How I AM LEGEND Film Adaptations Miss the Point
WARNING: This post contains spoilers for the novel and the three film adaptations. The current pandemic has us all locked in our houses while our Read More
Category: Horror
Link: Dark History: Bran Mak Morn:
Robert E. Howard, more than anything, wanted to sell to Adventure Magazine. This publication of the Buttrick Co. was considered by many the best Pulp Read More
A Crash Course in Creating Monsters
Ready to start designing monsters? Take a deep breathe and….go! I like to draw my monsters when I’m designing. Not everybody has the skill, but Read More
Creatures High and Low: The Monsters of Manly Wade Wellman
Manly Wade Wellman (1905-1986) started his writing career during the hey-days of the Pulps, finding himself at home both in the science fiction magazines (Astounding) Read More
Link: Of Fish Genes & Bloodlines
H. P. Lovecraft was skilled at borrowing what he wanted from those who came before him. It was a kind of literary game to him Read More
The Ghost Hunters: Hargreaves and Sargent
C. Arthur Pearson struck success when he published two series of ghost stories as “Real Ghost Stories” by E and H. Heron in 1898 and Read More
Link: Of Shadows & Serpents – The First Sword & Sorcery Tale
When people think of 1929 they usually recall the Great Depression and “Black Tuesday” (October 29th). I prefer to think of it as the year Read More
The Cases of Jules de Grandin – Part 4
1927 saw Seabury Quinn settle into his schedule of writing regular de Grandin tales. he would write seven for this year, about one story every Read More
J. Allen St. John at Weird Tales
J. Allen St. John (1872-1957) will always be remembered first and foremost as the artist who brought the imaginative worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs to Read More
DC Comics Versus Pulps Covers
DC Comics spawned some long-running anthology comics in the 1950s including House of Mystery in Horror and Strange Adventures in Science Fiction. The editors of Read More