The Thongor Comics: Creatures on the Loose #23
If you missed the last one… Creatures on the Loose #23 (May 1973) literally changed the course of my life. That sounds pretty hyperbolic for Read More
Tag: Conan the Barbarian
The Thongor Comics: Creatures on the Loose #22
Creatures on the Loose #22 (March 1973) was a good example of Marvel Comics experimenting with other Sword & Sorcery characters besides Conan. COTL was Read More
Sword & Sorcery Novelizations
Sword & Sorcery novelizations of major films are a common product. I use that word consciously as I can’t quite bring myself to call them Read More
The Monster Bats and Harpies of Marvel’s Conan
Wings & Warriors Gigantic monsters bats and sinister harpies take on Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian. The original Conan fiction of Robert E. Howard did feature Read More
Undead and Unleashed!
Undead and Unleashed! Marvel in the Bronze Age gathered the undead and unliving monsters of Robert E. Howard (and pastichers like L. Sprague de Camp Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 8: The Dragon
If you missed last time… The Dragon from “Red Nails” is one of the more unusual monsters of the Hyborian Age. Like the giant snake Read More
The Original Thongor Stories
The original Thongor stories by Lin Carter sometimes get ignored because they were not collected with the original six novels. The Thongor novels began in Read More
The Art in Heroic Fantasy Films
All great heroic fantasy films begin with talented artists conceiving the wonders that will eventually appear on the screen. Many of the comic book and Read More
Dicky in the Magic Forest
“Dicky in the Magic Forest” by Louis Golden was a comic strip that ran for 17 issues of Zip Comics. Golden, who is pretty much Read More
The Saga of Dragonus
The Saga of Dragonus is a short but fascinating two-story entry into early Sword & Sorcery comics. These were done by Frank Brunner, an artist Read More