The Horror Holiday of Al Avison
The Horror Holiday of Al Avison was a break from other kinds of comics. Al Avison is known in comics for his work on superhero Read More
Category: Strange Northerns
Victorian and Edwardian Dinosaurs
I saw 65 last night and enjoyed the dinosaurs in it thoroughly. As to be expected there were Jurassic Park moments in it, but not Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Mystery of the Ghost Gold
“The Mystery of the Ghost Gold” is the lead novella in the collection The Long Arm of the Law (1948) by William Byron Mowery. The Read More
The Ghoul Gallery – A Golden Age Gathering
I stole the title of Hugh B. Cave’s “The Ghoul Gallery” (Weird Tales, June 1932) because it makes my point nicely. The story is about Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1920
The Fantastic in the Argosy in the 1920s makes sense after looking at Argosy in the 1930s. If you missed the 1930s, go here. No Read More
The Monsters of Jay Disbrow
The Monsters of Jay Disbrow is probably the best thing to come from the 1950s comics. Jack Kirby created a million different gigantic creatures, but, Read More
Time Machine Problems: Writing Historical Pulp
Writing Historical Pulp has its challenges. And its rewards. I quite enjoy small Pulp and comic book surprises in television shows and movies when they Read More
The Illustrated Jack London
The name Jack London immediately conjures visions of the Klondike: dogsleds, gold mines and men and women trapped in the Darwinian struggle to survive against Read More
December’s Shivery Hand Upon Us II
Two years ago I suggested some different ghost story collections for your Christmas reading pleasure. I won’t go into how Christmas used to be the Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1940
If you missed the last one… Plenty of series continued into 1940. William Gray Beyer had two more installments in the Minion series, Eric North Read More