Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
Conan - cosplay
Trust me...if I looked good in a bearskin...I'd be here too.
I love this Red Sonja and this Masters of the Universe chick!!!
She looks nice too... ;)
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
A few more CONAN at random images....
Just buzzing around looking up pics on ebay and google searches... I came across these images and would like to share...we should always share our CONAN.
The art in this sketch book is by a man named Rich Woodall...great work Rich!!!
This one is by CONAN artist Mike Hawthorne...he got me good on April 1st two years ago
A couple of foreign editions utilizing Gil Kane/Ernie Chan art. I like the recoloring.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
" An age undreamed of "
Go to:
http://www.anageundreamedof.com/2013/05/la-reina-de-la-costa-negra-mystery-of.html
The blog " An age undreamed of " and read more about these fantastic predessesors to The CONAN the Barbarian comic books we all know and love today!!!
Props to Cromsblood for regularly sharing each and every time he comes across new UNDREAMED OF material and shares with us!!!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Robert E. Howard the American Tolkien...
I was visiting my local comic book store this past Saturday and picked up a few things. As I was paying I noticed on the wall behind the register a copy of " Famous Monsters of Filmland" # 265 to be precise. I noticed Gollum...I asked to see it and the store owner handed it to me and I noticed it was a Sanjulian painting. So I bought it expecting a nice article on the new HOBBIT film that was out recently. When I got it home I was totally surprised to see upon reading the table of contents if there were a Magazine to buy by accident or chance it is this one.
There were articles about Quentin Tarantino,The Hobbit,Bakshi's LOR,Forrest J. Ackerman,PSYCHO and of all things that made my purchase even more of an unexpected treat...ROBERT E. HOWARD in an article called The "AMERICAN J.R.R. TOLKIEN" for many years I have always compared Howard to Tolkien myself. I have had many a conversation with Tolkien fans about CONAN and how they should read a true HOWARD CONAN yarn.
One instance I can remember...I was talking with someone who was talking about how intellectual Tolkien's stories were and how his stories are discussed by Professors of lierature at great Universities around the world. I told him that in my opinion Tolkien's writing was verbose and too descript to hold my attention ( His descriptions of forests and hills and mountain sides and ornate castles were a bit overly descript and I got bored and had to slog through the story to get to the faster moving parts of the tale only to find there was actually no faster moving parts of the tale. It was like having a discussion with an Ent about whether or not to have a discussion )
Bottom line...there really is no better writer at all in this great world and in the history of literature or written fiction. It is all preference.
About two years later the guy I had this discussion with told me he bought a CONAN pastiche and read it and really enjoyed it. He also noted that the pace was more even and steady...I was pleased to give him an I told you so. ( There is only so much description one can put into something before you begin to lose interest ) My point of view on the subject is this...Tolkien...Like Howard created a world people could get lost in. Tolkien's world is full of magic and magical peoples...HOWARD's world...was full of grit and realism and strayed away magic. Like CONAN who hated magics. Tolkien wrote stories where magic played a major part. Howard wrote stories where magic was just a tool and the hero always had to overcome great obstacles with his wits and bare hands. Who is better? I am not qualified to judge.
For those of you who are CONAN completists...I recommend you go out and obtain this magazine.
Expand your Horizons and read more by CROM!!!
There were articles about Quentin Tarantino,The Hobbit,Bakshi's LOR,Forrest J. Ackerman,PSYCHO and of all things that made my purchase even more of an unexpected treat...ROBERT E. HOWARD in an article called The "AMERICAN J.R.R. TOLKIEN" for many years I have always compared Howard to Tolkien myself. I have had many a conversation with Tolkien fans about CONAN and how they should read a true HOWARD CONAN yarn.
