A Christmas Carol in Comics
This post is brought to you by Ghoultide Greetings: Horror Stories For Christmas. G. W. offers up everything from Victorian style ghost stories to Cthulhu Read More
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Edmond Hamilton’s The Fire Princess
Strange Adventures is back with another Edmond Hamilton serial, “The Fire Princess” (Weird Tales, August September October 1938). In honor of our upcoming volume of Read More
The Legacy of the Tripods
H. G. Wells changed Science Fiction forever when he gave readers the first invasion of Earth by an alien race. (Along with this idea, he Read More
Thirteen Ghosts (of Celluloid)
Halloween is gone and Christmas is still a number of weeks away. I like to think of the time between October 31 and December 25 Read More
The Dragons of Archie Comics
If you missed the last one… Like humorous dragons? You can’t do any better than T. Neil Thomas’ The Masterless Assassin , which features a Read More
The Day of the Dragon
Science Fiction and Fantasy has always been on a seesaw. At one time it is considered to be worthy of the word “literature” and then Read More
Space Heroes of the Golden Age
The Space hero began in the Pulps with characters like Hawk Carse and John Hanson but were quickly adopted into the newspapers with the advent Read More
The Fearless Vampire Killers of the Pulps
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) was a Roman Polanski comedy about vampire hunters in the Hammer tradition. The idea of a brave group of men Read More
Werewolves of the Silver Age
If you missed the last one… The Silver Age of Comics begins with a general prohibition on werewolves (zombies, vampires and gore). You don’t see Read More
Top Ten Fantasy Fight Scenes From the 1980-1985
If you missed the last one… The 1980s heralded a new interest in Fantasy films, much of it driven by the anticipation then success of Read More