Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1973-1974
If you missed 1968-1972… 1973 saw the beginning of a new wave of dinosaur comics as the Bronze Age got into full swing. There were Read More
Tag: John Buscema
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
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
American Heroic Fantasy Graphic Novels
The term “Graphic Novel’ was coined in November 1964 by Richard Kyle in the pages of the fanzine, Alpha-Cappa. It started to get more traction 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
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
The Seven Comics of Sinbad
There’s going to be Ray Harryhausen in this piece. You just know it… Check this out….a Sinbad comic strip! Ray started it all with The Read More
Helheim: A Review
Oni Press$3.99 an issueWritten by Cullen BunnArt by Joelle JonesColor by Nick FilardiLettered by Ed BrissonDesigned by Keith WoodEdited by Charles Chu Note: I have Read More
Wan Tengri in Conan the Barbarian
Flame Winds was a Sword & Sorcery novel written by Norvell W. Page back in the Pulp days of John W. Campbell. It appeared in Read More