Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Chris Achilleos (1947-2021)
Born in Cyprus, but based in England, painter and designer, Chris Achilleos has influenced so many others through magazine covers and films. His controversial covers Read More
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E. A. Grosser: Invisible Author II
E. A. Grosser is another invisible author. Unlike last time, when I wrote about Alexander Blade, a house name with no real substance, Grosser was Read More
If Your DC Series Is Getting Old…Just Add Monsters!
Movie Landmarks If your DC series is getting old…Just Add Monsters! I mean it worked for Universal Pictures, didn’t it? Dracula, The Wolfman and good Read More
Live Nude Girls
I imagine I have your attention now. The nude in art is, according to art historians, an almost exclusively Western phenomenon. Ancient Greeks made statues Read More
D. D. Sharp: One Hit-Wonder?
Drury Dubose Sharp (1886-1960) is remembered for one story “The Eternal Man”, his second he sold. It appeared in Science Wonder Stories, August 1929. He Read More
The Robot Menace in Captain Marvel Adventures
The frequency of a robot menace in Captain Marvel Adventures tells you this was a comic soaked in Science Fiction. One of its top writers Read More
The Beasts of Pellucidar: Comic Book Style
The beasts of Pellucidar first came to me comic book style. The reason for this was I was lucky to be reading the books for Read More
The Alien Invasions of Captain Marvel
If you missed the last one… The alien invasions of Captain Marvel are eleven tales that appeared between 1941 and 1953. Fawcett’s Captain Marvel Adventures Read More
Johnny Peril, Occult Adventurer
Howard Purcell (1918-1981) created Johnny Peril almost by accident. “Just a Story” was a strip that had no real continuing character until Johnny stumbled along. Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Menace of Mastodon Valley
“The Menace of Mastodon Valley” by Kenneth Gilbert (1889-1973) is one of the strangest Northerns I have ever read. Gilbert is best remembered as a Read More