Coming Next Week: Sword & Sorcery Round Table Podcast
Early next week we will be releasing Session #1 of the Dark Worlds Quarterly Sword & Sorcery Round Table podcast with Scott Oden, John R. Read More
Category: Fantasy
Mike Ploog at Warren
Before Mike Ploog made a supernatural splash at Marvel drawing The Monster of Frankenstein and Werewolf By Night, he drew four pieces for the horror Read More
Sword & Sorcery Break & Enter
There is a small group of Sword & Sorcery tales that involve a hero in a break & enter into a wizard’s domicile. This is Read More
The Many Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
“The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune” first appeared in Weird Tales in September 1929. It received an illustration by Hugh Rankin. (Rankin signed it DOAK because Read More
The Illustrators of Ted White’s Fantastic
This is “The Illustrators of Ted White’s Fantastic” but it could have been called “How I Learned to Draw in Columns”. Ted White took over Read More
Manly Wade Wellman Shazam Text Stories
Manly Wade Wellman wrote several text stories for Fawcett Comics during his tenure on the Captain Marvel comics. In Whiz Comics #25-30, he explored the Read More
Manly Wade Wellman Part 4 (1950-1959)
If you missed Part3 (Late 1940s) Manly Wade Wellman’s career continued on in the Pulps, but slowly over the years he transitioned into the historical Read More
The Monster Story
Origins Originally I was going to start this with “The Monster Story begins with Frankenstein” but with a little more thought I realized something. It Read More
Conan Novels
The Conan Novels have their own history alongside that of Robert E. Howard and his famous Cimmerian. Even if you never saw a copy of Read More
The Arthur W. Saha Year’s Best Fantasy
Arthur W. Saha (1923-1999) was editor for DAW’s Year’s Best Fantasy #7-14 (1981-1988). The previous editor had been Lin Carter, whose selections leaned towards Sword Read More