The birthday of the mighty Jim Steranko has rolled around again. A living legend of pop culture, I’ve written previously about Mr. Steranko. This time, I’m gonna look specifically at Jim’s awesome legacy of Sword-and-Sorcery/S&S-adjacent art.
Read MoreJim Steranko is a true living legend. Artist, writer, rock n’ roll guitarist, stage magician, historian and publisher. A friend of Spielberg, Lucas and Coppola. Raise a glass of something expensive in honor of Jim's time thus far on this mortal coil. He's already lived the lives of at least three average cool dudes.
Read MoreIn 1970 and 1972, Jakes produced a duo of planetary adventure novels; MASTER OF THE DARK GATE and WITCH OF THE DARK GATE.
Read MoreJim Steranko’s eightieth birthday snuck up on me. Hard to believe that number, because he's still out there rollin' like a boss. Jim is possibly the coolest eighty-year-old I know of.
Read MoreLeigh Brackett died forty years ago today. Being in a nostalgic mood, I decided to honor the occasion by rereading her final novel, Reavers of Skaith. While it may have been her last novel, it was my very first exposure--at the tender age of twelve--to her fiction and to her most enduring creation, Eric John Stark. I knew of Leigh by way of The Empire Strikes Back and "Reavers" was the only Brackett the Oswego Public Library had--not that I'm griping, mind you. Reavers of Skaith packed a wallop that I've never forgotten.
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