Cover image unavailableSword & Fantasy #2
Publication date: April 2005
Introduction
Articles include a lengthy interview with Jim & Ruth Keegan, the writers and artists of THE ADVENTURES OF TWO-GUN BOB, the Robert E. Howard bio-strip which appears in each issue of the Dark Horse CONAN comic book.
There is also an article on the Conan story "The Scarlet Citadel." Plus a 1938 article by Henry Kuttner "Selling The Fantasy Story." Also presented is an 8 page letter by Harold Preece about a Robert E. Howard biography he planned to write. Also included is an article on MODERN ROBERT E. HOWARD FANDOM and the new fanzines currently available, a 1940s article on Robert E. Howard from the old fanzine THE FANSCIENT, and a 1940s review of the Arkham edition of SKULLFACE & OTHERS from a British science fiction fanzine, FANTASY REVIEW. There is also first in a series of articles on Sword & Sorcery in comics (this installment on the 1960s Warren magazines which featured Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, Gray Morrow, Frank Frazetta and Jeff Jones), and much more!
Notes
Side stapled single sheets, wraps. Page numbers do not include covers.
Front cover illustration is that from the November 1935 cover of Weird Tales.
Edition and production details
- Edition format
- Quarto (8.5" x 11" magazine)
- Publication date
- April 2005
- Pages
- 88
- Publisher / imprint
- James Van Hise
- Cover art
- Margaret Brundage
- Illustrations
- None
- Media details
- Fanzine
37 contents entries
- Sword & Fantasy #2 • interior artwork by Wallace Wood [as by Wally Wood] ifc · artwork
- The Savage Sword of H. P. Lovecraft • interior artwork by Mahlon Fawcett [as by Mahlon L. Fawcett] ibc · artwork
- Sword & Fantasy #2 • interior artwork by Rick McCollum 1 · artwork
- Sword & Fantasy: Back for More • essay by uncredited 2 · essay
- Sword & Fantasy: Back for More • interior artwork by Rick McCollum 2 · artwork
- Sword & Fantasy #2 • interior artwork by Eduardo Barreto 3 · artwork
- The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob: An Interview with Jim & Ruth Keegan • interior artwork by Jim Keegan and Ruth Keegan 4 · artwork
- The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob: An Interview with Jim & Ruth Keegan • interview of Jim Keegan and Ruth Keegan • interview by James Van Hise 4
- Sword & Sorcery or Thud & Blunder? It's All in How It's Done. • essay by James Van Hise 16 · essay
- Sword & Sorcery or Thud & Blunder? It's All in How It's Done. • interior artwork by Rick McCollum 16 · artwork
- The Song of Laine the Dreamer • poem by Lin Carter 19 · poem
- The Song of Laine the Dreamer • interior artwork by Lin Carter 19 · artwork
- Sword & Sorcery or Thud & Blunder? It's All in How It's Done. (Map from Darkness Weaves with Many Shades) • interior artwork by uncredited 22 · artwork
- Sword & Sorcery or Thud & Blunder? It's All in How It's Done. • interior artwork by James Cawthorn 23 · artwork
- The Modern Revival of Robert E. Howard Fandom • essay by James Van Hise 24 · essay
- The Modern Revival of Robert E. Howard Fandom • interior artwork by Rick McCollum 24 · artwork
- The Modern Revival of Robert E. Howard Fandom • interior artwork by James Cawthorn 31 · artwork
- Selling the Fantasy Story • (1938) • essay by Henry Kuttner 32 · essay
- "Stories We Reject ---" • (1934) • essay by Charles D. Hornig 37 · essay
- Review: Skull-Face and Others by Robert E. Howard • (1945) • review by H. R. Hays 38 · review
- Review: Skull-Face and Others by Robert E. Howard • (1947) • review by Arthur F. Hillman 39 · review
- Robert E. Howard • (1948) • essay by Carl Dumbleton 40 · essay
- Sword & Fantasy #2 • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller (variant of cover art for Tales of Conan 1955) 42 · artwork
- Robert E. Howard Bio Excerpt • essay by Harold Preece 43 · essay
- Sword & Sorcery in the Warren Magazines • essay by James Van Hise 50 · essay
- Sword & Sorcery in the Warren Magazines • interior artwork by Wallace Wood 50 · artwork
- Sword & Sorcery in the Warren Magazines • interior artwork by Angelo Torres 53 · artwork
- Sword & Sorcery in the Warren Magazines • interior artwork by Gray Morrow 54 · artwork
- Sword & Sorcery in the Warren Magazines • interior artwork by Reed Crandall 58 · artwork
- Sword & Sorcery in the Warren Magazines • interior artwork by Jeff Jones 60 · artwork
- Sword & Sorcery in the Warren Magazines [2] • interior artwork by Wallace Wood 62 · artwork
- Sword & Sorcery in the Warren Magazines • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta 63 · artwork
- A Look at "The Scarlet Citadel" • essay by James Van Hise 64 · essay
- A Look at "The Scarlet Citadel" • interior artwork by Frank Brunner 64 · artwork
- Collecting Robert E. Howard Material • essay by James Van Hise 70 · essay
- A Robert E. Howard Weird Tales Portfolio • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli and Hugh Rankin 77 · artwork
- Sword & Fantasy #2 [2] • interior artwork by Rick McCollum 84 · artwork
Contributors
- Margaret Brundage
- Cover artist
- James Van Hise
- Essayist
- Henry Kuttner
- Essayist
- Charles D. Hornig
- Essayist
- Carl Dumbleton
- Essayist
- Harold Preece
- Essayist
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- Title
- Sword & Fantasy #2
- Publisher
- James Van Hise
- Date
- April 2005