Next month DMR Books will release Celtic Adventures, a collection of overlooked stories from the pulp and pre-pulp eras. The tales in this collection all take place in either Ireland or Scotland, and run the gamut from purely historical to the fantastic to the weirdly horrific.
Read MoreBeltaine and Samhain were the two main anchor-points of the Gaelic calendar. Jim FitzPatrick has created classic art over the years that illustrates events in Ireland associated with Beltaine.
Read MoreThe Battle of Clontarf was an inspiration to Robert E. Howard. It also inspired numerous excellent works of art, especially during the last half-century.
Read MorePay heed, fans of sword-and-sorcery, horror and exotic adventure! The 2024 DMR Books Guest Bloggerama draws nigh. Now in its sixth triumphant year, our 2024 Guest Bloggerama promises to be another great one, bringing back plenty of notable bloggers and authors to stand in the DMR Books shield-wall once again.
Read MoreI’ve long thought about what a shame it was that Irish fantasy artist extraordinaire, Jim FitzPatrick, hadn’t been hired by Ace Books to do the covers for Keith Taylor’s ‘Danans’ series of heroic fantasy novels. Thus, this post.
Read MoreI’ve always had a guilty fondness for 1980’s Hawk the Slayer. Imagine my surprise when legendary artist, Jim FitzPatrick, revealed on Facebook that the movie’s production company had approached him to do some art back in the day.
Read MoreJim FitzPatrick is uniquely qualified to illustrate the entire history of Ireland as the Irish have told it to themselves for over four thousand years. For the last half-century and more, he has done just that.
Read MoreCyber Monday is winding down. It got me to thinking about what DMR Books—and Friends of the DMR Blog—have to offer this Yuletide season. Plenty, as it turns out.
Read MorePhil Lynott brought a new dimension to heavy metal, along with advancing the career of Irish artist, Jim Fitzpatrick. Thin Lizzy could boast some of the greatest guitarists of the 1970s, right along with some of the most epic lyrics.
Read MoreI’m sure there are DMR Blog fans out there who haven’t completed their holiday purchases quite yet. This blog entry is for them…and for those who just think they’re done spending their hard-earned ducats.
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