One hundred fifty years ago, William Dean Howells fabricated the elitist rules by which American ‘literature’ is guided. American fiction still suffers from his boring legacy. Learning how we got here can help get us out of the pit he dug.
Read MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank Frazetta, Jeff Jones, Harold Lamb, James Bama, and more.
Read MoreAdmired by everyone from Frank Miller to Neil Gaiman, Neal Adams brought a ferocity, dynamism and grimness to his art not often seen then or now.
Read MoreYou’ve seen Lauren Gornik’s art on the covers of quite a few releases from DMR Books, the most recent being the anthology Terra Incognita. With Terra Incognita out now, I thought it would be a good time to talk to Lauren about her artistic processes and influences.
Read MoreThis week: Karl Edward Wagner, Robert E. Howard, vikings, Gor, Poul Anderson, Edgar Allan Poe, and more.
Read MoreThe story opens with Norkias of the Nine consorting with demons. Norkias is hell-bent on conquering the world and ushering in a new age of darkness. Utilizing The Book of Xioran, Norkias must have seven skulls from the seven war-leaders of the resisting army to cast the Red Death which will sweep the land free of resistance.
Read MoreWrightson started crafting sword and planet illos from the start of his amateur career in the 1960s on through the 1970s. Some of that art is truly great.
Read MoreThere simply isn't any other film like The Northman. It's part historic drama and part sword and sorcery... with a strong dose of gritty revenge thrown in. We've been fed many great films that capture the essential qualities of these genres, but there hasn't been a film that succeeds equally in each.
Read MoreWhat with the current unrest in north-eastern Europe, I thought a quick look at how REH viewed the Finns might be in order.
Read MoreThis week: Tanith Lee, the Conan/Elric crossover, The Northman, Red Sonja, William Hope Hodgson, and more.
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