The DMRtian Chronicles, 1/13/2018
This week: Stephen Fabian, Moorcock, Kuttner, Conan and more.
Read MoreForefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Jack London
Jack London was born on this date in 1876 and we should be damned glad of it. His intense and gritty prose, imbued with the bleak lyricism of a street poet, inspired admiration not only in Robert E. Howard, but also other sword and sorcery authors as well as a few of his fellow "forefathers."
Read MorePoul Anderson's "Northern Cycle": Part One
We have not had a post dedicated to the late, great Poul Anderson on the DMR blog up 'til now. I missed his birthday in November and this situation simply cannot stand.
Read MoreTolkien and Howard: Two Roads Diverged in Haggard’s Kor
It’s not immediately clear where these two very different men developed such similar lines of thought and expression. The most likely answer is a revolt against modernity. But another is their literary influences. Tolkien and Howard shared a common interest the works of H. Rider Haggard.
Read MoreBarbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian (Volume One)
Over 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 More"The Moon Pool" Re-Read: Part One
The centennial of the All-Story publication of "The Conquest of the Moon Pool" looms on the horizon. It seemed to me that a reread of the original novelette which spawned it would make an excellent lead-up to this new Merritt centennial.
Read MoreMichael Wm. Kaluta and Robert E. Howard
Michael William Kaluta exploded onto the Howardian art scene with the publication of FAX's The Lost Valley of Iskander in 1974. He was a Howard fan before the Lancer Conans were ever published.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 1/6/2019
This week: Bran Mak Morn, Fritz Leiber, pulps of the past, present and future, a Solomon Kane comic, and more.
Read MoreSaddle Up With the Grey Bastards
“Sons of Anarchy in Middle Earth!” or “Mad Max in Tolkien’s Middle Earth!” Solid marketing, that, if a little heavy-handed.
Read MoreAlcatena: The Argentinean Master
In a perfect world, Alcatena would be a household name here in the United States, gracing the shelves of bookstores and comic stores alike, just as he is in Europe and Argentina.
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