The Bagheeta to The Cat People
Val Lewton (1904-1951) has become famous in monster movie circles as the creator of The Cat People (1942) and The Curse of the Cat People Read More
Donald Bayne Hobart: Comic Book Storyteller
Donald Bayne Hobart (1898-1970) (aka Hobart Donbayne, aka Bayne Hobart) was a prolific Pulpster especially in the 1940s. He wrote many of the Masked Rider Read More
Link: Fritz Leiber: Pastiche or Passé
Should a Mythos author write Lovecraftian pastiches? Is the Mythos anything, really, but a colossal pastiche of Lovecraft? Is the Mythos’ value lessened by its Read More
Lin Carter’s People of the Dragon
When reading Lin Carter you have to ask yourself before beginning: “Which author is he pastiching now?” If there is pure Lin Carter fiction out Read More
DC’s World of Silver Age Robots
DC Comics loved a good robot cover. There was usually one of two themes: either gigantic, killer machines or duplicitous copies that needed to be Read More
Plant Monsters in Weird Tales
Plant monsters were a natural for Weird Tales. The Pulp featured all types too, from the romantic in “The Woman of the Wood” by A. Read More
Otis Adelbert Kline’s Doctor Dorp
Otis Adelbert Kline is probably remembered best for his Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiches set on Venus and the Moon as well as the Tarzan clone, Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1962-1963
If you missed 1960-1961… 1963 saw the last of the Dell Tarzan and Turok. In 1964 Gold Key would take up the mantle. We also Read More
The Strangest Northerns: ACG Style III
If you missed Part 2… Here are the last three of the ACG Northerns. These three are post Comics Code. “The Face Behind the Ice” Read More
The Strangest Northerns: ACG Werewolf Style
These are not new to anyone who has read my ACG Werewolves thread. But if you’d only like to see the Northerns, here they are Read More