#swordandsorcery

Greg O'Driscoll

Jan 314 min read

Conan is no Marcher of Valhalla

"The City in the Storm" was written by Roy Thomas, drawn by John Buscema, and inked by Ernie Chan (formerly Chua, see the letters page...

Greg O'Driscoll

Jan 262 min read

The World's Most Savage Hero!

CTB #57 Here we have a great Gil Kane cover with his classic signature elements, especially the floating heads in the background blocked...

Greg O'Driscoll

Jan 172 min read

The Adaptation of Asshurbanipal

CTB #35 The familiar team of Thomas, Buscema, and Chan give us The Hell-Spawn of Kara-Shehr. Freely adapted from "The Fire of...

Greg O'Driscoll

Sep 4, 20231 min read

The Barbarian of Oz

BARBARIAN OF WORLD'S END by Lin Carter Yet another adventure novel by science-fantasy's most (or least, depending on how you look at it)...

cyborgcaveman

Feb 22, 20233 min read

Conans are from Earth, Thongors are from Mars

Thongor and the Dragon City by Lin Carter "The adventures of the mightiest sword and sorcery hero of them all!" So sayeth the cover copy,...

Greg O'Driscoll

Feb 18, 20235 min read

Conan and the Bridge Too Far

CONAN - THE SWORD OF SKELOS by Andrew Offutt The next entry in our review of the non-Howard Conans is Andrew Offutt's Sword of Skelos. A...

cyborgcaveman

Feb 17, 20233 min read

The Adventure That Almost Was

Thongor Against the Gods by Lin Carter Sequel to Thongor and the Dragon City, the barbarian hero's next adventure has all the right...

cyborgcaveman

Feb 4, 20232 min read

When Mom says "We have Conan at home!"

Thongor in the City of Magicians by Lin Carter Miles better than his last outing, Thongor in the City of Magicians avoids many of the...