One instance I can remember...I was talking with someone who was talking about how intellectual Tolkien's stories were and how his stories are discussed by Professors of lierature at great Universities around the world. I told him that in my opinion Tolkien's writing was verbose and too descript to hold my attention ( His descriptions of forests and hills and mountain sides and ornate castles were a bit overly descript and I got bored and had to slog through the story to get to the faster moving parts of the tale only to find there was actually no faster moving parts of the tale. It was like having a discussion with an Ent about whether or not to have a discussion )
Bottom line...there really is no better writer at all in this great world and in the history of literature or written fiction. It is all preference.
About two years later the guy I had this discussion with told me he bought a CONAN pastiche and read it and really enjoyed it. He also noted that the pace was more even and steady...I was pleased to give him an I told you so. ( There is only so much description one can put into something before you begin to lose interest ) My point of view on the subject is this...Tolkien...Like Howard created a world people could get lost in. Tolkien's world is full of magic and magical peoples...HOWARD's world...was full of grit and realism and strayed away magic. Like CONAN who hated magics. Tolkien wrote stories where magic played a major part. Howard wrote stories where magic was just a tool and the hero always had to overcome great obstacles with his wits and bare hands. Who is better? I am not qualified to judge.
For those of you who are CONAN completists...I recommend you go out and obtain this magazine.
Expand your Horizons and read more by CROM!!!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- In Memorium - Dan Adkins -
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I inform the followers here at CROM that another great comic book legend and master draftsman Dan Adkins has passed away. I never knew the man nor have I ever met him but his work always left me reeling. His skill was incredible and I always loved the work he did whether he was inking someone's work or creating his own work he always came through ( Never in doubt ) with beautiful art.
Dan had been around the Marvel comics offices contributing to the creations we all know and love since the inception of the Marvel Age. His Conan portfolio is one of the long sought after pieces I long to add to my collection. One day perhaps I will obtain it.
Below is some text that I copied from wikipedia :
In 1964, during the period comic-book fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comics, Adkins joined the Wally Wood Studio as Wood's assistant. Wood and Adkins collaborated on a series of stories for Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazines Creepy and Eerie. Adkins was among the original artists of Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, for Tower Comics, drawing many Dynamo stories during his 16 months in the Wood Studio.[1]
His work as a penciler and inker appeared in 816 comic books, and he inked over 70 artists in the comics industry. He drew 132 covers for Marvel Comics, in addition to his many pages for Doctor Strange and other Marvel titles. Adkins has worked for a variety of comics publishers, including Charlton Comics, DC Comics (Aquaman, Batman), Dell Comics/Western Publishing, Eclipse Comics, Harvey Comics, Marvel, and Pacific Comics.[1]
In addition to penciling and inking, Adkins has also done cover paintings, including Amazing Stories, Eerie (issue 12) and Famous Monsters of Filmland (issues 42, 44). His magazine illustrations have been published in Argosy (with Wood), Amazing Stories, Fantastic, Galaxy Science Fiction, Infinity, Monster Parade, Science-Fiction Adventures, Spectrum, Worlds of If and other magazines
As you can see Mr. Adkins was a well rounded and experienced professional - You will be missed sir...God bless...Rest in peace. ( March / 1937 - May / 2013 )
Dan had been around the Marvel comics offices contributing to the creations we all know and love since the inception of the Marvel Age. His Conan portfolio is one of the long sought after pieces I long to add to my collection. One day perhaps I will obtain it.
Below is some text that I copied from wikipedia :
In 1964, during the period comic-book fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comics, Adkins joined the Wally Wood Studio as Wood's assistant. Wood and Adkins collaborated on a series of stories for Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazines Creepy and Eerie. Adkins was among the original artists of Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, for Tower Comics, drawing many Dynamo stories during his 16 months in the Wood Studio.[1]
His work as a penciler and inker appeared in 816 comic books, and he inked over 70 artists in the comics industry. He drew 132 covers for Marvel Comics, in addition to his many pages for Doctor Strange and other Marvel titles. Adkins has worked for a variety of comics publishers, including Charlton Comics, DC Comics (Aquaman, Batman), Dell Comics/Western Publishing, Eclipse Comics, Harvey Comics, Marvel, and Pacific Comics.[1]
In addition to penciling and inking, Adkins has also done cover paintings, including Amazing Stories, Eerie (issue 12) and Famous Monsters of Filmland (issues 42, 44). His magazine illustrations have been published in Argosy (with Wood), Amazing Stories, Fantastic, Galaxy Science Fiction, Infinity, Monster Parade, Science-Fiction Adventures, Spectrum, Worlds of If and other magazines
As you can see Mr. Adkins was a well rounded and experienced professional - You will be missed sir...God bless...Rest in peace. ( March / 1937 - May / 2013 )
Friday, April 5, 2013
THE SAVAGE ART OF LOSTON WALLACE!!!
