Tag Archives: Glenn Lord

Rediscovered: Windy Reportage

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Don

Tom Krabacher sent along a few notes on the recent Windy City pulp convention, held on the outskirts of Chicago. He had a posse lined up to roam the aisles, but for various reasons several bailed on him close to … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, REH | Tagged Adventure, Alfred Galpin, Andy Zimmerly, August Derleth, Bill Thinnes, Book Collecting, Clark Ashton Smith, David Rachjel, Glenn Lord, John D. Haefele, Kevin Cook, Kurt Shoemaker, Lovecraft, Margaret Brundage, PulpFest, Pulps, Robert H. Barlow, Robert Weinberg, Tom Krabacher, Weird Tales, Windy City |

Two-Gun Bob: The Chastain Connection

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Don

The handsome devil above is Don Chastain, and the mere mention of his name sent Brian Leno off into a web of connections — no doubt prompted by all his ongoing work on the boxing scene known to Texas writer … Continue reading →

Posted in Boxing, Film, REH | Tagged Brian Leno, Clyde Chastain, Don Chastain, Glenn Lord, Kid Dula, Larry Belling, Raquel Welch |

Cisco Beat: Santa Hits the Bank

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Don

Eighty-four years ago today, at his final age of 30, pulp writer Robert E. Howard shot himself in the head outside his home in Cross Plains, Texas. To commemorate the somber anniversary we bring in lifelong REH fan Brian Leno. … Continue reading →

Posted in REH | Tagged A.C. Greene, Brian Leno, Cisco Texas, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Glenn Lord, The Santa Claus Bank Robbery |

Two-Gun Bob: A Quick Meditation on Arriving Too Late on the Scene

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Don

Another factor in hitting the Second Sunday fan gathering was that Tom Krabacher — an academic of many years standing, but also a longtime fan (he’s planning on doing a Dum Dum next year for Edgar Rice Burroughs enthusiasts) — … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged Brian Leno, Doom Patrol, Geary Street, Glenn Lord, John D. Haefele, Kim Thanh, Lovecraft, Morgan Holmes, S.T. Joshi, Second Sunday, Tom Krabacher |

Two-Gun Bob: Earl Baker Ruminations

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Don

The furious round of discoveries about Robert E. Howard that Brian Leno — with Scott Connors close on his heels — turned up over the last couple of weeks got the attention of Leo Grin, editor and publisher of the excellent … Continue reading →

Posted in REH | Tagged Bob Baker, Brian Leno, Doc Howard, Earl Baker, Glenn Lord, June 11 1936, L. Sprague de Camp, Leo Grin, Scott Connors, The Cimmerian, The Cimmerian Press |

Two-Gun Bob: Men, Women, Jungles and Chain Mail Bikinis

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Don

In Round One of his review of Conan Meets the Academy, Brian Leno padded into the ring, finding that editor Jonas Prida has a highly breakable glass jaw in the arena of Howard Studies, because he can’t seem to tell much … Continue reading →

Posted in REH | Tagged Ben P. Indick, Brian Leno, Conan, Conan Meets the Academy, Daniel Weiss, Fritz Leiber, Glenn Lord, Jeffrey Shanks, Jonas Prida, L. Sprague de Camp, Paul Shovlin, Professor Frank Coffman, Steve Eng, The Cimmerian, The Dark Barbarian, Winter Elliot, Zane Grey |

Two-Gun Bob: Could The Academics Refurb de Camp? and Other Concerns of a REH Purist

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Don

A little over a year ago our occasional Guest Blogger Brian Leno managed to slug his way through the collection of litcrit on Robert E. Howard, all by academics: Conan Meets the Academy, edited by Jonas Prida. And not too long after … Continue reading →

Posted in REH | Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Black Circle, Brian Leno, Cleo Awards, Conan, Conan Meets the Academy, Damon Sasser, Dennis McHaney, Dirk Mosig, Glenn Lord, Indy Cavalier, Isaac Asimov, John W. Campbell, Jonas Prida, L. Sprague de Camp, Leo Grin, Lin Carter, Lovecraft, Novalyne Price Ellis, REHupa, Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Jordan, Rusty Burke, The Cimmerian, The Dark Barbarian |

Two-Gun Bob: 106 and Counting

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Don

Birthday 106 for Robert E. Howard today. Almost 76 years since he committed suicide on June 11, 1936. And his name lives on. Not bad for a writer who plied his trade in the pulps and didn’t see a single … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lit, News, REH | Tagged "Conan vs. Conantics", Al Harron, Book Collecting, Brian Leno, Doc Howard, Frazetta, Glenn Lord, Howard Days, Jason Momoa, L. Sprague de Camp, Leo Grin, Lin Carter, pure texts, The Cimmerian, Tompk, Whoopi Goldberg |

Two-Gun Bob: Into the West

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Don

Sometime after midnight, as 2011 had slipped away and the New Year had begun, I did a quick check of email and found a barrage of notes telling me that Glenn Lord had passed away on the last day of the vanished … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, REH | Tagged Glenn Lord, Howard Days, James Reasoner, literary suicides, Walt Coburn |

Two-Gun Bob: A Living Legend

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Don

Today they’re tossing a party for Glenn Lord in Texas, to celebrate the father of Robert E. Howard fandom hitting his 80 year milestone on the 17th. Yeah, I kind of wish I was there — I’ve always liked Glenn, who … Continue reading →