Is That An Occult Detective Story?
It has been bothering me for some time in my study of the Ghostbreakers that some cases come very close to being occult detective story Read More
Category: Dark Worlds Quarterly
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 2000-2005
If you missed 1997-1999… The beginning of the new millennium proved to be quite a disappointment for dinosaur comic fans. The Disney film Dinosaur appeared Read More
Overcoming the Monster: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Let me tell you how I overcame a monster. A writer gets few a-ha! moments because the process of story-creating can be a murky thing. Read More
New Pulp: We Finally Got There
Twenty years ago I made it my mission to write as they did in the old days of Black Mask, Dime Detective and Thrilling Wonder Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1980s
If you missed 1978-1979…. The 1980s were another dry spell over-all for the dinosaur. Turok ended with a whimper and no great series took over Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1978-1979
If you missed 1976-1977… 1978 saw the creation of the first comic to star a real dinosaur, Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur. Sadly it only lasted Read More
Ten Little Known Ghostbreaker Facts
10. Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist started out as the idea for a ghostbreaker novel: “I set out to write a supernatural detective story…” Blatty said. Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1975
If you missed 1973-1974: 1975 was the new Golden Age of dinosaur comics with Joe Kubert leading the pack. By some strange coincidence all the Read More
The Bagheeta to The Cat People
Val Lewton (1904-1951) has become famous in monster movie circles as the creator of The Cat People (1942) and The Curse of the Cat People Read More
The Strangest Northerns: ACG Style III
If you missed Part 2… Here are the last three of the ACG Northerns. These three are post Comics Code. “The Face Behind the Ice” Read More