Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?
Giant snakes, poisonous serpents, reptiles of the slithering variety, all grace the covers of the comics. Two big sources are Tarzan and Conan covers. If Read More
Tag: Boris Vallejo
Fredric Brown’s “Arena” (1944)
The June 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction had a cornerstone tale of Science Fiction with Fredric Brown’s “Arena”. Rather foolishly it didn’t get the Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1973-1974
If you missed 1968-1972… 1973 saw the beginning of a new wave of dinosaur comics as the Bronze Age got into full swing. There were Read More
Sword & Sorcery Favorites You Might Have Missed IV
With favorites you are always going to find others who have read those stories, and to those people I will apologize, but it surprises me Read More
The Covers That Time Forgot!
When you are an avid Burroughian like myself, it is very hard to find images you haven’t seen countless times. You goggle at the Frazettas, Read More
Munsey Covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs
Growing up in the 1970s, Edgar Rice Burroughs had wonderful artists like Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo and Roy G. Krenkel to illustrate his paperback covers. Read More
Classic Interview: C. Dean Andersson
GW: What attracted you to Sword and Sorcery? What made you want to write it yourself? CDA: I developed a love for Science Fiction at Read More
O Green Man: The Visual History of the Thark – Part 2
In our first installment we looked at the birth of the thark and the magazine, book hardcover images as well as the first comics. Our Read More
Sword & Sorcery versus Sword & Planet
A swordsman, his arms bearing red wounds, limps across a battlefield covered in bodies. His helmet is gone; his shield is broken. The flag of Read More
Conan of Aquilonia
In 1967 Lancer began the tide of Sword & Sorcery publishing with the purple-edged paperbacks of Conan. These original volumes (and I chuckle as I Read More