Moon Maids
Exploration and adventures on our Moon have been around for a while but there is a special place for beautiful women who come from that Read More
Exploration and adventures on our Moon have been around for a while but there is a special place for beautiful women who come from that Read More
This is the first in a series of posts about the original 196os-1970s Conan paperbacks. I haven’t worried about Howard versus pastichers or any of Read More
A few posts back I looked at Space Pirates in Pulp magazines. The comic books weren’t far behind. There really isn’t much difference visually between Read More
If you missed the last one… We are back for more Vikings rampaging through the comics with lost colonies filled with strange enemies. (None of Read More
In 1952, Frank Frazetta drew the first issue of Thun’Da King of the Congo, showing the right way to do comics about lost worlds. The Read More
Clinton Pettee immortalized the image of the hero astride the back of a lion caught in a titanic struggle. That was for the cover of Read More
I don’t waste much time on defining Sword & Sorcery but it seems to be a thing again on the Internet. Men like Lin Carter Read More
The enchanted sword has been a part of heroic fantasy since the beginning. Beowulf slays Grendel’s mother with an elder blade he conveniently finds in Read More
On August 19th I gave this talk to an audience at the Central Alberta Fanfest. I figured after all that research, why not make a Read More
Jeffrey Catherine Jones did some early Sword & Sorcery comics before and after the rise of old Conan. Some of these comics aren’t pure S&S Read More