Now, I won’t say He-Man is great art.

Now, I won’t say He-Man is great art.

Now, I won’t say He-Man is great art. Frankly, looking back you can see it did more harm to our culture than good. However, I would also argue that we were injected with the DNA of sword & sorcery at an early age, now shrouded by the mists of time, and are harkening back not to the He-Man that was (which, when viewed through adult eyes, is frankly awful), but rather the He-Man that ought to be…I’m talking about intergalactic vampire warlords invading your sword & sorcery world and installing Satanic Lich-Kings in a bid for colonial rule. Pterodactyl riders with laser guns in a dogfight with UFOs piloted by serpent men. Cleaving through hordes of cyborg beast-men as we leap from asteroid to asteroid towards that leering organic castle in space.

This blog post is a few years old, but it speaks to me in a huge way. This is why I love the OSR Carcosa setting; it’s the “He-Man that ought to be.”

24 thoughts on “Now, I won’t say He-Man is great art.”

  9. Jason Cordova I just honestly wanted to hear you “say” “intergalactic vampire warlord.

    I know its a knock-off, but I also have the same feels for Thundarr the Barbarian.

  10. Jason Cordova I just honestly wanted to hear you “say” “intergalactic vampire warlord.

    I know its a knock-off, but I also have the same feels for Thundarr the Barbarian.

  13. Oh did it? I didn’t know. I mean I’m sure its all a Conan knock-off but I didn’t take a look at the dates. Thundarr too was post-apocalyptic I believe.

  14. Oh did it? I didn’t know. I mean I’m sure its all a Conan knock-off but I didn’t take a look at the dates. Thundarr too was post-apocalyptic I believe.

  17. Thundar has a little Kull the conqueror set in a post apocalypse. Since Kull is Conan’s predecessor it’s not much different but Kull is a little more fanciful than the early Conan stories. Still, it’s all the same arch typical character.

  18. Thundar has a little Kull the conqueror set in a post apocalypse. Since Kull is Conan’s predecessor it’s not much different but Kull is a little more fanciful than the early Conan stories. Still, it’s all the same arch typical character.

  21. Warren Denning I love Thundarr! It had the craziest creatures. Plus Ookla was hilarious! I can totally see someone playing him as a character and having a blast. Here is my custom move for him.

    When you get thrown from your horse (or horse-like creature), roll.

    * 10+ Go into a rage and get +1 forward to your next Hack and Slash

    * 7-9 Go into a rage and choose 2

    -Successfully recapture your horse-beast

    -Avoid drawing curious monsters to your temper tantrum

    -Get +1 forward to your next Hack and Slash

  22. Warren Denning I love Thundarr! It had the craziest creatures. Plus Ookla was hilarious! I can totally see someone playing him as a character and having a blast. Here is my custom move for him.

    When you get thrown from your horse (or horse-like creature), roll.

    * 10+ Go into a rage and get +1 forward to your next Hack and Slash

    * 7-9 Go into a rage and choose 2

    -Successfully recapture your horse-beast

    -Avoid drawing curious monsters to your temper tantrum

    -Get +1 forward to your next Hack and Slash

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