Link: Sword of Cthulhu
Robert E. Howard wrote some Cthulhu Mythos stories, though most are admittedly minor ones. His Serpent Men were coopted into the cycle by H. P. Read More
Link: Anne of Green Horrors
I suppose it’s a national disgrace to admit you haven’t read Lucy Maud Montgomery when you are a Canuck. (My mother was a big fan, Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Dell Style
The old Dell Comics used a variety of settings over and over. Jungle adventures, tropical islands, Westerns settings and of course, the Northern. With the Read More
The Science Fiction of Donald Duck
It can be fun to read comics that were written and drawn before you were even born. Take Dell Comics for instance. Began as a Read More
Link: Tarzan, Jungle Detective
Tarzan of the Apes has had a long literary life. Originally published in 1914 in Tarzan of the Apes, the jungle lord was featured in Read More
Link: Monsters Chasing Monsters
The history of the ghostbreaker changed on March 10, 1997 when Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired for the first time. (The movie doesn’t Read More
Link: Sword & Sorcery Cliche No. 1: The Ming the Merciless Haircut
I am currently re-reading John Jakes’s entire Brak the Barbarian saga, and I was struck by an odd thought. Why do wizards in sword-and-sorcery always Read More
Link: Tragg and the Sky Gods
I want to read all the old Gold Key original comics. Titles like Tales of Sword and Sorcery, Solar, Man of the Atom, and Magnus, Read More
The Early Robert Bloch: 1935-1938
Robert Bloch became world famous when he wrote Psycho in 1959. The Alfred Hitchcock film had something to do with that. Before that he was Read More
The Case of the Ghost-Finder: Carnacki
In a house at No. 472, Cheyne Walk, five men assemble for a delightful dinner. Jessop, Arkright, Taylor and Dodgson (the narrator) all come to Read More