I found these bad ass Conan sketches on " Loston's Sketch blog " Loston Wallace is ( Like me ) a Kubert school alumn. Loston Garduated from The Joe Kubert school about 5 years after my tenure there. Loston has worked for animation studio's,just about every comic book company that counts and has worked for those companies that put out those little golden books that produce the animated versions of Superman and Batman ( Bruce Timm style ).... I love Lostons loose and dark style in these Conan sketches it is very complementary the the spirit of the character and is exactly what we expect CONAN to look like...Big Brawny and SAVAGE...enjoy the work of Loston Wallace.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
CONAN vs HAGAR...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Another CONAN gag..."CONAN the Commuter"
by Paul Smith...from an issue of Marvel Age. Thank you to "Marvel Comics of the 1980's the blog"
These need to be shared.... I thank CROM that there is such a thing as the WEB,THE NET,THE INTER WEB and or..THE INTERNET!!! Especially Blogger, because where by Hell else would I be able to find these long sought after CONAN gags without going page by page through every issue of MARVEL AGE in order to find them? Thanks again my friends.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
CONAN'S favorite joke!!!
I was visiting " Marvel Comics of the1980's the blog" and came across this Conan gag by Paul Smith. I have been searching the web high and low for this for many years. I asked a few comic pro's if they remembered it and nobody could recall. But thanks to our friends over at " Marvel Comics of the1980's the blog" my search is over. I know I have the comic this appeared in somewhere in my collection. But seeing it once again brings a smile to my face. ( It is from an issue of Marvel age )
Enjoy!
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Marvel Comics of the 1980s The blog : 1980 - Conan by John Byrne
Lookie here at this cool little gem I found over at the blog you see there in the link provided.
And inked by Terry Austin in 1982.
Friday, March 8, 2013
sanjulian: CONAN POR SANJULIAN
" Hey folk's you might want to check out this Gallery by Sanjulian...over at Sanjulian's blog...it's very cool by CROM!
"CONAN at Random"
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Conan the Barbarian art dept. Mock up poster
Saturday, December 1, 2012
CONAN turns 80 - December 1932-2012
This morning I opened my e-mails to find a Happy Birthday wish to CONAN from a Gentleman ( Could'a been a lady ) who signed off with just an initial " T."
Conan the Cimmerian was created and conceived in a little house in Texas 80 years ago. In that time an ICON grew into a legend and is now a timeless household name. Everyone knows CONAN whether they like it or not. Those who don't " TO HELL WITH THEM ! "
When his first official story appeared in a December 1932 issue of WEIRD TALES
( the Pheonix on the sword ) it was the beginning of a long Brutal and Beautiful friendship between REH , CONAN and the fans. Why do we love the big guy so much? We can't really say any more than his adventures speak to us and we relate in some way to the Loner writer BOB HOWARD.
CONAN is an icon and his adventures will be shared for 80 more years and beyond. Happy Birthday Big Guy now pull out your axe and whack that cake in half!!!
Conan the Cimmerian was created and conceived in a little house in Texas 80 years ago. In that time an ICON grew into a legend and is now a timeless household name. Everyone knows CONAN whether they like it or not. Those who don't " TO HELL WITH THEM ! "
When his first official story appeared in a December 1932 issue of WEIRD TALES
( the Pheonix on the sword ) it was the beginning of a long Brutal and Beautiful friendship between REH , CONAN and the fans. Why do we love the big guy so much? We can't really say any more than his adventures speak to us and we relate in some way to the Loner writer BOB HOWARD.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
The Legend of Conan, How Excited should we be?
