Conan Comics Worldwide
Conan Properties, owner of Robert E. Howard's character Conan the Barbarian, has published all the comics publishing rights for all countries worldwide (except the English language) in paper and digital format to Panini, one of the world's largest publishers of comics.
Panini has been a long-time licensee to Conan Properties and has been publishing Conan comics in selected countries for almost 25 years - starting with the classic Marvel Comics footage from 1994 to 2000, while Marvel held the license, later through direct contracts with CPI and Dark Horse.
This new framework agreement extends the scope of the license to all regions of the world (excluding English-speaking) and the entire historical catalog of this character in comic and graphic novel format. These include the groundbreaking Marvel comics and magazines from the 1970s to 2000s ("Conan the Barbarian", "The Savage Sword of Conan"), the many successful series and mini-series, the Dark Horse Comics from 2003 to 2018 as well as the Marvel relaunch with the current generation of comic scene superstars, which will start in the US in 2019.
Under this framework agreement, Panini will release the new Conan comics in many regions of the world: Spain, France, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, Turkey and Serbia. Other countries will follow, both directly and in collaboration with other major publishers worldwide. At the same time, the archive holdings continue to be kept alive through collections, comics and collections. For the German market, first releases under the contract are scheduled for summer 2019.
Panini will work closely with Conan Properties, which is currently expanding Conan's reach through video games and the upcoming Amazon Video TV series (with big names in the industry, including Miguel Sapochnik of "Game of Thrones") enlarge. Panini will also be developing new comics with European and Latin American artists that will join the impressive array of pre-existing and upcoming stories, with new graphic novels opening up new visual universes.
https://www.phantastiknews.de/index.php/comic-news/15748-panini-sichert-sich-rechte-an-conan
