In the foreward Dariel explains to the reader the genesis of Orhan Timur. What if Genghis Khan had a blood-brother who had betrayed him? Would this hunted man ever give up his lost khanate?
Read MoreIf Roy Thomas is taken out of the reckoning, Doug Moench can lay a rock-solid claim to bringing more pulpish goodness to mainstream comics than any other comics scribe, living or dead. Even then, Doug gives Roy a run for his money.
Read More“I feel confident writing action scenes, maybe my martial art background helps. I’ve helped trained stunt people in the past, and work a lot with weapons. I’ve yet to stand, bloody battleaxe in hand, atop a mound of slain enemies, but the day is young!”
Read MoreThis week: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Gary Gygax, Conan, Thongor, Stephen King, Lovecraftian death metal, and more.
Read More“I think some of the weakness of social media is getting stuck in a circle. You need to have multiple circles, especially if you work in different genres.”
Read MoreThis week: Frank Frazetta, Red Sonja, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Andre Norton, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, and more.
Read MoreAdmired and revered by the likes of Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Michael Wm. Kaluta and Bernie Wrightson, Roy G. Krenkel was an “artists’ artist”. Despite his aversion to the spotlight, RGK’s legacy and influence continue to this day, four decades after his death.
Read MoreA Feast of Ambrosia is a collection of stories about two mismatched adventurers, Donalbain and Bingor the Arab. Their stories take place in the Byzantine Empire around the year 1000 AD. Feast feels like a real world, there’s always a lot going on and the narrative is descriptive, colourful, and fast moving.
Read More“The perspective from which I write is probably what keeps me from being intentionally derivative, especially nowadays. I generally write with an anti-political, anti-religion, anti-conformist, and an unabashedly, masculine-conquest philosophy of an individualist existence.”
Read MoreRaquel Welch was a renowned Hollywood sex symbol for two decades; a name to conjure with. A look at her career demonstrates that she played more roles that fit within the DMR wheelhouse than most bombshells of her stature.
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