Sherlock Holmes Parodies
Every time you turn around someone comes out with their own Sherlock Holmes novel these days. But almost from the very beginning other writers have Read More
Category: Comic Books
An Elric of Melnibone Gallery
Michael Moorcock’s albino swordsman appeared for the first time in Science Fantasy #47 (1961) in the story “The Dreaming City”. Fifty-eight years later, television finally Read More
The Adventures of Allan Quatermain
The tales of Allan Quatermain were standard reading for youngsters in the years before World War II. By 1975, when I was twelve and the Read More
Portraits of Gollum
If you are like just about every person on the planet you have this great sculpture in your office or den. We all got them Read More
Why I Read & Write Pulp
I’ve been spending a lot of time amongst the Pulps lately. And it begs the question: what is the appeal of these old, flaking, brown Read More
The Night Gawker
Occult detective spoofs date back to the 1940s with Bob Hope and Paullette Goddard in The Ghostbreakers (1940) and the Universal Abbott and Costello pictures Read More
Creating Monsters: The Morlocks
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The False Monster Tradition
This post begins: The notion that a monster should prove to be a fraud is a fairly recent idea. The warriors gathered around the scop Read More
Plant Monsters in the Comics
As early as 1940 comic book writers and artists have used the killer plant in their comics. Why not? Vines are easy to draw. Many Read More
Marvel Movie Preview #1
As the name suggests, Marvel Movie Preview #1 was the first Marvel magazine of its kind. This one-shot publication adapted Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Land Read More