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Neverwhens: Picts, Romans, Eldritch Horrors and Giants in the Earth collide...
The Shadows of Thule (Humanoids, August 15, 2023). Cover by Lionel Marty Scotland, 2nd Century AD. The Roman conquest has stopped south of Hadrian’s Wall; beyond it lies the land of the unconquered...
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The Complete Version of John C. Hocking’s Conan: Black Starlight is Now...
Conan: Black Starlight (Titan Books, October 17, 2023) The name John C. Hocking is well known to long-time Black Gate readers. He published several terrific stories in the print version of the...
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Brutal, Evocative, & Sad: Michael Moorcock’s Elric the Dreaming City by...
Michael Moorcock’s Elric Vol. 4: The Dreaming City (Titan Comics, April 5, 2022). Art by Julien Telo Elric of Melniboné, the White Wolf, is exiled from his home and cursed to walk the land under the...
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Hither Came Scott Oden: The Shadow of Vengeance, a Sequel Robert E. Howard...
Conan: The Shadow of Vengeance (Titan Books, January 30, 2024) Octavia tore her gaze from the grisly noose. Hope fluttered in her breast, for through the guttering smoke from scores of torches she saw...
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Goth Chick News: Crypt-Keeper Fans Rejoice for a New Generation of Horror Comics
Epitaphs From the Abyss #1 (Oni Press, July 24th) In past articles I talked about acquiring contraband horror comics from my older male cousins and reading them by flashlight. Though my dad deemed the...
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A (Black) Gat in the Hand: 7 Upcoming Attractions
“You’re the second guy I’ve met within hours who seems to think a gat in the hand means a world by the tail.” – Phillip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep (Gat — Prohibition Era term for a...
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A Surreal World: St Trinian’s: The Entire Appalling Business by Ronald Searle
St. Trinian’s: The Entire Appalling Business (Overlook/Rookery, March 13, 2008). Cover by Ronald Searle St Trinian’s was first created in a series of magazine cartoons in the 1940s and 1950s. Ronald...
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Everyone Knows This is Nowhere: The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and...
The Book of Elsewhere (Del Rey, July 23, 2024). Jacket design by Drusilla Adeline Can someone who has been alive for 80,000 years find wonder and meaning in every day life? Would such an immortal...
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EC Comics is back
Cruel Universe #1 and Epitaphs from the Abyss #1. Covers by Greg Smallwood and Andrea Sorrentino EC Comics is back. In cooperation with Oni Press, the classic imprint that brought us Tales from the...
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G.W. Thomas on Science Fiction of the 30s by Damon Knight
Conan the Barbarian: Archie Style! From Everything Archie #111 (May 1984). Art by Stan Goldberg and Larry Lapick. G.W. Thomas has gradually become my favorite genre blogger. Not just because of his...
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