Plant Monsters in the Comics II
If you missed the first crop… The comics grew out of the Pulps like a bud on a branch….plant metaphor enough for you? Still, it Read More
Category: Comic Books
Tolkien vs. Howard Comics
Unlike Conan and the works of Robert E. Howard, J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (forget about any of Read More
British Fantasy Comics (1955-1984)
We are going to take some liberties on this one. Many of the comics I will mention here were more historical than Fantasy but appeal Read More
Link: Gothic Gotham
In 1764, a bored English peer, no longer active in politics, builder of a fairy tale castle in the middle of Twickenham, came up with Read More
Fantasy Comics You Might Not Know
The word “fantasy” is problematic to the researcher. If you are looking for Heroic Fantasy or Sword & Sorcery or even Epic Fantasy comics with Read More
Link: The Little People: A Fantastic Thread
History has a strange way of inspiring horror writers. In the records of the Romans there is mention of a strange race that lived in Read More
Alex Nino’s Korak, Son of Tarzan
April-May 1974 something strange happened. DC’s Tarzan went from 36 pages to 100 pages! Issues #230 to 235 ballooned to giant issues of Edgar Rice Read More
Hugh Davidson, Sci-Fi Pseudonym
This post begins: Edmond Hamilton created the “Hugh Davidson” pseudonym for “Vampire Village” (Weird Tales, November 1932). I’m not sure why since he has no Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Steve Ditko (1927-2018)
Steve, along with Wally Wood, Gray Morrow and Frank Frazetta, was one of the old pros who did Sword & Sorcery comics in the late Read More
Link: Sword & Sorcery Cliche #3: The Wizard With the Unpronounceable Name
The barbarian hero hacks his way through an army of undead to finally come face-to-face with the evil necromancer who has been terrorizing the countryside. Read More