Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Walt Simonson (1946-)
Walt Simonson has worked largely with superheroes but has made a few contributions to Sword & Sorcery comics, in particular an early Star*Reach parody piece Read More
Walt Simonson has worked largely with superheroes but has made a few contributions to Sword & Sorcery comics, in particular an early Star*Reach parody piece Read More
M. D. Jackson wrote about big-brained aliens awhile back but I thought it would be fun to look at some of those covers that gave Read More
Clawfang the Barbarian wins the silver medal in the Valhalla of Sword & Sorcery comics. As most know today, the first comic character to bear Read More
Fred Saberhagen’s Berserkers began in obscurity. But their irrepressible power could not be denied. They were survivors of aeons. They would even out-live the magazine Read More
Hot Stuf’ was an independent comic published by Sal Quartuccio in eight issues from Summer 1974-Summer 1978. Like most underground comics it has swearing, nudity Read More
It was sad news to hear that Denny O’Neil passed away. He is always remembered as the guy who wrote that Green Lantern comic where Read More
Let’s be honest. Most Science Fiction comics don’t rise above the level of the rickety Space Opera. Planet Comics was an old comic that tried Read More
Plop #23 (September-October 1976) featured a very special comic for Fantasy fans. This was “The King of the Ring” by Wally Wood. By 1976, The Read More
Gray Morrow (1934-2001) was one of the early cheerleaders for Sword & Sorcery along with Wally Wood and Frank Frazetta. He was one of the Read More
Unlike Conan and the works of Robert E. Howard, J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (forget about any of Read More