Artists of Sword & Sorcery: George Barr (1937-)
George Barr’s art is influenced by Maxfield Parrish and his acolytes, Hannes Bok and Virgil Finlay. Like another influence, Arthur Rackham, Barr works in water Read More
Category: Fantasy
Wonder Woman/Conan: Sword & Sorcery Superheroes
Wonder Woman and Conan teamed up as Sword & Sorcery Superheroes a few year ago back in 2017. The rivalry that existed between Marvel and Read More
Link: Of Serpents Men & Worms
Robert E. Howard’s Serpent Men first appeared in his Sword & Sorcery tale “The Shadow Kingdom” (Weird Tales, August 1929). As a piece of fantasy, Read More
Link: Artists of the Cthulhu Mythos: Stanley Sargent
Stanley C. Sargent was born and raised in Beavercreek, Ohio (suburb of Dayton). He then moved to San Francisco to be a hippie and find Read More
Link: Artists of the Cthulhu Mythos: Toren Atkinson
Toren G. Atkinson is something of a Mythos “Renaissance Man”: artist, musician, promoter and editor, he is also one funny guy to talk to. He Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Frank Aubrey Style
Frank Aubrey (1847-1927) is a 19th Century writer who deserves to be better remembered. He’s the guy who gave the worlds of Fantasy the killer Read More
A Tom Sutton Cover Gallery
Tom Sutton(1937-2002) is without exception my favorite artist at Charlton. He, of course, drew for Warren and Marvel too. He also did a few for Read More
Link: A Lesson in Squidgy History
We are creeped out by cold, slimy limbs, flesh that lacks bones. I recently experienced this feeling first-hand while snorkeling, when I got to touch Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Neal Adams (1941-2022)
Adams is one of a core of pros who promoted S&S comics in their infancy along with Frank Frazetta and Wally Wood. Oddly though he Read More
Stanley G. Weinbaum: Science Fiction Superstar
Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902-1935) was the first superstar of Science Fiction. His debut story, “A Martian Odyssey”, appeared in Hugo Gernsback’s Wonder Stories in July Read More