What's an elf? For a lot of people, it seems to come down to pointy ears. (See any discussion about the accuracy of Talislanta's &qu...

This map of the Hyborian Age world by Katrin Dirim is pretty cool, and gives a different sort of vibe than typical illustration of Conan...

My goal: read DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to Crisis ! This week, we review the comics hitting the newsstand on Febr...

 I've written before about the implied setting of 80s TSR art , but it's really only a subcategory of more widespread trends in fant...

In wuxia fiction, the characters are members of the Wulin, the World of the Martial Arts or community of martial arts practitioners. This te...

My goal: read DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to Crisis ! This week, I'm looking at the comics at newsstands around...

This post originally appeared in 2014. it's interesting what remained true and what got tweaked regarding the Land of Azurth from this c...