Timothy Truman: (Almost) Forty Years of Grim n' Gritty
Today isn't just Frazetta's birthday. It's also the anniversary of the nativity of another of my long-time faves, Timothy "Tim" Truman.
Read MoreThe Buck Rogers Art of Frank Frazetta
Today I'm going to take a look at the Frazetta art which features the space-faring hero, Buck Rogers. While I'm sure many hardcore Frazetta fans have seen most of the covers I'll feature in this post, the backstory and legacy of those works would appear to be less well-known.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 2/9/2020
This week: Eric John Stark, Conan, Barsoom, Lovecraft, Jack Williamson, and more.
Read MoreWhen Klarkash-Ton Read The Book of Westmarch
How can I put this? Clark Ashton Smith was a fan of The Lord of the Rings. Simple as that.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 2/2/2020
This week: Hawkmoon comics, Merritt, Howard, CAS, The Witcher, The Color Out of Space, and more.
Read MoreWe Happy Few: The 2020 DMR Guest Bloggerama
The 2020 DMR Guest Bloggerama has drawn to a triumphant close. Check out the Roll Call of Honor to find hyperlinks to any of the posts you might have missed.
Read MoreGil Kane -- 20 Years Gone
Gil Kane died on this date in 2000. He was an artistic bad-ass. Let’s get that out of the way. He also depicted his figures in wildly exaggerated poses and drew far too many covers with the reader looking up various characters’ noses. Let’s get that out of the way as well. The bottom line is that Gil was a lifelong fan of the Good Stuff, he created a body of classic work and he was—and remains—an influence on numerous comics artists.
Read MoreYa Gotta Have Peart
If you just love Rush’s music and go no further, that’s fine. But you can go a lot farther: you can learn from Neil Peart: his ideas, his talent, his character, his career, his journey. For it was a journey of… what? Self-discovery? No, it would be better to call it self-evolution, self-realization.
Read MoreHoward’s Sorcery and Sorcerers
It’s an interesting exercise to go back a hundred years and observe how Howard himself brought to life the magic-doers in his stories. The vital energy, emotional darkness, and philosophical underpinnings that give Howard’s fantasy fiction its gravity serve both his sword wielders and sorcerers equally well.
Read MoreMore on Merritt: Contracts with Avon Books
A. Merritt is no stranger to readers of the DMR blog. In his heyday from the late teens of the nineteenth century to the early 1950s, he was arguably the most popular fantasy author in America. I thought I’d share here some rare paperwork relating to Avon reprints of his books.
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