Thursday, October 18, 2018

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 
Coming in January!

by Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar
Cover by Esad Ribic
Party Variant Cover by Mahmud Asrar
Variant Cover by Greg Hildebrandt
Teaser Variant Cover by Esad Ribic
Premiere Variant Cover by Esad Ribic
Variant Cover by Gerardo Zaffino
Variant Cover by Daniel Acuña
Variant Cover by Jesus Saiz
Variant Cover by Bill Sienkewicz
Variant Cover by John Cassaday
Variant Cover by Kirbi Fagan
Variant Cover by Adi Granov
Action Figure Variant Cover by John Tyler Christopher
Variant Cover by Skottie Young

BY CROM, THE GREATEST SWORD-AND-SORCERY HERO RETURNS TO MARVEL!

From an age undreamed…hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet…

Robert E. Howard’s creation returns to comics, in an epic tale as only MARVEL could bring you! Conan’s travels have brought him to the far reaches of the unkown, from his birthplace in Cimmeria to the kingdom of Aquilonia and all in between. As his fighting prowess allows him to carve his way through life, so too does it attract the forces of death!

The all-new ages-spanning saga begins here, by writer Jason Aaron (THE MIGHTY THOR, STAR WARS) and artist Mahmud Asrar (UNCANNY X-MEN, ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS), as Conan’s destiny is forever changed!

Full Color, 48 pages, $4.99, On sale January 2.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 24).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180740 (Ribic cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180741 (Asrar cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180742 (Hildebrandt cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180743 (Ribic variant cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180744 (Ribic variant cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180745 (Zaffino cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180746 (Acuna cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180747 (Saiz cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180748 (Sienkiewcz cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180749 (Cassaday cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180750 (Fagan cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180751 (Granov cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180752 (Action Figure cover).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV180753 (Young cover).



Wednesday, October 17, 2018

THE COLOSSAL CONAN THE CIMMERIAN HC 
Now available!

Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomas Giorello (Art/Cover), Richard Corben (Art), Joe Kubert (Art), Joseph Michael Linsner (Art), Paul Lee (Art), and Jose Villarrubia (Color)

Conan returns to his homeland to explore his roots and find renewed purpose as a young mercenary.

This complete collection of Dark Horse's Conan the Cimmerian run gathers issues #0 to #25 of that celebrated series together, including all variant cover work!

The award-winning creative team of Truman, Giorello, and Villarrubia adapt several of Robert E. Howard's original Conan stories and tell new tales that tie everything together chronologically.

Hardcover, Full Color, 7x10, 648 pages, $99.99



Conan's Storm Cellar
By Zach Zorich

National Park Service archaeologist Jeffrey Shanks recently led a team excavating a storm cellar at the house of Robert E. Howard.

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/317-1811/trenches/7051-trenches-texas-conan-cellar


Monday, October 15, 2018

Famous Someday: 
A Robert E. Howard LitCrit TriplePunchPack!
by Don Herron 
Now available!

Rolling into Texas for the annual Robert E. Howard Days celebration in Cross Plains in the years counting down to the centennial of the writer’s birth in 2006, Leo Grin and Don Herron took a few notable side excursions.

They interviewed the last few people who had known REH. They followed some leads and tracked down a nice trove of books that had belonged to Doctor Isaac M. Howard — and were amazed to find that many of the items housed elaborate doodles from Howard’s father. (They even turned up the typescript for Howard’s first book, A Gent from Bear Creek, prepared by the Otis Adelbert Kline literary agency.)

All these adventures in biography jumped into print in Leo’s magazine The Cimmerian, which for a few years erupted volcanically on the Howardian landscape — and now are available once more for any fan of the creator of Conan.

Ever wonder how REH pronounced various words — such as, oh, Conan and Tarzan?

How good he was with a knife?

If he pounded out all his stories on his lonesome or hired a typist to prep clean copies, as he became more and more successful and cracked one pulp magazine market after another?

Read the interviews with the Baker Kids and Norris Chambers. Savor Doc’s Doodles in full color for the first time — The Cimmerian was printed in black-and-white. And take a rough-and-ready gander at Doc Howard's library courtesy of the research images shot on the spot.

Kindle price: $2.99



Sunday, October 14, 2018

New at Howard Works

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
L'urlo di Conan 
Featuring:
"Beyond the Black River"
"Shadows in Zamboula"
"Red Nails"
"The God in the Bowl"
"The Treasure of Tranicos"
"The Frost Giant's Daughter"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
http://howardworks.com/Lurlo_di_Conan-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
Racconti senza respiro. Volume primo 
Featuring:  "The Grey God Passes"
http://howardworks.com/Racconti_senza_respiro-Volume_primo-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Thanks to Scotty Henderson for the info and images.

James Van Hise
The Road to Velitrium #24
Featuring:  "The Devils of Dark Lake"
http://howardworks.com/RoadtoVelitrium24-REHupa150-JamesVanHise.html


Marvel Comics
Masters of Terror #1
Featuring:  "The Horror from the Mound"
http://howardworks.com/MastersofTerror1-Marvel.html


Éditions ActuSF / Hélios (French)
Le Guide Howard
http://howardworks.com/le_guide_howard-actusf-helios.html





Thursday, October 11, 2018

CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: 
OUT OF THE DARKSOME HILLS 
Coming in February!

by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates, Greg Ruth, Tom Mandrake

The legend returns! Conan the Barbarian stars in epic tales by comic book veteran Kurt Busiek - including classics adapted from the works of original author Robert E. Howard! Whether he's warring with the violent Vanir or meeting a Frost Giant's daughter, Conan's savage sword is always close at hand and ready for battle! The story of "The God in the Bowl" is presented in all its terrifying detail - introducing Conan's notorious adversary, Thoth-Amon! But who is Janissa the Widowmaker, and what role will she play in the Cimmerian warrior's life? Beware the Horror on Uskuth Hill - and the Thing in the Temple! And when two Nemedians walk into a bar, it's no joking matter. Prepare for swords and sorcery of the highest order with the greatest barbarian of them all!

COLLECTING: VOL. 1: CONAN: THE LEGEND 0, CONAN (2004) 1-19

Trade paperback, 496 pages, $39.99



Wednesday, October 10, 2018

THE COLOSSAL CONAN THE CIMMERIAN HC 
Arriving in comic shops October 17!

Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomas Giorello (Art/Cover), Richard Corben (Art), Joe Kubert (Art), Joseph Michael Linsner (Art), Paul Lee (Art), and Jose Villarrubia (Color)

Conan returns to his homeland to explore his roots and find renewed purpose as a young mercenary.

This complete collection of Dark Horse's Conan the Cimmerian run gathers issues #0 to #25 of that celebrated series together, including all variant cover work!

The award-winning creative team of Truman, Giorello, and Villarrubia adapt several of Robert E. Howard's original Conan stories and tell new tales that tie everything together chronologically.

Hardcover, Full Color, 7x10, 648 pages, $99.99