Cimmerian Encomiums to Frank Frazetta
The tenth anniversary of Frank Frazetta’s death is tomorrow. That got me thinking back to the days right after he passed away. All of us bloggers at The Cimmerian knew we had to give Frazetta his due.
Read MoreForefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert died on this date in 1880. While most famous for his novel, Madame Bovary, and dubbed "The Father of French Literary Realism", Gustave nonetheless had a strong influence on the early formation of sword-and-sorcery through his novels, Salammbo and The Temptation of Saint Anthony.
Read MoreA Savage Strength: A Tribute to the Muscular Art of Frank Frazetta
With tributes, remembrances, and recaps of the life and art of Frank Frazetta lying spread across the internet like blue mantles beneath the stars, I found myself struggling to come up with anything fresh or meaningful to say about the Greatest Fantasy Illustrator of All Time that hasn’t already been said. But as we approach the 10th anniversary of his death (May 10, 2010), I asked myself, What is it about Frazetta’s style that keeps me coming back to his images?
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 5/3/2020
This week: Corum, Red Sonja, Haggard, peplum films, and news from Cirsova Publishing and Goodman Games.
Read MoreForefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Rafael Sabatini
The literary landscape of the 1920s, when it came to historical adventure fiction, was dominated by Rafael Sabatini. This is the bloody milieu in which sword and sorcery took root.
Read MoreAlex Nino: Like Nobody Else
Utterly unique, exuberant, angular and dynamic, with loads of detail--that's what I think of when I see a piece of art from Alex Nino. He has always been a happy warrior exploring and limning exotic realms of horror and fantasy that only he knows how to find.
Read MoreSavage Centennial: Tarzan the Untamed
One hundred years ago today, Tarzan the Untamed was published in hardcovers for the first time. This was a very important book in the evolution of the Tarzan series and an exciting, classic novel in its own right.
Read MoreA Million Years in the Future - A Weird Tales Science Fiction Adventure
A Million Years in the Future by Thomas P. Kelley, which was serialized in Weird Tales in 1940, has never been reprinted.
Read MoreSabbath's Heaven and Hell -- 40 Years On
Raise your mead-horns and drinking-skulls high, my brothers. On April 25, 1980, two-score years ago, Black Sabbath's classic album Heaven and Hell was released.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 4/26/2020
This week: Conan, Moorcock’s sci-fi, Fafhrd & Mouser comics, Gor, and more sword and sorcery/sword and planet/weird fiction.
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