Padraic Colum: Master of Myth and Legend
Padraic Colum. A revolutionary, a poet, a folklorist and a playwright. Also, one of the twentieth century’s great retellers of legends and myths from around the world.
Read MoreBig John Buscema’s Conan
In a 1978 interview John Buscema said, “I hate [drawing superheroes] with a passion. I told Marvel, I’d like to do Conan exclusively. It’s the only project in comics that I’ve ever done that I really enjoy.”
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 1/9/2022
This week: Clark Ashton Smith, Fritz Leiber, Bernie Wrightson, Macbeth, Tarzan, Henry Kuttner, and more.
Read MoreStarting 2022 with Michael Moorcock’s The Swords Trilogy
In honor of Michael Moorcock’s 82nd birthday in December and 60+ years of Elric, I decided a read from his Eternal Champion oeuvre was in order, and so turned to perhaps my favorite incarnation—Corum Jhaelen Irsei, as featured in The Swords Trilogy (1977, Berkley Medallion).
Read MoreReviewing J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Schalken the Painter”; Cruelty Drives Onward
“Schalken the Painter” blends into one a ghost story, a gothic story, a horror story, and some light tones of the bizarre.
Read MoreGustave Doré: An Artist For the Ages
Gustave Doré was born on this date in 1832. Wildly popular in his own lifetime, Doré’s art continues to grace book covers and galleries to this day. He laid many of the foundations of the fantasy art we enjoy right now in the twenty-first century. However, Gustave’s success was hard-earned and his legacy continues to be undervalued by elite art critics.
Read MoreThe Sword and the Sorcerer
My favourite S&S movie is 1982’s The Sword and the Sorcerer, which was released just one month before that other S&S epic Conan the Barbarian. It has heart, a sense of humour and it goes all out to tell a fun, bloody and swashbuckling good tale.
Read MoreP.J. Monahan: Classic Pulp Artist
While nearly forgotten today, P.J. Monahan painted some classic pulp covers, including thirteen for the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Read MoreStephen Fabian's Art For "Sword Woman"
Stephen Fabian created some great art for the Zebra edition of The Sword Woman, a collection of tales about Robert E. Howard’s Dark Agnes.
Read MoreA Look Back: Deuce's Books in 2021
A few days later than usual, but here is my yearly round-up of the books and stories I read in 2021 that I found worthy of recommendation.
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