The Visual History of the Banth
Clinton Pettee immortalized the image of the hero astride the back of a lion caught in a titanic struggle. That was for the cover of Read More
Tag: John Carter of Mars
Creating a Fantasy Character – Lin Carter and Beyond
Jandar of Callisto Lin Carter’s “Creating a Fantasy Character” appeared in Savage Tales #7 (November 1974). Carter wrote a number of non-fiction pieces for Marvel Read More
The Sword & Sorcery of Gardner F. Fox
The Sword & Sorcery of Gardner F. Fox begins in the 1950s with the creation of the first true S&S comic book hero, Crom the Read More
Flash Gordon: The Golden, Silver and Bronze Age Comics
Flash Gordon, the comic strip, began on January 7, 1934. Intended as competition for Buck Rogers, it is still running to this day. Alex Raymond Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1940s
If you missed the last one… The 1940s saw a variety of Science Fiction and Horror magazines use plants in different ways. Sometimes they were Read More
The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe
If you missed the last one… The amazing adventures of Buster Crabbe did not begin in the comics but in the movie serials. Larry “Buster” Read More
Llana of Gathol Part 4 Invisible Men of Mars
Invisible Men of Mars “Invisible Men of Mars” (Amazing Stories, October 1941) begins after John Carter and Llana of Gathol have escaped from Pankor in Read More
Llana of Gathol: Part 1 “The City of the Mummies”
“The City of the Mummies” in Llana of Gathol (1948) proves it was not a novel so much as a series of stories combined to Read More
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
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