The DMRtian Chronicles, 8/29/2021
This week: Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Jack Vance, Ray Harryhausen, the upcoming Dune movie, Thongor comics, and more.
Read MoreJack Vance's Dying Earth: A Gallery
Jack Vance was born on this date in 1916. Despite Vance being one of my favorite authors, he’s been woefully underrepresented on the DMR Blog. Time is short right now, but I’m not going to neglect the 105th anniversary of his birth.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 8/22/2021
This week: Conan, Frazetta, Elric, Tanith Lee, Heavy Metal: The Movie, Norse sagas, a new John Carter novel, and more.
Read MoreThe Epic Legacy of Phil Lynott
Phil Lynott brought a new dimension to heavy metal, along with advancing the career of Irish artist, Jim Fitzpatrick. Thin Lizzy could boast some of the greatest guitarists of the 1970s, right along with some of the most epic lyrics.
Read MoreEntering the Lists of Howard Pyle’s Men of Iron
Where Grimdark fiction revels in gory details and emphasizes bloodshed and suffering, stories like Men of Iron draw the lens back, gray out the spouting red, and dim the unbearable screams of the wounded. But … they convey just enough detail to let us know what these times entailed, which were certainly not all romantic.
Read MoreReview: Swords and Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Vol. 2
With the success of the previous volume, Parallel Universe returns with a follow up S&S anthology, this time expanding the table of contents to ten stories. Vol.2 features more beautiful art by the esteemed Jim Pitts.
Read MoreSir Walter Scott at 250
Sir Walter Scott turned two hundred and fifty yesterday. Descended from bloody Border Reivers, he created the market for historical fiction novels. In the process, Walter inspired everyone from Leonid Tolstoy to George R.R. Martin. Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock as well.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 8/15/2021
This week: Clark Ashton Smith’s Hyperborea, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Lovecraftian films and music, PulpFest, The Witcher, and more.
Read MoreClark Ashton Smith -- Sixty Years Gone
Clark Ashton Smith died sixty years ago today. He helped lay the foundations of sword-and-sorcery. A master of prose and poetry, Clark’s influence continues decades after his death.
Read MoreThe Savage Swords of Gene Day
Gene Day—artist, author, publisher and cool dude in general—would’ve turned seventy today. He barely made it past thirty. While his talents and achievements were far-ranging, I’ll concentrate on his work for The Savage Sword of Conan tonight.
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