The Strangest Northerns: The Silver Knife
“The Silver Knife” was a strange Northern that appeared in Weird Tales, January 1932. It was the first of three stories by Ralph Allen Lang Read More
Demon Child – Alex Nino Mythos
“Demon Child” was Alex Nino’s chance to really do a good Mythos monster piece. It appeared in The House of Mystery #253 (July-August 1977), one 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
The Strangest Northerns: The Phantom Cougar
“The Phantom Cougar” by W. Bertram Sinclair is a typical false monster tale for a magazine that published few real supernatural tales. The Popular Magazine, Read More
Ghost Stories From Victorian Magazines
Ghost stories From Victorian magazines are the main source of most ghost story anthologies. Despite this fact, the same old chestnuts get used and re-used Read More
Sword & Sorcery Roundtable #3
Session #3 of the Dark Worlds Quarterly Sword & Sorcery Round Table podcast is live! Michael Ehart, Jason M. Waltz, Peter Welmerink and Charles Gramlich Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Zane Grey’s King of the Royal Mounted Part 1
Zane Grey’s King of the Royal Mounted is a good example of using brand recognition to sell a product. The comic strip that appeared on Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Ernie Colon Sierra (1931-2019)
Ernie Colon Sierra was a Puerto Rican artist who got his start at Harvey and worked on Richie Rich and Casper the Friendly Ghost as Read More
Link: The Four Color Adventures of Frosty the Snowman
From just about the very beginning of comic books, publishers have realized that with the extra leisure and more generous spending habits of December, it’s Read More
The Woman With the Oily Eyes
“The Woman With the Oily Eyes” by Dick Donovan is one of the few vampire tales that hasn’t been anthologized to death. It appeared in Read More