Link: At the Sign of the Prancing Pony, or, Is This the Place to Start Our Adventure?
Every fantasy role-playing adventure, many sword & sorcery tales, any number of heroic fantasy comics, all seem to begin in a tavern in an inn. Read More
Category: J. R. R. Tolkien
The Broken Sword by George Barr
The Broken Sword by George Barr is a little known adaptation of Poul Anderson’s classic Heroic Fantasy novel. Anderson wrote the book in 1954 to Read More
More Robert E. Howard Pastiches
Conan the Cimmerian was the first Robert E. Howard character to be written about by others. This began when L.Sprague de Camp converted non-Conan tales Read More
Jamesian Complaint II: Not at Night
If you missed the last one… In “Ghosts– Treat Them Gently!” (Evening News, 17 April 1931) , M. R James writes: On the whole, then, Read More
Four Color Comics’ Fairy Tale Parade
If you missed the last one… Walt Kelly led the artists and writers for Dell’s Fairy Tale Parade from June-July 1942-March 1944. Much of his Read More
Sword & Sorcery in Star-Studded Comics
Sword & Sorcery was not the original theme in Star-Studded Comics. It was superheroes. The early issues of this fan-published comic published by the Texas Read More
The Matter of Britain & Fantasy
I am currently reading Mike Ashley’s excellent A Brief History King Arthur (aka The Mammoth Book of King Arthur, 2005). Ashley does a great job Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed X
If you missed the last one… Sword & Sorcery stories you might have missed can be found in many different places. Last time it was Read More
Sword & Sorcery Comic Strips
If you would have asked me what was the oldest Sword & Sorcery comic strip I would have said The Sword of Shannara. And I Read More
Lin Carter’s Grail Undwin Stories
Lin Carter’s Grail Undwin stories appeared in three paperbacks between 1978-1980. According to Lin: …The author writes that she lives in an old stone house Read More