Link: Harlan Ellison & Sword & Sorcery
I am going to admit I’m not much of a Harlan Ellison fan. He’s much too literary for my tastes. I’ve never made any secret Read More
Tag: Conan
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
An Interview With Jason M Waltz
Jason M Waltz is the editor at Rogue Blades Entertainment, a company that focuses on action-driven Fantasy. His latest anthology is Death’s Sting—Where Art Thou? Read More
Solomon Kane: The Weird Tales Adaptations
Solomon Kane is an iconic character. When Hugh Jackman plays a descendant of Abraham van Helsing, he looks like Kane. That austere warrior in the Read More
Link: Ted White’s Fantastic: Short Heroic Fantasy
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction began its life as The Magazine of Fantasy. By the second issue the words “and Science Fiction” had Read More
Link: Sword of Cthulhu
Robert E. Howard wrote some Cthulhu Mythos stories, though most are admittedly minor ones. His Serpent Men were coopted into the cycle by H. P. Read More
The Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Jaime Brocal Remohi (1936-2002)
Jaime Brocal, as he is sometimes known in English comics, debuted in comics drawing The Saint for British weeklies. Spanish-born, he created series after series Read More
Alien Space Bats!
I recently heard that ASB is a neologism used by writers of Alternate History Science Fiction. The term refers to an implausible idea based on Read More
De Camp & Carter: The Early Conan Pastiches
In 1966, Lancer Books began publishing their purple-edged paperbacks with Conan the Adventurer. This first volume contained only Robert E. Howard originals and one re-write Read More
Mike Kaluta’s Conan
I love when interesting artists take on Robert E. Howard’s most famous swordsman. This isn’t a slight on John Buscema/Ernie Chan/Tony DeZuniga/Alfred Alcala. I love Read More