Giant Insects in the Comics: Bees
The idea of gigantic bugs including bees began with H. G. Wells’s The Food of the Gods (Pearson’s Magazine, December 1903-June 1904). Wells applied it Read More
Tag: Alien
Home is the Hunter
If you missed the last one… As Robert Louis Stevenson said in “Requiem”… “Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from Read More
The Dead Planet
If you missed the last one… Our survey of old Science Fiction themes continuous with the Dead Planet. This idea is a world that was Read More
Monster Genre III: A Ramble
Time is a fine polisher. Take for example Charles L. Grant’s words from 1983 and the Introduction to Shadows 6: “There are Critters and there Read More
The Derelicts of Space
If you missed the last one…Castaways of Space… Derelicts of Space is one of my favorite themes in Science Fiction. Those abandoned old ships could Read More
The Cosmic Horror – Lovecraftian Legacy II
If you missed the last one… “The Cosmic Horror” by Richard F. Seabright appeared in Hugo Gernsback’s Wonder Stories, August 1933. (Richard F. Seabright was Read More
Clark Ashton Smith Comic Adaptations
The Clark Ashton Smith comic adaptations are peppered through out the decades, with the first of them being unofficial swipes first by EC Comics then Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Not Only Dead Men
“Not Only Dead Men” (Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1942) by A. E. van Vogt is a Golden Age classic along with the other stories he wrote Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Beast From Beyond
“The Beast From Beyond” was a strange Northern that appeared in Quality Comics’s Web of Evil #3 (March 1953). The creators are not known. This Read More
The Runestone: Lesson Learned
A long time ago, back in the ancient days of video rental, I saw a movie that never made it into any theater I know Read More