“I think marketing and social media and everything related is largely fake and useless or worse than useless. Don’t spend all your time trying to get your name in lights across some fake network. Build a real network of people that do things. Then things just happen. And focus on your craft.”
Read MoreThis week: Frank Frazetta, Robert E. Howard, Lord Dunsany, Tanith Lee, new Heavy Metal films, H.P. Lovecraft, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, and more.
Read MoreLike the hajj to Mecca or the pilgrimage to Santiago, the journey to Cross Plains--for most REH fans--is arduous and costly. In memory of my friend, Chris Hale—and because I was on a panel—I made my fifth trip to Howard Days this year.
Read MoreWhilst I was amused by The Northman, this film was disheartening. It is not the grim-dark adrenaline rush I was hoping for. Nor was it the lush period piece I would have liked.
Read MoreJ. Thomas Howard has been hitting the small press circuit lately, with appearances in Whetstone, Cirsova, and DMR Books’ Terra Incognita. Read on to learn more about his work, which combines sword-and-sorcery with sword-and-planet.
Read MoreHal Foster’s Prince Valiant newspaper strip is a towering achievement in the history of the art form. As an artist, Foster influenced everyone from Jack Kirby to Frank Frazetta to Joe Kubert to John Buscema to Bernie Wrightson to Gary Gianni.
Read MoreRyder is an archaeologist specializing in the Viking Age and Celtic Iron Age. The knowledge this background brings to his writing does not go unnoticed.
Read MoreH.P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest Dunsany fans to have ever lived. His list of favorite Dunsany tales is an excellent starter for any newcomer to the great Irish fantasist.
Read MoreThis week: New Fire and Ice comics, DAW Books is sold, Howard Andrew Jones signs with Baen. Also, articles on Robert E. Howard, Weird Tales, The Northman, Tarzan, and more.
Read MoreYou probably know RazörFist from his opinionated, impassioned YouTube videos, but did you know he’s a fantasy author as well? In this interview we discuss such topics as his upcoming novel Death Mask, the influence of noir/detective stories on his writing, being called a “coked up metalhead Dennis Miller", and more.
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