A Guide to Retropunk - Part Three, and A Guide to Fantasy!

[espanolbot]

The last part in my look at Retropunk, there are a few I've missed (Cyberfunk: 70s themed, Candlepunk: Medieval themed) which I might come back to later, but I tried to keep it to things that I could think of at least three examples for. Cyberfunk being a term created and used entirely by the creators of Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorperated, for example, and I couldn't think of any other examples off the top of my head.

With a break from SF, I think I'll do different versions of Fantasy next...

Comments

[venatosapiens]

I'm not really sure that Song of Ice and Fire counts as dark fantasy---it's more extremely like low fantasy going through a rough phase. Anything by Joe Abercrombie, though, would absolutely count. That shit is bleak.

[lieut_kettch]

The High Fantasy 'toon reminds me of Oglaf's Kronar, Son of Man.

[stubbleupdate]

Are the spelling and grammar mistakes for effect, in a Strongbad Email way?

[akodo_rokku]

I look forward to Not Harry Dresden when you get to Modern Fantasy.

[arilou_skiff]

Yah, not agreeing with the fantasy designations.

Dark Fantasy I've always seen as more borderline horror, or rather, horror elements with the intent being not to scare, if that makes sense.

Heroic fantasy and Sword & Sorcery are very, very different genres: One of the points of S&S is that the hero is often entirely self-interested, after all.

[nezchan]

I would imagine The Chronicles of Lord Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever would be considered Dark Fantasy, partly due to the overall tone, partly due to the fact that the protagonist and villain were both total assholes. Actually, I think Covenant himself was actually worse than the villain, certainly he was more self-absorbed and annnoying.

[metanewsmods]

Hi, can I link this at metanews?