“My fiction is really all about exploring the stuff I'm fascinated with -- history, especially wars and power struggles (influenced by Dune and Clavell's Shogun), Asian history and mythology, and the Silk Roads, both the inland one and the Maritime Silk Road because I'm Southeast Asian.”
Read MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, David Gemmell, Stephen Fabian, H.P. Lovecraft, and more.
Read MoreJoe Kubert passed on ten years ago today. An absolute legend in the comic book industry, Kubert's career spanned an astounding seventy-five years. Joe was one of the few comics giants to be admitted to various comic book halls of fame as a writer, artist and inker. In Comic Book Valhalla, Joe Kubert sits at the high table.
Read MoreMilton J. Davis must be one of the busiest writers in the self-publishing scene. He’s contributed stories to anthologies by such notable publishers as Baen, Titan, and even DMR Books, and still manages to make time to publish a variety of titles (including graphic novels and role-playing games) through his own company, MVmedia.
Read MorePossible spoilers ahead for Robert E. Howard’s "A Witch Shall Be Born," The Happy Prince (2018), Salomé (2013), Conan the Barbarian (1982), the works of Clark Ashton Smith, Wilde’s Salome, and more.
Read MoreThis week: A. Merritt, Robert E. Howard, Frazetta’s Death Dealer, The Witcher, Fritz Leiber, Thin Lizzy, samurai movies, and more.
Read MoreThe tribes are gathering. The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2022 officially roared into existence this morning. That can only mean one thing: a new ‘Bikers From Hell’ DMR Blog post. Meat Loaf’s association with bikers begins with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and extends all the way to 2006. That connection produced a lot of great biker art.
Read More“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.
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