Adventures Underground
Adventures Underground! What an amazing place to tell a story. Jules Verne chose it well when he wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth Read More
Category: Fantasy
Atlantis: The Pulp Years – Part 1: 1910-1920s
Atlantis flourished during The Pulp Years, 1923-1954. In L. Sprague de Camp’s Lost Continents (1954) he discusses the romantic novels of the 1880-90s, then follows Read More
The History of Fantasy – Homeric Comics
Homeric Comics are a thing. Really. Amazing Mystery Funnies #20 (May 1940) presented this one-page filler: The unknown author really wants to make the point Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1930s: Odds & Ends
If you missed Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories…. For our last post on the Plant Monsters of the 1930s, we offer a potpourri of various Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren -Part 5: 1973
If you missed 1972…. Sword &Sorcery at Warren in 1973 continues with Esteban Maroto and Dax taking the show. In fact, with Sword & Sorcery Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1940s
If you missed the last one… The 1940s saw a variety of Science Fiction and Horror magazines use plants in different ways. Sometimes they were Read More
The Plant Monsters of Astounding
If you missed the Plant Monsters of Hugo Gernsback, go here… The Plant Monsters of Astounding continues our look at 1930s Science Fiction. Weird Tales Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 4: 1972
If you missed 1971… Sword & Sorcery at Warren in 1972 could have been called “The Year of Maroto”. Esteban Maroto, with his luxurious style, Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 3: 1971
If you missed 1970… Sword & Sorcery at Warren in 1971 saw a full ledger of S&S artists. Many of these wrote their own stories, Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 2: 1970
If you missed the 1960s… Sword & Sorcery at Warren was picking up steam. James Warren now had three magazines with the premiere of Vampirella. Read More