Swords vs. Tentacles
The 1970s saw an explosion in Sword & Sorcery comics and with it a trope that has become almost a cliche: the tentacled monster. The Read More
Tag: Conan the Barbarian
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Ernie Chan (1940-2012)
Ernesto Chan was born in the Phillipines in 1940. He came to America in 1970 but had to work as Ernie Chua because of an Read More
How Long Should That Sword & Sorcery Epic Be?
One of the great things about our crazy Amazon-driven book world is that book length matters less than it used to. In the world of Read More
Sword & Sorcery Goes North
Sword & Sorcery comics, especially long-running ones like Conan the Barbarian, will eventually take their cast to the frozen North. When they do it is Read More
Marvel Treasury: Conan
Of the twenty-eight issues of Marvel Treasury (1974-1981), super-size format reprints 10×14 inches, four of them featured Conan the Barbarian. The only other character who Read More
British Fantasy Comics (1955-1984)
We are going to take some liberties on this one. Many of the comics I will mention here were more historical than Fantasy but appeal Read More
Fantasy Comics You Might Not Know
The word “fantasy” is problematic to the researcher. If you are looking for Heroic Fantasy or Sword & Sorcery or even Epic Fantasy comics with Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Steve Ditko (1927-2018)
Steve, along with Wally Wood, Gray Morrow and Frank Frazetta, was one of the old pros who did Sword & Sorcery comics in the late Read More
Gil Kane’s Conan Covers
When you say “the early Conan the Barbarian comics” different artists come to mind. The first will certainly be Barry Windsor Smith who drew the Read More
Link: Atlas’ Barbarians of Vengeance
Atlas Comics (also known as Seaboard) has a weird but brief history. The company was started in 1974 by Martin Goodman, the man who took Read More