Books

I read a lot of books in 2018. Most of them were pretty good, some were great, and a few were amazing (there were a couple of stinkers, too, but I’m not here for that). Books are made to be read and then shared—who am I to hoard so many…

Tomorrow is the big day that Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian returns to Marvel Comics. While it’s definitely a great time to celebrate Conan, I also want to take the time to give some of Howard’s other characters a share of the…

Our own Prodigal Nerd comes out of hiding for a hot take on the 20th century's greatest sci-fi creator.

One of the oft quoted criticisms of Conan the Barbarian is the less than politically correct way women are presented in his novels, movies, video games, and comic books. Conan is, after all, portrayed as the ultimate alpha male. His slick,…