#fu manchu

This is not an endorsement of their style, which is florid pulp nonsense, or their content, which is preposterously racist in a bewildering variety of ways. However, if you're familiar with the material, you will begin to recognize Fu's innumerable imitators and descendants, which include some actual pastiches as well as knockoffs. (For example, Marvel has several direct Fu Manchu ripoffs, including the Yellow Claw and the Mandarin, but Shang-chi from MASTER OF KUNG FU was originally the literal son of actual Fu Manchu, and the MASTER OF KUNG FU comic featured a variety of characters from the Fu stories, used under license from Rohmer's estate.)

You can find various summations and essays online about what Fu Manchu represented as an embodiment of racist "Yellow Peril" paranoia, but if you haven't read the stories themselves, it's easy to underestimate how influential and pervasive they've been and how much Rohmer's blend of lurid pulp melodrama and batshit conspiracy theory racism has shaped subsequent comics and pulp entertainment.

If you're interested in the Batman villain Ra's al Ghul and his daughters Talia and Nyssa, I cannot stress enough how useful it is to have read the Rohmer stories and their treatment of Karamaneh and Fah Lo Suee [sic]. (Karamaneh appears in the original serialized novel, but Fah Lo Suee isn't named and doesn't become a major figure in the series until THE DAUGHTER OF FU MANCHU in 1931.)

I should have uploaded those ages ago. Here's the fourth batch. The rest can be found here.

Fu Manchu aprono lo show con Eatin' Dust nella Capitale, al Parco Schuster per il Roma Stone Fest l'8 agosto 2026.

Ha fatto 42° e sia @bastaconlafottutissimapasta che @mtonino mi hanno solato, 13 ore di lavoro ma soddisfatto.

12:41 PM EDT June 22, 2026:

Fu Manchu - "Travel Agent" From the album Daredevil (January 1, 1995)