose it is not customary to admit when you are jealous. We like to pretend we Read More
Category: Comic Books
Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Comics
In a previous post, we looked at the Pulp illustrations of Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd & Gray Mouser. This time we will look at the comic Read More
Link: Posthumous Collaborations: Dollars From the Grave
I was reading an old Tangent Online interview with Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton and I was struck by something. Here’s what they were talking Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Gray Morrow (1934-2001)
Gray Morrow (1934-2001) was one of the early cheerleaders for Sword & Sorcery along with Wally Wood and Frank Frazetta. He was one of the Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Nyoka Style
May 1947 gave us Nyoka the Jungle Girl #7 and a three-part adventure in the Arctic. Now if you aren’t familiar with Nyoka, she is Read More
DC Comics Versus Pulps Covers
DC Comics spawned some long-running anthology comics in the 1950s including House of Mystery in Horror and Strange Adventures in Science Fiction. The editors of Read More
Wrath of the Gods by Willie Patterson
Michael Moorcock has mistakenly been attributed with writing the comic “Wrath of the Gods”, but Moorcock’s job at Boys’ World was to write text features Read More
American Heroic Fantasy Graphic Novels
The term “Graphic Novel’ was coined in November 1964 by Richard Kyle in the pages of the fanzine, Alpha-Cappa. It started to get more traction Read More
Gulliver’s Covers
Gulliver’s Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift is a classic that is rarely appreciated beyond its adventure roots. Swift’s satire pokes fun at politics, science, technology, Read More
Jungle Jimmy Olsen
The first Tarzan film, starring Elmo Lincoln, was 1918, a silent movie. By 1956, Gordon Scott had replaced Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker. The average Read More