The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/13/2022
This week: Conan, giant spiders, Atlantis, Henry Kuttner, Dracula, Kthulhu Reich, and more.
Read MoreThe Sword and Sorcery Legacy of Donald A. Wollheim: Part Three
Donald A. Wollheim debuted—or ‘broke out’—Tanith Lee’s various S&S/heroic fantasy works, Moorcock’s Elric and Dorian Hawkmoon, Saunders’ Imaro and Dossouye and Shea’s Nifft the Lean. In other words, most of the major sword-and-sorcery protagonists of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Read MoreFantasy Without Tolkien? Yes That Happened, and Yes It Matters
Contrary to what “The Tolkien Professor” Corey Olsen says, the modern fantasy genre does NOT all come from Tolkien, and it would have arrived even without him. In fact, it already had. And pre-Tolkien fantasy matters.
Read MoreReview: The Sword of Hel by Barry Reese
"A Viking warrior dies a dishonorable death...but he has one chance to redeem his soul and enter Valhalla: to return to Earth in service to the goddess of death! As the living Sword of Hel, Grimarr encounters demons, evil warlords, and beautiful sword-maidens!"
Read MoreH. P. Lovecraft's “The Call of Cthulhu” and the HPLHS Adaptation The Call of Cthulhu: a Review and Comparison
Although there are some discrepancies between the HPLHS movie and the Lovecraft short story on which the movie is based, the HPLHS film does retain a high level of respect and faithfulness to Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu.”
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 3/6/2022
This week: Elric news, Robert E. Howard, Tarzan, Arthur Machen, Witch World, and more.
Read MoreSimon 'Biz' Bisley at Sixty
Simon Bisley’s career spans four decades. During the 1990s, he went from strength to strength, creating acclaimed art for Slaine, Lobo and Batman. All the while, he was crafting brutal, yet sensual, art for album covers, movies and video games.
Read MoreEsteban Maroto: Spanish Master of Fantasy Art
Yesterday was Esteban Maroto’s eightieth birthday. Maroto drew and painted some of the greatest fantasy art of the ‘70s and ‘80s. especially in the realm of Heroic Fantasy/Sword-and-Sorcery.
Read MoreKalevala Day 2022
The Kalevala is the Finnish national epic. It helped give the Finnish people a sense of nationhood and has inspired numerous authors and artists in the West right up to the present day. The Kalevala is a collection of tales set in the forests and seas of the far North and is filled with magic and monsters.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 2/27/2022
This week: Conan, E.R. Eddison, The Witcher, a new Dreamlands anthology, Henry Kuttner, Divine Right fiction, Edmond Hamilton, Margaret St. Clair, and more.
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