Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1966-1967
If you missed 1964-1965… 1966-1967 was the last year of multi-covers. The horror magazines have moved on leaving the prehistoric series to themselves but even Read More
Tag: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lin Carter’s People of the Dragon
When reading Lin Carter you have to ask yourself before beginning: “Which author is he pastiching now?” If there is pure Lin Carter fiction out Read More
Of Apes & Adventure: The Crystal Sceptre
The Crystal Sceptre (1901) is one of my favorite obscure adventure novels. It’s a one-off so there isn’t a whole Burroughsian pile of them but Read More
The Movie That Time Forgot or A Review With Plenty of Whingeing
One of my favorite Edgar Rice Burroughs’ series is the Caspak novels. There were only three, or three segments of a larger work. You can Read More
Death…Ten Feet Tall: Conan Vs. The Hulking Beast
Looking at covers for the old Conan the Barbarian comics, I was struck by a few thoughts. First off, a number of covers feature Conan Read More
Swords of Mars: A Gallery
Edgar Rice Burroughs remains a popular author after a hundred years for many good reasons. First off, is the sheer imagination of his storytelling. This Read More
Two Adventure Classics of My Youth
Neither of these books are Science Fiction, fantasy or Horror per se, but their adventurousness made them welcome to a boy who loved Edgar Rice Read More
Link: June 6, 2016: Predictions and Predilictions
On Valentine’s Day of this year we had a weird moment when some smarty pointed out that the replicant Pris from Bladerunner (played by Darryl Read More
J. Allen St. John at Weird Tales
J. Allen St. John (1872-1957) will always be remembered first and foremost as the artist who brought the imaginative worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs to Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Nyoka Style
May 1947 gave us Nyoka the Jungle Girl #7 and a three-part adventure in the Arctic. Now if you aren’t familiar with Nyoka, she is Read More