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A Farewell to Comic-Art Legend Frank Thorne

News broke late Sunday night, March 7, that legendary artist Frank Thorne—the man who made Robert E. Howard’s Red Sonja, the She-Devil With a Sword, the iconic, memorable character she became during her days at Marvel Comics—had died at the … Continue reading

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The Ballad of Red Sonja at Comics for Sinners

Over at the site Comics for Sinners, you’ll find my third installment of the occasional series of posts I call “It Came From the Bad-Girl Archives.” This one doesn’t involve a comic book, but rather “The Ballad of Red Sonja,” … Continue reading

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Happy 85th Birthday, Frank Thorne!

Today, comic-art legend Frank Thorne (Marvel Comics’ Red Sonja; Atlas Comics’ Son of Dracula; and creator of Ghita of Alizaar, Lann, and Danger Rangerette) turns 85! As readers of this blog probably know, Thorne is not only one of my … Continue reading

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Frank Thorne’s Red Sonja 3 Review at Comics for Sinners

Hey, everybody, it’s party time! Over at the news site Comics for Sinners, you can now read my latest review—my fiftieth, in total! Fifty! Who would have ever expected that when I wrote my first review for C4S, back in … Continue reading

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Frank Thorne Art Exhibit at Illustration House

Well, this is perfect timing. Hot on the heels of my Comics for Sinners review of the just-released Frank Thorne’s Red Sonja Art Edition, Vol. 2, comes new that the legendary Mr. Thorne will be the subject of an upcoming … Continue reading

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Frank Thorne’s Red Sonja Review at Comics for Sinners

Now at the news site Comics for Sinners, you can read my review of Frank Thorne’s Red Sonja Art Edition, Vol. 2, currently on sale from Dynamite Entertainment. As some of you might be aware, I’m a longtime fan of … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Frank Thorne!

He wasn’t the first artist to draw Red Sonja, Hyborean Age “she-devil with a sword” and equal to Conan the Barbarian, or the first to render her in her iconic chainmail “bikini,” but Frank Thorne was certainly the one who … Continue reading

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Visions of Lorelei: Frank Thorne

Continuing Visions of Lorelei, a 13-part artistic event that celebrates the recent publication of Lorelei: Sects and the City, a Mature Readers graphic novel that reintroduces the soul-stealing succubus. Today we feature an artist who knows a thing or two … Continue reading

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