The Adventures of Conan Live Show from Universal Studios

Way back in 1983, after the success of the Conan the Barbarian motion pitcure, corporate greed birthed the horror of the Universal Studios live production of The Adventures of Conan, also called the Conan: Sword & Sorcery Spectacular. Ugh. How lame is that?! This just goes to show that anything cool can be turned into a silly, fireworks filled stage show jam-packed with cringe-inducing absurdity.

Still, it's a part of our favorite hero's history and must be acknowledged.







I can make fun of it all I want, but the truth is that I enough of a nerd to secretly want to see this! I mean, fire-breathing giant serpents? Half-naked Red Sonja swinging a sword? Awwww YEAH!

Take a look at the videos, but I warn you, prepare yourself...







Wow... I think Crom would be angered.

Conan Needs Women!

Gaming conventions learned long ago that nothing will attract nerds to your demo booth faster than a couple of cuties crammed into costumes, and the Age of Conan crew are no different. These chicks are cute, but they're no Belit, Valeria or Red Sonja! Anyway, here are the ladies of Age of Conan!

Conan Showing Some Demons Just Who the Hell They're Messin' With!

I just ran across this awesome resin model kit from nealadamsstore.com featuring a black maned barbarian warrior showing a couple of demons what a mouthful of sharpened steel tastes like! They don't exactly come right out and call him "Conan", probably due to copyright issues, but just look at the guy. If that's not Conan then I'm a little girl in a pink dress. And I'm not.



So, if you've got a spare $270 lying around and possess some mad model building and painting abilities, then head on over and order one!

Conan Motivational Posters!

Found these over at the Conan forums and thought you guys would like to see them. Enjoy!

Get Yourself Some Conan Weapons!

Hail all!

I ran across this great website selling some seriously sweet Conan replica weapons and thought you all may want to check it out. These are beautiful replicas from the movies (mostly the first movie). So check these pics out and then head on over there and wrap your scarred fists around a yard of sharpened steel and let your enemies that they're about to meet their maker!























You can order them HERE. Just scroll down to about 1/3 of the page to see the Conan stuff.

More coming soon!

Conan Movie News! (We’re screwed...)

Seriously, my fellow Conan fans, we're screwed big time. Just read the article below...

Brett Ratner to Direct Conan Film

And if you don't believe me, just go watch the last Xmen movie again.

New Conan Statue from Hard Hero!

Just a quick note today to let you all know about some new Conan merchandise coming out soon! Hard Heroes has announced the release of a brand new Conan statue! Just look at this beauty!



It's based on the classic Marvel Comics Conan the Barbarian issue 88, (always one of my favorite Conan Covers) which you can see below...



And it's only $239.00! Ouch... Well, if any of you guys want to buy this for me, that would be wonderful. Let me know and I'll send you my address. ;)

Conan Comic Book Covers!

I swear I'll post some stuff with some more substance here soon! Just been a little busy since school started back up, but I have a bunch of articles planned. I swear! Until then, enjoys these bad ass Conan comic book covers!

Original Conan Cartoon, Just for Me!

Hail all!

I just wanted to make a quick post and show off this wicked little cartoon a fellow illustrator and blogger did upon my request today. Check it out!



Look at all that blood! CROM!

Conan the Cimmerian from Dark Horse

A few months back, Dark Horse Comics released their new title Conan the Cimmerian, featuring... well... Conan. Anyway, being one of the world's biggest Conan fans, I freely admit that I was shamelessly salivating over the new book. After their previous 50 issue run of their former title Conan, containing art and writing that almost put Marvel's old book to shame, I couldn't wait to see where they took it.

And to be honest, I'm both loving and somewhat less-than loving it. Hmmm...

Issue 0 came out first as a preview kick-off to the new title with a beautiful visual representation of Robert E. Howard's poem, Cimmeria. Stunningly rendered by artists Tomás Giorello and José Villarrubia, I have rarely seen such a sumblime take of our favorite son of Cimmeria.



Issue 1 came out with a cover by famed artist Frank Cho, of Liberty Meadows fame, with an alternate cover by the great Joe Kubert. I opted for the Cho cover, because, well... it had a half naked girl on it. I'm only human. The interior art by Giorello and Villarrubia was simply brilliant, but the story took an odd turn as Conan is told a story by an old hermit about his grandfather returning from the east after his own wanderlust was quenched.

But here's where it got dissapointing. The flashback scenes (which take up the bulk of the book) were done by 80's grown-up-comics artist Richard Corben, who made his fame back in the day as an artistic force to be reckoned with in titles like Heavy Metal. However, I hate to say this, but Corben's art in this book came off almost comical and far too cartoony for my taste. It just didn't seem to fit with the mood of the story.



Also, not to be a complainer, but here we have a brand-spanking-new Conan title and we're forced to sit through a story about his grandfather lugging around a couple of dirt-around-the-mouth little kids that may or may not be werewolves? Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting story, but save it for a mid-series story arc, don't give it a headlining spot in the first inaugural issues of a whole new series! Ah well, my hypocracy is only made greater, because we all damn well know that I'm going to buy every issue that comes out. I just can't help it. Maybe a little faith would be in order to see where this takes us.

So, today, I stopped by my local comic shop and picked up issues 2 and 3, still being lead in by exquisite art by Giorello and Villarrubia, and still being slightly manhandled by Corben (whose art, I must admit, seems far more controlled in issue 2). Besides, at least we get another half naked chick thanks to Frank Cho!





So far, I'm giving it 3 1/2 stars out of 5 and fully expect that grade to rise as this new title gains its footing.

Also, I stopped by the Dark Horse website and found these sweet sneak peeks of the next three Conan covers! Check 'em out...







So, in conclusion; is it great? No. But good enough to reccomend it to a fellow Conan fan? Does a Priest of Set play with his snake? Hell yes! Go out and get them!

Conan the Cover Model and Red Sonja the Video Game Fighter!

It's time for some down and dirty, bloody and gritty Hyborian coolness!

As I'm sure many of you know, the Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures MMO is taking the online gaming world by storm. So that means that the greatest barbarian to ever stalk out of the misty mountains of Cimmeria is gaining a new-found popularity. So much so that he is one the cover of two magazines, both of which I spotted while strolling through a grocery store of all places. When you can go into your local grocery store and suddenly find your eyeballs assaulted with shots of a gore-caked broadsword, then everything in the world is just fine!





In other Hyborian news, I was hanging out at my friend Todd's house this past Saturday where we beat the living tar out of each other playing Soulcalibur IV, in which you may remember I had previously and naturally made a Conan character, so I guess it was just in my nerdy nature to make a Red Sonja character! And we didn't waste any time making sure she was vicious, bloodthirsty and most importantly, almost naked. Check her out...



The obligatory "butt shot"...



Here she is all geared up in her chain-mail bikini...



Mmmmmm... chain-mail bikini.... ;)