Barbarian Life: Volume One by Roy Thomas is a fascinating history of how Marvel Comics’ Conan the Barbarian came to be. Stan Lee, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Michael Moorcock, John Jakes and others…all are discussed in its pages.
Read MoreThis week: Fritz Leiber, Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, Alex Raymond, viking comics and movies, and more.
Read MoreEven though DMR Books is the preeminent publisher of new sword-and-sorcery fiction, for the next few months we’re going to focus on bringing obscure material by fantastic authors back into print. Here’s what you can look forward to this winter.
Read MoreThis week: Conan, Lovecraft, Moorcock, Manly Wade Wellman, William Hope Hodgson, H. Rider Haggard’s Eric Brighteyes, and more.
Read MoreThe combination of Robert Louis Stevenson’s prose and N.C. Wyeth’s art was one of the great pairings in the history of book publishing.
Read MoreRobert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on this day in 1850. Whether it be historical adventure or cautionary weird tale, Stevenson's prose is exhilarating and compelling enough to persist long after his death 120 years ago, and his legacy as an author is more than assured among the literary giants of eternity.
Read MoreThis week: Manly Wade Wellman, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Aleister Crowley, and more.
Read MoreLyon Sprague de Camp died on this date in 2000 AD. He left an interesting legacy, to say the least.
Read MoreThere is something unique to the fear of being out alone in the wild. It is this elemental fear that, along with Algernon Blackwood’s craftsmanship, gives the stories their power.
Read MoreLegendary publisher Donald A. Wollheim died on this date 30 years ago. We asked author and journalist Cliff Biggers, who knew Wollheim personally, to share his memories of the man behind DAW Books.
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