The artist, John Byrne, turned seventy today. I would reckon most DMR Books fans know him from his work on superhero comics like The X-Men and The Fantastic Four. However, Byrne has a long history of drawing heroic fantasy characters.
Read MoreToday a comics legend turns ninety years old. Frank Thorne has been called the "comics' greatest dirty old man". For those in the DMR Books portion of the Venn Diagram, Frank is probably best known for his classic run on Marvel's Red Sonja in the mid-'70s. However, his long and--as he puts it--"ignoble" career involves much, much more than Red Sonja.
Read MoreIn the course of looking for something else I found yet another thing that was pretty cool. It turns out that Barry Windsor-Smith still has uncut sheets of his vintage "Moon and Star" bookmarks for sale...and they're signed.
Read MoreA good many Sword and Sorcery fans know Richard from his Red Sonja novels and maybe his Simon Magus tales published in the Swords Against Darkness anthologies (starting back in the late 1970s) if they are lucky. If that is the case, you are merely scratching the surface. Richard is the author of at least ten published novels, more than forty short stories and enough poetry to choke the proverbial horse.
Read MoreDavid C. Smith is one of the most well-respected sword and sorcery authors from the ‘70s. He’s also been a friend and supporter of DMR Books since the beginning. He has a brand new story in our brand new anthology Warlords, Warlocks & Witches, so I thought this would be a good time to learn more about his career, as well as his current endeavors.
Read MoreOver the years I would go on to collect all the works of Conan’s creator Robert E. Howard, an author who became a major influence on my own writing. But as much as I love Howard’s prose, it is the Conan the Barbarian comic that rests still at the heart of my mania.
Read MoreAs the year draws to a close, it’s customary to reflect on the past twelve months in some way. 2018 isn’t quite over yet, but I thought I would take a look at a few of the best books I read this year, both new releases and old ones I’d never read before.
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