The Werewolves of EC Comics
If you missed the last one… We wrapped up our overview of the Golden Age last time, but I had left the EC Comics out Read More
Tag: Clifford ball
Gorillas and Apes in Weird Tales
Gorillas and Apes in Weird Tales seems like a common occurrence but in 279 issues it only happened a handful to times. That handful gave Read More
The Style of Sword & Sorcery
Victorian Medievalism The style of Sword & Sorcery was created by Robert E. Howard back in 1929. C. L. Moore amended this in 1934, as Read More
Sword & Sorcery Break & Enter
There is a small group of Sword & Sorcery tales that involve a hero in a break & enter into a wizard’s domicile. This is Read More
Link: Clifford Ball: Apprentice to a Fallen Master
The world of fantasy was shattered in 1936 when Robert E Howard put a gun to his head and ended it all. The fledgling genre Read More
Link: Sword & Sorcery Cliche #3: The Wizard With the Unpronounceable Name
The barbarian hero hacks his way through an army of undead to finally come face-to-face with the evil necromancer who has been terrorizing the countryside. Read More
A Brief History of Sword & Sorcery
So, What the Heck Did You Think It Was Made Of? This piece is a condensed history dedicated to a sub-genre of fantasy called “Sword Read More
The Men Who Saved Sword & Sorcery
It’s easy to assume, while perusing through old Lancer paperbacks or any of the dozens of 1970s novels, that Sword & Sorcery was a roaring Read More