Der Orchideengarten: Germany’s Weird Tales
Der Orchideengarten (Phantastische Blätter) translates to The Orchids-garden: Fantastic Pages. It was a horror magazine that was published in German between 1919 and 1921. It Read More
Category: Weird Tales
Link: Of Serpents Men & Worms
Robert E. Howard’s Serpent Men first appeared in his Sword & Sorcery tale “The Shadow Kingdom” (Weird Tales, August 1929). As a piece of fantasy, Read More
Three Plant Monsters From Haunted
Plant monster comics go back to the 1940s. What’s easier to draw that branches or vines that catch? Pretty much every comic company used them Read More
A Tom Sutton Cover Gallery
Tom Sutton(1937-2002) is without exception my favorite artist at Charlton. He, of course, drew for Warren and Marvel too. He also did a few for Read More
Link: A Lesson in Squidgy History
We are creeped out by cold, slimy limbs, flesh that lacks bones. I recently experienced this feeling first-hand while snorkeling, when I got to touch Read More
The Terror Garden: The Growing Terror
The Terror Garden has looked at plant monsters in past posts. Today it is “The Growing Terror” from Suspense #19 (June 1952). (And as I Read More
Link: Fear Factor: Using Childhood Fears in Mythos Fiction
Sometimes, the day job gives you pearls. I was sitting in a seminar on Childhood Anxiety when I realized I was looking at something important Read More
H. P. Lovecraft’s The Mound, At Last….
A Story With a History “The Mound” by Zelia Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft is one of the last Lovecraft Mythos stories to see print. Read More
Beyond the Past – Mythos Miniature
“Beyond the Past” from Charlton’s The Thingg #11 (November-December 1953) is the first Mythos piece I have found since Dr. Styx. That comic appeared eight Read More
The Vampire Stories of Hugh B. Cave
The vampire stories of Hugh B. Cave form a small part of his Horror fiction. He wrote them while still quite young, twenty-two and three. Read More