Link: Of Shadows & Serpents – The First Sword & Sorcery Tale
When people think of 1929 they usually recall the Great Depression and “Black Tuesday” (October 29th). I prefer to think of it as the year Read More
When people think of 1929 they usually recall the Great Depression and “Black Tuesday” (October 29th). I prefer to think of it as the year Read More
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 has become a term of derision since the 1980s. There are good reasons for this but much of that derision is out Read More
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
First, a little explanation of the title. I saw that one of the chapters in John C Wright’s book, Transhuman and Subhuman (2014) was “The Read More
Howard Larsen is best remembered for EC Comics’ Crime Patrol though he drew for Wild Bill Hickock, Jungle Comics and others. For two short issues Read More
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
Sword-and-sorcery comics have become a thing in their own right. Titles like Conan the Barbarian, The Warlord, and Red Sonja have been successful franchises spanning Read More
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
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