The Cromcast

Season 9, Episode 4:
The Transformation of "The Black Stranger" with Rusty Burke

New podcast on The Cromcast website.
https://thecromcast.blogspot.com/2019/05/season-9-episode-4-transformation-of.html

Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards

Congratulations to the nominees!

Here is the list of the top three finalists for this year's Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards.
The winners will be announced at Howard Days on June 7th.

There will also be a special CROM Award as voted by the Board of Directors of the Foundation,
but that's a secret until the Awards Show.

REH FOUNDATION AWARDS 2018
Top Three Category Finalists

Atlantean — Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)
FRED BLOSSER – Western Weirdness and Voodoo Vengence (Pulp Hero Press)
DON HERRON and LEO GRIN – Famous Someday: A Robert E. Howard Biography (The Cimmerian Press)
DAVID C. SMITH – Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography (Pulp Hero Press)

The Hyrkanian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Print)
BOBBY DERIE – “That Fool Olson” – Lovecraft Annual 12
RICK LAI – “Poseidon and the Gods of the Robert E. Howard Universe” – Blood ‘n’ Thunder Presents #4: Pulpourri
DAMON YOUNG – “I Love, I Slay, And Am Content” – Island Magazine #124

The Cimmerian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Online)
BOBBY DERIE – “Conan and E’ch-Pi-El: Robert E. Howard in the Biographies of H. P. Lovecraft” – On An Underwood No. 5
DEUCE RICHARDSON – “Stephen Fabian and Robert E. Howard (3 Parts)” – DMR Books Blog
KEITH TAYLOR – “Black Vulmea – Robert E. Howard’s Roughneck Pirate (2 Parts)” – DMR Books Blog

The Venarium — Emerging Scholar
BOB BYRNE – Contributed essays for Black Gate
PHILIP EMERY – Completed Doctoral Thesis on REH and Sword and Sorcery
NICOLE EMMELHAINZ – Presented paper at Glenn Lord Symposium

The Stygian—Outstanding Achievement, Website or Periodical
BLACK GATE (John O’Neill)
ON AN UNDERWOOD NO. 5 (Todd Vick)
REH FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER (Lee Breakiron)

The Black Lotus – Outstanding Achievement, Multimedia
THE CROMCAST (audio podcast) – Josh Adkins, Luke Dodd, and Jon Larson
HOWARD DAYS 2018 (videos)– Ben Friberg
ROGUES IN THE HOUSE PODCAST – Matt Sullivan, Logan Whitney, and Alex Kostopoulos

The Black River—Special Achievement
MARK HALL – For his years of service as editor of The Dark Man
JEFFREY SHANKS, ANDREW McFEATERS, THADRA STANTON, and HEATHER YOUNG – For the National Park Service Robert E. Howard House Archaeology Project
ROY THOMAS – for his publication of Barbarian Life, the history of Conan in the comics.

The Rankin — Artistic achievement in the depiction of REH’s life and/or work
BILL CAVALIER – Cover Art for Pictures in the Fire (REHF Press)
TOM GRINDBERG – Cover art for Conan the Pirate sourcebook for Conan RPG (Modiphius) – Depicts “Queen of the Black Coast”
RONAN TOULHOAT – Conan le Cimmérien, Tome 2 : Le colosse noir (Glenat) – Depicts “Black Colossus”

Black Circle Award – Lifetime Achievement 
FRED BLOSSER
PAUL HERMAN
DONALD WOLLHEIM (posthumous)
As a 60% majority vote was not achieved for any candidate, there is no Black Circle Award

Hither Came Conan: “Rogues in the House”
By Bob Byrne

New post at the Black Gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/05/20/hither-came-conan-bob-byrne-on-rogues-in-the-house/

New at Howard Works

Shadow Zone (Danish)
Conan af Cimmeria - den sorte kysts dronning 
Featuring:  "Queen of the Black Coast"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_af_Cimmeria-den_sorte_kysts_dronning-ShadowZone.html

Glénat (Dutch)
Conan: De koningin van de zwarte kust 
Featuring: "Queen of the Black Coast"
http://howardworks.com/Conan-De_koningin_van_de_zwarte_kust-Glenat.html

Hippocampus Press
Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others 
Featuring:  Artices on REH
http://howardworks.com/Weird_Talers-EssaysonRobertEHoward-HippocampusPress.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 3
Featuring:  "Exile of Atlantis"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N3-Marvel.html

AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA
Coming in August!

AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA will join Marvel's Conan line this August with the return of Robert E. Howard's character Valeria from "Red Nails".

Meredith Finch and artist Aneke will be the creative team for the five-issue limited series.
The first issue cover is by Jay Anacleto.

The Cromcast

Season 9, Episode 3: The Inspiration –
"The Striking of the Gong" by Robert E. Howard & Lin Carter

New podcast on The Cromcast website.
https://thecromcast.blogspot.com/2019/05/season-9-episode-3-inspiration-striking.html

The Art of Robert E. Howard:
Peter Andrew Jones

By Bill Thom

This is the third in a series of articles that provides a showcase for the many fine artists that have illustrated the works of Robert E. Howard over the years. 
Earlier articles can be found at the links below.
1. Michael William Kaluta
2. Virgil Finlay

Peter Andrew Jones

Peter Andrew Jones is a British artist born in Islington, North London in 1951. He is the son of the late Reginald and Catherine Jones.

Peter showed interest in the visual arts from a very early age. At school he continued to pursue his interest in art and won school prizes for his work. During his last years at school, he met Robert Spearman, a talented artist in his own right, who encouraged his interest in art. As a result, Peter attended the St. Martin's School of Art (now Central St. Martins) in London from 1971 to 1974. He graduated in 1974 with an honors degree. Robert Spearman had taught Peter at adult evening institute life drawing classes as a condition of pre-art school tuition, and he also taught Peter the basics of classical painting and drawing.

In 1973, a college friend, David Case was reading a Panther Books paperback edition of science fiction author EE "Doc" Smith's "Triplanetary". David suggested the book to Peter who subsequently purchased a copy. His interest in science fiction grew. During a session with his tutor, visiting lecturer and illustrator Fritz Wagner, Wagner suggested that Peter consider painting things that don't actually exist, as in science fiction stories, because of Peter’s “highly developed skill of rendering realistic imagery.”

Another visiting lecturer, Gerry Downes, impressed by Peter’s ability to render realistic images, suggested a meeting with Doreen Scott, Art Editor at Puffin Books. Following a preliminary trial piece for Scott, Peter produced his first commercial science fiction work for Puffin Books, the cover art for Penelope Farmer's “A Castle of Bone.”

Jones commenced several decades of producing cover art for science fiction and fantasy publications. He has provided book covers for science fiction and fantasy authors including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Greg Bear, Larry Niven, Philip K. Dick, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Murray Leinster, Thomas Burnett Swann, A. E. van Vogt, Frank Herbert, Tanith Lee, Piers Anthony, E. E. “Doc” Smith and many more. 

Jones' first three Robert E. Howard covers were published for Orbit in 1977.  A fourth REH cover followed in 1978 for Panther.  He also provided a cover for an anthology featuring REH that was published by Star in 1977. This work is somewhat reminiscent of American artist Jeff Jones, but has its own distinct style.

In 1980 an anthology of Jones science fiction art entitled SOLAR WIND was published by Dragon’s World.

Jones has also produced images for film publicity, creating the movie posters for The Sword and The Sorcerer and Alligator and has worked for the Fighting Fantasy game books originated by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone in the 1980s.

During the 1990s, Jones pursued his interest in aviation-related art, becoming involved with the RAF Benevolent Fund, and a number of World War II pilots.

Jones' current work includes ongoing genre and wildlife illustration, the production of handmade and self-published books, cards and prints, and occasional private commissions

Peter Andrew Jones/Robert E. Howard Checklist (Initial appearances only)

Orbit

Three-Bladed Doom (1977)

Son of the White Wolf (1977)

Robert E. Howard Omnibus (1977)

Panther

The Dark Man Omnibus Volume 1 (November 1978)

Star Books

Weird Legacies (1977) [Anthology featuring REH]

References:

Solar Wind

PeterAndrewJones.net

All art copyright Peter Andrew Jones and the respective owners.

Three-Bladed Doom (1977)

Son of the White Wolf (1977)

Robert E. Howard Omnibus (1977)

The Dark Man Omnibus Volume 1 (November 1978)

Weird Legacies (1977)