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
Category: Fantasy
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
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 1: The 1960s
Sword & Sorcery at Warren is a tale of a sub rosa movement within another genre. James Warren’s black & white magazines were an innovation Read More
Monsters Unleashed – Hidden Sword & Sorcery
Monsters Unleashed, the black-and-white magazine from Marvel was a trove of hidden Sword & Sorcery. The original goal of the 1973 publications Dracula Lives, Monster Read More
Link: Norvell W. Page: Wan Tengri – Prester John
While Fritz Leiber was creating a boisterous style of Sword & Sorcery based upon E. R. Eddison and James Branch Cabell, Norvell W. Page wrote Read More
The Illustrated Jack London
The name Jack London immediately conjures visions of the Klondike: dogsleds, gold mines and men and women trapped in the Darwinian struggle to survive against Read More
Link: L. Sprague de Camp 2: Hyborian Times
As mentioned in an earlier post, L. Sprague de Camp attempted to turn Sword & Sorcery down a logical, Science Fictional route (ala John W. Read More
Link: James Allison: Dreaming of the Past
Robert E. Howard produced several series: Solomon Kane, Kull of Valusia, Bran Mak Morn, and finally Conan the Cimmerian, all existing more or less in Read More