The Definition of Sword & Sorcery
I don’t waste much time on defining Sword & Sorcery but it seems to be a thing again on the Internet. Men like Lin Carter Read More
Category: Sword & Sorcery
T. Neil Thomas Book Launch @ Books & Co.
RAGE machine author, T. Neil Thomas, will be launching his new book The Journeys and Travails of the Masterless Apprentice. Where you ask! Books & Read More
Galahad – Heroic Fantasy Hero
Every anthology comic book had a set of standard “types” of characters to be used in their strips. These included the superhero (based off of Read More
The Golden Knight
The Golden Knight was a series character who first appeared in Fantastic Comics #1. He ran until #20 then had a final episode in The Read More
Top Ten Favorite Swords in Heroic Fantasy
The enchanted sword has been a part of heroic fantasy since the beginning. Beowulf slays Grendel’s mother with an elder blade he conveniently finds in Read More
John Gregory Betancourt’s Hercules
A new series of Hercules tales in 1997 could only mean Tor Books was willing to gamble on the popularity of another Hercules. Kevin Sorbo Read More
Fantasy Isle – Fantasy Comic Pioneer
“Fantasy Isle” was an experiment in Fantasy comics that appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies. This anthology book from Centaur Publications ran from August 1938 to Read More
Siegfried and the Dragon
Whether you call him Siegfried (in the German The Nibelungenlied) or Sigurd (the Völsunga saga, and the Poetic Edda), it doesn’t really matter. He fights Read More
Invisible Monsters in Weird Tales
Invisible monsters in Weird Tales would be a long list if I included every reference to “invisible bonds” or the feeling of being watched by Read More
Alberta Connections to Pulps and Comics
On August 19th I gave this talk to an audience at the Central Alberta Fanfest. I figured after all that research, why not make a Read More