Saturday, June 24, 2017

WONDER WOMAN / CONAN #1 (OF 6) 
Coming in September!

(Writer) Gail Simone (Art) Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan (Covers) Darick Robertson, Liam Sharp

What makes one a legend? How do legends carve their names into history, when countless others are forgotten?

Wonder Woman and Conan the Barbarian are destined by the fates to be legendary, but when their stories collide, will both emerge victorious, or will the fickle Gods cut their lives short?

Co-published by DC and  Dark Horse Comics.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale September 20.




CONAN THE SLAYER TPB VOLUME 2 
Coming in November!

Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Sergio Dávila & Dheeraj Verma
Cover: Admira Wijaya
Colorist: Michael Atiyeh

Superstar writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, Uncanny X-Men) and artist Sergio Dávila (Red Sonja, Swords of Sorrow) adapt the Robert E. Howard classic The Devil in Iron!

As part of a plot to end the barbarian's life, a beautiful woman lures him to a once-deserted island-now inhabited by a demonic titan! Collects Conan the Slayer #7-#12.

Trade paperback, Full Color, 152 pages, $19.99
On sale November 11.

Dark Horse Comics


Thursday, June 22, 2017

Conan and the OAK, Part 1 - 1933 
by Bobby Derie

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.

http://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2017/06/conan-and-oak-part-1-1933-by-bobby-derie.html?spref=fb
KULL ETERNAL #1 
Arriving in comic shops June 28!

(Writer) Tom Waltz (Art/Cover) Luca Pizzari
Robert E. Howard’s legendary barbarian king returns! The evil Serpent Men have attempted to infiltrate and enslave mankind from the time of the very first humans… only to be defeated at every turn by the Elder Race’s ultimate warrior… Kull of Atlantis! And now they must call on Kull once more, as the Serpent Men make a last-ditch gambit to first conquer America… and then the world. Kull’s long journey has come full circle—once a small boy who lost Old Atlantis to a monstrous cataclysm… now a modern warrior who must save the New Atlantis from monstrous creatures!
• Robert E. Howard’s legendary barbarian king as you’ve never seen him before!
• Written by Tom Waltz (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and illustrated by Luca Pizzari (Marvel’s Black Knight).
• Action, adventure, romance, and political intrigue spanning the ages!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

IDW Publishing


CONAN THE SLAYER #10 
Arriving in comic shops June 28!

Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Sergio Dávila
Cover: Sergio Dávila
Color: Michael Atiyeh

Where once was an abandoned ruin, the glittering city of Xapur suddenly rises again.
Conan, drawn by deceit to the ancient necropolis, is now lost in this resurrected fortress . . . but he is not alone.
For the demon Khosatral Khel, the Devil in Iron, walks the streets once more!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

Dark Horse Comics
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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Howard Days 2017
Frank Coffman - Through a Glass Too Darkly

Howard Scholar Frank Coffman argues that we often view Conan through an entirely too dark and brutish lens.

Through a Glass Too Darkly

Filmed by Ben Friberg


Sunday, June 18, 2017

New at Howard Works

Valgus (Estonian)
Põhjanael nr. 9 thru nr. 12, September - December 1993
Põhjanael nr. 1 thru nr. 6, January - June 1994 
Featuring:  "The Hour of the Dragon"
http://howardworks.com/Pohjanael-September1999-June1994-Valgus.html


PR Põhjarannik (Estonian)
Põhjarannik nr. 145 thru nr. 154, August 2, 1997 - August 15, 1997
Featuring:  "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
http://howardworks.com/Pohjarannik_nr145_to154-Pohjarannik.html


eStar Books
Skulls in the Stars
Featuring: "Skulls in the Stars"
http://howardworks.com/SkullsintheStars-eStarBooks.html


eStar Books
The Moon of Skulls
Featuring:  "The Moon of Skulls"
http://howardworks.com/TheMoonofSkulls-eStarBooks.html