The Weird Tales of Galen C. Colin
Galen C. Colin (1890-1973) wrote for the early Weird Tales. He later went onto write dozens of Westerns, mostly for Wild West Weekly. Those early Read More
Category: Sword & Sorcery
Historical Sword & Sorcery
Robert E. Howard muddied the waters when he created Solomon Kane, his first historical Sword & Sorcery series. By definition, heroic fantasy is set in Read More
The Northern Thing: Artists of the Golden Age
Robert E. Howard and J. R. R. Tolkien shared one thing for sure: a love of “the Northern thing”. The two giants of heroic fantasy Read More
Conan the Described
Robert E. Howard described his most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, not in minute detail but more like a force of nature. In his first Read More
Konar the Barbarian
“Konar the Barbarian” appeared in Feature Funnies #15-18 (December 1938 to March 1939), only two-three years after Robert E. Howard’s death. Did Robert M. Hyatt Read More
Artist & Author: Hannes Bok & Others
How often is the artist also the author of a Fantasy work? After looking over a selection of J R. R. Tolkien’s own artwork for Read More
Sword and Sorcery Stories You May Have Missed V
Sword & Sorcery stories by women are under-represented on this blog. That was never my intent. The field was dominated by men from 1920s to Read More
The Polar Bears of Fantasy
Polar bears as creatures of Fantasy have not had the widespread exposure that other animals have. I suspect this is because J. R. R. Tolkien Read More
Charles Saunders: 1946-2020
Guest blogger Derrick Ferguson on the passing of Charles Saunders: It’s been a couple of days since Charles Saunders passed away. In those couple of Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: George Barr (1937-)
George Barr’s art is influenced by Maxfield Parrish and his acolytes, Hannes Bok and Virgil Finlay. Like another influence, Arthur Rackham, Barr works in water Read More