Thirteen Ghosts (of Celluloid)
Halloween is gone and Christmas is still a number of weeks away. I like to think of the time between October 31 and December 25 Read More
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Four Color Dragons II
If you missed the last one… Last time I wrote about dragons with an eye to showing many different kinds of dragons from space monsters Read More
Heroic Fantasy Movie Comics
Previously I outlined the major Heroic Fantasy movies and shows that Sword & Sorcery fans could have watched in their youths. Many of those films Read More
Classic Scenes From Jules Verne
Classic scenes from the novels of Jules Verne become obvious when you look at comic book covers over the last eighty years. Artists focus on 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
The Strangest Northerns: Fish-Men of Arctica
“Fish-Men of Arctica” by John Miller Gregory appeared in the hard-to-find Miracle Science and Fantasy Stories (June-July 1931) from Adventure House. This Pulp lasted two Read More
Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tale Parade
Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tale Parade was a anthology comic published by Dell in 1942-1944. It ran for nine issues. The contents were taken from folklore Read More
Heroic Fantasy Films and Television Pre-1982
In 1982, Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian was brought to the big screen in a film featuring Arnold Schwartzenegger. The success of Conan the Read More