The Thongor Comics: Creatures on the Loose #23
If you missed the last one… Creatures on the Loose #23 (May 1973) literally changed the course of my life. That sounds pretty hyperbolic for Read More
Category: H. P. Lovecraft
Frank Belknap Long – Part 3: 1950-2016
Part 1 Part 2 Frank Belknap Long was a veteran Pulpster by 1950. He had written for Weird Tales, Astounding Science-Fiction and many other Pulps. Read More
The Comics of Henry Kuttner
The comics of Henry Kuttner have been forgotten by fans. As a successful Science Fiction writer who had hopes of breaking into Hollywood, these early Read More
The Monster Bats and Harpies of Marvel’s Conan
Wings & Warriors Gigantic monsters bats and sinister harpies take on Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian. The original Conan fiction of Robert E. Howard did feature Read More
Steffan B. Aletti in the Lowdnes Magazines
Steffan B. Aletti in the Lowdnes magazines of the late 1960s is a good example of the renewed interest in H. P. Lovecraft and the Read More
Spotted Satan, A Jungle Horror
Two Old Pros “Spotted Satan” was a jungle horror-adventure that appeared in one of the final Farnsworth Wright issues of Weird Tales (January 1940). The Read More
Fritz Leiber in Weird Tales
Fritz Leiber’s appearances in Weird Tales are both surprising and disappointing. As an outer member of the Lovecraft Circle, it was only natural that Leiber Read More
Charles Beaumont, Artist!
Like Damon Knight, Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) began his career in the fantastic as an artist. Of course, he wasn’t known as Beaumont yet but by Read More
Michael C. Norton’s The Blizzard
Michael C. Norton’s The Blizzard (1988) is the first in what will be a long summer of 1980s Horror novels. The people to blame are Read More
Here Comes the Bride!
Here comes the bride… and boy, is she a beauty! The Golden Age of Horror Comics loved a good wedding. Here are thirteen unlucky nuptials Read More