I received my copy of the Fall 2012 REH Foundation Newsletter today. As usual, it contains items of interest to the REH nut. What caught my attention right off was "The Letter from the Board" in which the "...recent announcement of the new movie The Legend of Conan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger" was discussed.
This is old news to Crom! readers. Mikeyboy pointed us to the breaking news way back on 10/26.
As reported in Reuters, Legend (the most current working title I know of) is based upon the 1982 film staring Arnold and ignores Conan the Destroyer and the 2011 Conan the Barbarian. This means by default that it is only nominally based upon the writings of Bob Howard.
REH purists may rage, but I'm okay with it and I love me some REH. My wife calls it one of my many unhealthy addictions (I find it and many of my other addictions very healthy). It is my truest desire that Schwazenegger's involvement in a long anticipated film will bring new readers to the Conan/REH front and being that I am not a purist, I say bring on some new pastiche! And of course I hope that by summer 2014 Dark Horse Comics will smother us with new Conan/REH titles.
Again quoting from the latest Foundation "Long ago there was a poll, which asked what had brought people to read REH for the first time. Almost a third of those readers came to REH because of Conan the Barbarian". While my first experience with Conan was Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan, it was without a doubt Arnan which made me a Conan and REH fan for life. Furthermore, "An additional benefit...may be that more movie and TV interest in other REH creations will be generated". Here here! I truly hope so.
It may not be REH, but it can still be great and for a wonderful account of what The Legend of Conan should and should not be, check out this great post at The Conan Movie Blog. Read it, then come back. Good stuff wasn't it? And much of it I agree with, even though the concept of putting Conan in the corner is tough to take, in the context of Arnan's age it makes complete sense and I agree with the blogger, don't try to hide the age issue, we are too smart for that. The concept of Conan's son taking center stage is intriguing and combing through the possibilities of who could play that role riles up my nerd.
So how excited should we be? As excited as we dare.
This is old news to Crom! readers. Mikeyboy pointed us to the breaking news way back on 10/26.
As reported in Reuters, Legend (the most current working title I know of) is based upon the 1982 film staring Arnold and ignores Conan the Destroyer and the 2011 Conan the Barbarian. This means by default that it is only nominally based upon the writings of Bob Howard.
REH purists may rage, but I'm okay with it and I love me some REH. My wife calls it one of my many unhealthy addictions (I find it and many of my other addictions very healthy). It is my truest desire that Schwazenegger's involvement in a long anticipated film will bring new readers to the Conan/REH front and being that I am not a purist, I say bring on some new pastiche! And of course I hope that by summer 2014 Dark Horse Comics will smother us with new Conan/REH titles.
Again quoting from the latest Foundation "Long ago there was a poll, which asked what had brought people to read REH for the first time. Almost a third of those readers came to REH because of Conan the Barbarian". While my first experience with Conan was Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan, it was without a doubt Arnan which made me a Conan and REH fan for life. Furthermore, "An additional benefit...may be that more movie and TV interest in other REH creations will be generated". Here here! I truly hope so.
It may not be REH, but it can still be great and for a wonderful account of what The Legend of Conan should and should not be, check out this great post at The Conan Movie Blog. Read it, then come back. Good stuff wasn't it? And much of it I agree with, even though the concept of putting Conan in the corner is tough to take, in the context of Arnan's age it makes complete sense and I agree with the blogger, don't try to hide the age issue, we are too smart for that. The concept of Conan's son taking center stage is intriguing and combing through the possibilities of who could play that role riles up my nerd.
So how excited should we be? As excited as we dare.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
KING CONAN
KING CONAN
Could hardly believe it when I read it. Check out the post at JIM SMASH and I'll let him fill ya' in.
Friday, October 5, 2012
The original art to the cover of "CONAN the barbarian" # 31
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