Favorite Frankenstein Covers 1945-2015
If you subscribe to this blog, you will have received a crappy version of this piece. My Yoast Plugin ate it before it went out Read More
Is That An Occult Detective Story?
It has been bothering me for some time in my study of the Ghostbreakers that some cases come very close to being occult detective story Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 2000-2005
If you missed 1997-1999… The beginning of the new millennium proved to be quite a disappointment for dinosaur comic fans. The Disney film Dinosaur appeared Read More
Overcoming the Monster: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
This piece begins…Let me tell you how I overcame a monster. A writer gets few a-ha! moments because the process of story-creating can be a Read More
AmazingCon!
The Covid Pandemic and the subsequent worldwide quarantine has cancelled genre events from Westercon 2020 to the San Diego Comic Con. So how is it Read More
Robert E. Howard’s James Allison in Comics
Roy Thomas sat in a unique position in the early 1970s. None of the Howard material had been adapted unless you count one very obscure Read More
The Fantastical Fantasy Writer: Geoff St. Reynard
Robert W. Krepps (1919-1980) produced Science Fiction and Fantasy under the more romantic name of “Geoff St. Reynard” for two publishers in particular, Ray A. Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1997-1999
If you missed 1995-1996…. With the end of the decade we see the last of the Jurassic Park Topps franchise. The Budd Root Cavewoman series Read More
The Doc Savage Black & White Magazine
Marvel Comics pursued a line of black & white magazines in the early 1970s. The idea, no doubt, came from the success of the Warren Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1995-1996
If you missed 1994… 1995-1996 saw the Topps dominate with their Jurassic Park comics and Valiant carry on with their Turok rebranding. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Read More