Joseph Doolin: Jungle Cover Artist
Joseph Doolin (1896-1967) is my favorite Weird Tales artist if you are talking realistic style. I love Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, Hannes Bok, Virgil Read More
Tag: Tarzan
Dell’s Tarzan by Mo Gollub
Dell’s Tarzan ran from Issue #13 to #54 with photographic covers featuring Lex Barker. Tarzan fans were used to the green backgrounds with the single Read More
Ki-Gor: House Name of the Jungle
Ki-Gor was a Tarzan clone who headlined in the Jungle Stories Pulp. (Not to be confused with the 1931 Jungle Stories.) The John Peter Drummond Read More
The Terrors of Egypt
The terrors of Egypt were created largely out of ignorance. With centuries passing before the decoding of hieroglyphics, we had plenty of time to come Read More
Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?
Giant snakes, poisonous serpents, reptiles of the slithering variety, all grace the covers of the comics. Two big sources are Tarzan and Conan covers. If Read More
Zaro, Jungle Magician
Zaro, Jungle Magician had competition. The 1940s was the hey-day of jungle lords and ladies. It was hard to hold your own. Tarzan, Sheena, Kaanga, Read More
“The Jungle Scientist” by Frank Belknap Long
Congo Bill had his chance to meet killer trees in1931. Horror writer, Frank Belknap Long, worked in comics in the 1940s. His scripting for Adventures Read More
Overcoming the Monster: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Let me tell you how I overcame a monster. A writer gets few a-ha! moments because the process of story-creating can be a murky thing. Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 1995-1996
If you missed 1994… 1995-1996 saw the Topps dominate with their Jurassic Park comics and Valiant carry on with their Turok rebranding. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Read More
Welcome to the Jungle…
In which the author tries to explain to himself why he still loves jungle stories… The jungles of the world are places of adventure. Whether Read More