Mike Ploog Turns 80
Mike Ploog richly deserves our birthday wishes, not least for his contributions to horror and sword-and-sorcery/heroic fantasy comics. In addition, Mike has worked on numerous cinematic projects of note.
Read MoreThe Art of Ian Miller
Today marks the seventy-fifth birthday of Ian Miller. While not a marquee name here in the States, I guarantee that many readers of the DMR Blog have seen his artwork over the years. Intricate, grotesque and very recognizable, Ian’s style is uniquely his own.
Read MoreMoorcock’s Missed Elric Opportunity
I’ve often wondered, why hasn’t Michael Moorcock’s sword-and-sorcery fiction ever been adapted to the silver screen? It could have been. Moorcock was approached by the likes of filmmaker Ralph Bakshi for an adaptation of Elric. This would have been circa 1978.
Read MoreLin Carter’s The Wizard of Zao: My Personal Gateway to the World of Sword & Sorcery
I went shopping with my mom one Saturday in 1977. I spent the rest of the weekend completely engrossed in Lin Carter’s tale of a mysterious wandering green-skinned wizard named Oolb Votz and his slave girl, Ooo, as they traveled through a world that at the time was totally alien to me.
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