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ROBERT E. HOWARD DAYS

June 6-8, 2019

Just a few weeks left until Howard Days!

2019 HOWARD DAYS SCHEDULE

THURSDAY JUNE 6
2:00 – 4:00 pm: The Robert E. Howard House and Museum is open to the public. There are no docents on duty but the Gift Shop will be open and the grounds and Pavilion available to all.
5:00 – 7:00 pm: Fish Fry at the Cross Plains Senior Center.
6:00 pm: Barbarian Festival Parade down Main Street in Cross Plains.
Afterwards, Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion

FRIDAY JUNE 7
8:30 am until gone: Coffee and donuts at the Pavilion, compliments of Project Pride
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum and Grounds open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: REH Postal Cancellation Souvenir at Cross Plains Post Office. Friday Only.
9 am – 11 am: Bus Tour of Cross Plains & Surrounding Areas. Friday Only.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds east of Museum.
10 am – 5 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display. The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
11 am: PANEL: A History of Project Pride and the Robert E. Howard Museum.
NOTE: Presented at the House & Pavilion.
NOON: Hot Dog Lunch hosted by Project Pride at the Pavilion. Donations are welcome!
1:30 pm: PANEL: The Writers of REH
2:30 pm: PANEL: The Fourth Annual Glenn Lord Symposium.
Following this panel will be the presentations of the 2017 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards.
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Silent Auction items available for viewing & bidding at Banquet site
6:30 pm: Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet & Silent Auction at the Family Life Center of the Baptist Church on Main Street. Guest of Honor Speaker: David C. Smith
9:00 pm PANEL: Fists at the Ice House, Celebrating 90 Years of Sailor Steve Costigan.
NOTE: Presented on the actual Ice House grounds where Howard boxed!

Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion.
All are welcome and adult beverages are allowed.

SATURDAY JUNE 8
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: BARBARIAN FESTIVAL at Treadway Park, 3 blocks west of REH House
10 am – 3 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds east of Museum.
11 am PANEL: The Sword & Sorcery Poetry of Robert E. Howard
NOON: Lunch and/or Barbarian Festival activities at your leisure
1:30 pm PANEL: Kull, Conan Solomon Kane: The Original S&S Characters?
2:30 pm PANEL: What’s Up with REH?
4:30 pm: Tour of the 100 year old REH House Grounds
6 to 8 pm: Sunset BBQ at the Pavilion
At twilight/after BBQ: Multi-language reading of Howard’s poem “Cimmeria” + more REH poetry read aloud from the Museum porch.

Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion.
All are welcome and adult beverages are allowed.

Special Announcements will be ongoing over both days,
There will be special guests and extemporaneous events: readings, book signings and surprises happening throughout Friday and Saturday

PLEASE NOTE: ALL PANELS LAST ONE HOUR AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1000 N. MAIN ST. IN CROSS PLAINS, unless noted.

Robert E. Howard Days  

Upcoming REH related publications.
Target ship dates as of 05/01/2019
All dates are subject to change.

Available since last update
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #5 (Marvel)
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA (Marvel)
CONAN LE CIMMERIEN: LA CITADELLE ECARLATE- B&W (Glénat)
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #4 (Marvel)
THE AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #2 (Marvel)

In your future

05/01/2019
SAVAGE AVENGERS #1  (Marvel)

05/08/2019
THE AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #3 (Marvel)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #6 (Marvel)
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #5 (Marvel)

05/29/2019
CONAN LE CIMMERIEN: CHIMÈRES DE FER DANS LA CLARTÉ LUNAIRE (Glénat)

06/05/2019
SAVAGE AVENGERS #2  (Marvel)

06/12/2019
THE AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #4 (Marvel)

06/19/2019
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #6 (Marvel)

06/26/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #7 (Marvel)

07/03/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN VOL. 1:
     THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN BOOK ONE TPB (Marvel)
CONAN: THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR AND OTHER STORIES TPB (Marvel)
SAVAGE AVENGERS #3

07/10/2019
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #7

07/24/2019
AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #5
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS Volume 2 (Marvel)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE CULT OF KOGA THUN TPB [Color and B&W editions]

07/31/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #8

08/07/2019
THE MARVEL ART OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN

11/06/2019
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 2 HC

2019: Exact date not Announced
POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS (Robert E. Howard Foundation Press)

SAVAGE AVENGERS #1 (Featuring Conan) 
Now available!

Gerry Duggan (Writer)
Mike Deodato (Art)
David Finch (Cover)
Variant Cover by Mike Deodato Jr.
Variant Cover by Simone Bianchi
Variant Cover by TBA
Variant Cover by Skottie Young
Variant Cover by Leinil Francis Yu
Hidden Gem Variant Cover by Moebius
Blank Variant Cover Also Available

Conan the Barbarian will team-up with some of the Marvel Universe's deadliest characters in a new series titled Savage Avengers, by writer Gerry Duggan and artist Mike Deodato.

This is an unsanctioned team of heroes. It has to be something that visually makes sense to you, and I think it does. [Artist] Mike Deodato Jr. is illustrating this book in both worlds. We envisioned a threat, a magical green zone where the evil wizards of Conan’s world are trading spells with the Hand in Japan. Conan is on a very Conan-like mission; he’s heard a tale of an amulet so he’s chasing it, and the evil magic sorcerers are doing something that would be a Marvel Avengers problem. It feels like we have found some very fertile ground that is a Venn diagram between those two worlds.

Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99

Marvel Comics 

Conan le Cimmérien:
Chimères de fer dans la clarté lunaire
(Iron Shadows in the Moon)
Coming in May!

On an island, the danger does not always come from outside ...

A young woman in danger is pursued by her vile master. Conan, whose family has just been decimated by this same master, puts an end to the run of the beautiful woman and saves her with a blow of sword. Linked by fate, the couple decides to take the road together. Their journey takes them to an island where they discover strange ruins inhabited by dark magic. Their hideaway immediately turns into a dark and dangerous place where the shadows run. Who knows the extent of the dangers that lie there ...?

Now considered a minor work of Robert E. Howard, Iron Shadows in the Moon reveals the genius of its author to describe such singular and mysterious worlds. By her delicate and powerful feature, Virginie Augustin sublimates this oppressive and mystical atmosphere and offers a new graphic inspiration.

Language: French
Scriptwriter: Virginie Augustin
Designer: Virginie Augustin
Full Color
Size: 240 x 320 mm
72 pages
Shaping: Hardcover
On sale: May 29, 2019
Price: 14.95 €

Glénat 

POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS
By Robert E. Howard

The Robert E. Howard Foundation has released the image below for the upcoming publication.
The cover is illustrated by Jim & Ruth Keegan.

More details when available.

Hither Came Conan: Hour of the Dragon
By Ryan Harvey

New post at the Black Gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/04/29/hither-came-conan-ryan-harvey-on-hour-of-the-dragon/