Swords and Scrolls

Red Sonja gets the spotlight for the first time as we focus on backup stories from Conan the Barbarian 48 and Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian 45. It is long overdue. To discuss her taking center stage for the first time is Dean Rowe, fan of the show, who...

Kulan Gath returns!!! It’s another episode of Swords & Supers discussing The Uncanny X-Men issues 190 and 191. We welcome Sean Wedding to the Land of Scrolls who brings his love of the X-Men and comics to the fore. Find an open seat in the tavern and pray Kulan Gath’s...

Grab your flippers, punts!!! Jason Ford and I navigate rivers as we discuss the fifth episode of the classic cartoon. River pirates, old Moks, sexy Moks, large wasps and giant lobsters! Can Ookla’s might, Thundarr’s questions and Ariel’s magik get us through this one?!? Join us once again as we...

Independent comics creator and educator Thony Aiuppy strides, while cloaked and pretending to be someone else, into the Land of Scrolls. We discuss his projects, convention appearances and the story “Hawks Over Shem” by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague De Camp, in both prose and comic book form. Be...

Here in the Land of Scrolls we recognize and howl the praises of the beautiful saga, that is Elfquest. Jess visits the Tavern of Tales, and we discuss our enjoyment and beginnings with Elfquest Book One. Here is our talk of Wendy and Richard Pini’s Wolfrider journey. Theme Music by...

It’s the final round of Battle of the Barbarians! Sitting ringside is Matt Baum of the Two-Headed Nerd to bear witness, to whom leaves the ring as champion. Here in the Land of Scrolls we finally discover which barbarian titled book of the 1970’s swings the more mightier sword and...

The Battle of the Barbarians nears conclusion – Conan gets a job with a uniform and Wulf gets industrialized! John Littrel evades rat men and dons his horned helm for a discussion on Conan the Barbarian 52 and Wulf the Barbarian 3. Join us, won’t you? Follow John on the...

The Battle of the Barbarians rages on – this time with monstrous plants, pool dweller, demons and a vat spawned being! Jason Farrell from the Douglas & Dragons Podcast uses his magic amulet to return for a discussion on Conan the Barbarian 50 and 51. These issues are the conclusion...

It’s a Double-Doug-Sized episode for the return to the Battle of the Barbarians! Doug Michel from the Douglas & Dragons Podcast gives his personal brand of insight to Conan the Barbarian 49 (which is part of an adaption of the novel, “Kothar and the Conjurer’s Curse” by Gardner F. Fox.)...

The full moon be a watchful eye over the Land of Scrolls! Special for SHOCKTOBER comes an episode featuring Jacob Balcom and Matt Howell from the BRONZE AGE MONSTERS PODCAST. We discuss Robert E. Howard’s dark and driven character Solomon Kane who finds himself facing a werewolf. Foul is the...

Beware those who walk the Land of Scrolls! Special for SPOOKY SEASON comes an episode featuring Russell and Josh of TASTE THE POD OF DRACULA. We discuss a story from the pages of Dracula Lives! issue #3. In it we see Robert E. Howard’s dark and driven character Solomon Kane...

Matt Howell from the Bronze Age Monsters podcast, returns to the Land of Scrolls! We discuss two issues (and so much more) of Conan the Barbarian which are part of an adaption of the novel, “Kothar and the Conjurer’s Curse” by Gardner F. Fox. We also welcome Wulf the Barbarian...

The two headed golem which is the Two-Headed Nerd returns to walk the Land of Scrolls! This time to discuss writer Gardner F. Fox and his contributions to comics and sword and sorcery pulp fiction. Here we discuss Garder’s character Kothar and the adaptation of the novel “Kothar and the...

Humans!!! Once more guest host Jason Ford and I must battle “nice” wizards and thwart their sorcerous shenanigans. We discuss the fourth episode of the classic cartoon. Prepare to dodge leather-wings! Join us once again as we continue our ride into this world of savagery, super-science and sorcery! Check Jason...

Welcome Kevin Coffey of CritforBrains.com to the Land of Scrolls! We discuss a series of advertising pages for Dungeons & Dragons which ran in various Marvel publications in the 1980’s. The comic strip ads tell various stories, with various adventuring parties. The ads and the creatives working on them face...

Demon Dogs!!! We race to the den of the ice people in the shadow of a gargantuan wizard war machine. Jason Ford and I discuss the third episode of the classic cartoon. It’s a freaky scary one to be sure! Join us once again as we continue our ride into...

The Two-Headed Nerd returns to the Land of Scrolls! This time to discuss “The Coming of Conan” … again. Back in April of 2020 we read and discussed the first issue of Conan the Barbarian from Marvel comics on the Two-Headed Nerd Podcast when Swords and Scrolls was a show...

The wall-crawler meets Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword! Michael Munshaw once again graces the Land of Scrolls with his artist’s perspective on a team-up beyond imagining! The wizard Kulan-Gath returns to plague the Marvel Universe despite his being slain in Conan the Barbarian 15! By Ymir, we again...