The Big Five in the Comics
The Big Five The Big Five of the Storytellers were all authors of adventure fiction but they were also writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy or Read More
Category: Movies
Harry Harrison… Beware!
Harry Harrison… Beware! Not of Harry Harrison’s writing because that’s excellent. Beware he drew horror strips for more than just EC Comics. While he and 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
Undead and Unleashed!
Undead and Unleashed! Marvel in the Bronze Age gathered the undead and unliving monsters of Robert E. Howard (and pastichers like L. Sprague de Camp 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
Before Star Trek There Was Pulp!
Before Star Trek there was Pulp! Here are three dozen different ideas seen on Star Trek the original series, Star Trek The Next Generation and Read More
Ova Hamlet: The Sound of Distant Memory
Ova Hamlet The Ova Hamlet stories of Richard A. Lupoff appeared in Ted White’s Fantastic (1969-1975). There were nine stories, each a strange milestone on Read More
The Art in Heroic Fantasy Films
All great heroic fantasy films begin with talented artists conceiving the wonders that will eventually appear on the screen. Many of the comic book and Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Fish-Men of Arctica
“Fish-Men of Arctica” by John Miller Gregory appeared in the hard-to-find Miracle Science and Fantasy Stories (June-July 1931) from Adventure House. This Pulp lasted two Read More
Frank Belknap Long’s The Man With a Thousand Legs
Weird Tales Premiere Frank Belknap Long‘s “The Man With a Thousand Legs” first appeared in Weird Tales, August 1927, where it received a wonderful illustration Read More