Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Robert E. Howard Days 2019

REH Historical Marker Unveiling
Filmed by Ben Friberg

A special surprise this year: The design of the official Texas state historical marker for the Home of REH was revealed at Howard Days 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Jjldy1k5s&feature=



Robert E. Howard Days 2019

Fists of the Ice House 2019
Filmed by Ben Friberg

Howard Scholars Chris Gruber, Jeff Shanks and Patrice Louinet talk about Howard's boxing stories on the very spot where he used to box.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46G4b0rtd-8&feature=


Robert E. Howard Days 2019

Howard Days 2019 Guest of Honor David C. Smith
Filmed by Ben Friberg

Howard Days Guest of Honor David C. Smith, author of "Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography," speaks about the literary importance of Howard. But first it begins with a much deserved award to Project Pride, the Cross Plains citizens group who put on Howard Days!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O0sGBUKlgU&feature=




Robert E. Howard Days 2019

Kull, Conan, Kane or Bran: The Original Sword and Sorcery Characters
Filmed by Ben Friberg

Howard Scholars Jason Ray Carney, David C. Smith, Jason Waltz and Dierk Guenther talk about what defines the S & S genre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H-NrsnPn_g&feature=share



Monday, June 10, 2019

Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards

The winners were announced at a ceremony at Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas on June 7th.

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Atlantean — Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)

Winner: DAVID C. SMITH – Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography (Pulp Hero Press)

Finalists:
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)


The Hyrkanian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Print)

Winner: RICK LAI – “Poseidon and the Gods of the Robert E. Howard Universe” – Blood ‘n’ Thunder Presents #4: Pulpourri

Finalists:
BOBBY DERIE – “That Fool Olson” – Lovecraft Annual 12
DAMON YOUNG – “I Love, I Slay, And Am Content” – Island Magazine #124


The Cimmerian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Online)

Winner: DEUCE RICHARDSON – “Stephen Fabian and Robert E. Howard (3 Parts)” – DMR Books Blog

Finalists:
BOBBY DERIE – “Conan and E’ch-Pi-El: Robert E. Howard in the Biographies of H. P. Lovecraft” – On An Underwood No. 5
KEITH TAYLOR – “Black Vulmea – Robert E. Howard’s Roughneck Pirate (2 Parts)” – DMR Books Blog



The Venarium — Emerging Scholar

Winner: BOB BYRNE – Contributed essays for Black Gate
Finalists:
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

Winners (TIE):ON AN UNDERWOOD NO. 5 (Todd Vick)
REH FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER (Lee Breakiron)

Finalist:
BLACK GATE (John O’Neill)

The Black Lotus – Outstanding Achievement, Multimedia

Winner: THE CROMCAST (audio podcast) – Josh Adkins, Luke Dodd, and Jon Larson
Finalists:
HOWARD DAYS 2018 (videos)– Ben Friberg
ROGUES IN THE HOUSE PODCAST – Matt Sullivan, Logan Whitney, and Alex Kostopoulos

The Black River—Special Achievement

Winner: JEFFREY SHANKS, ANDREW McFEATERS, THADRA STANTON, and HEATHER YOUNG – For the National Park Service Robert E. Howard House Archaeology Project

Finalists:
MARK HALL – For his years of service as editor of The Dark Man
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

Winner: TOM GRINDBERG – Cover art for Conan the Pirate sourcebook for Conan RPG (Modiphius) – Depicts “Queen of the Black Coast”

Finalists:
BILL CAVALIER – Cover Art for Pictures in the Fire (REHF Press)
RONAN TOULHOAT – Conan le Cimmérien, Tome 2 : Le colosse noir (Glenat) – Depicts “Black Colossus”

Black Circle Award – Lifetime Achievement

Winner: N/A

Finalists:
FRED BLOSSER
PAUL HERMAN
DONALD WOLLHEIM (posthumous)
As a 60% majority vote was not achieved for any candidate, there is no Black Circle Award winner this year.

Crom Award (Board of Directors Award)

Winner: PROJECT PRIDE – For over three decades of interpreting and promoting the life and work of Robert E. Howard through the REH House and Museum.

The Crom Award is a special recognition given very infrequently by the REH Foundation Board of Directors.
Conan and the Living Plague 
by John C. Hocking
Coming September 3, 2019

The long awaited follow up to 'Conan And The Emerald Lotus', Hocking once again proves to be amongst the best of the Conan pastiche writers.

Sent to recover treasure from a plague-wracked city, not only must Conan avoid its deranged survivors, but battle a deadly disease given humanoid shape. To save himself - and perhaps the world - he allies with a scheming sorcerer to traverse a demon-haunted abyss in a desperate bid to destroy the Living Plague.

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Titan Books



Sunday, June 9, 2019


New at Howard Works

Splitter Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (German)
Conan der Cimmerier: Jenseits des schwarzen Flusses
Featuring:  "Beyond the Black River"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_der_Cimmerier-Jenseits_des_schwarzen_Flusses-Splitter.html


Splitter Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (German)
Conan der Cimmerier: Ymirs Tochter
Featuring: "The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_der_Cimmerier-Ymirs_Tochter-Splitter.html


Robert Derie
Weird Beginnings
Featuring: "Spear and Fang" & "In the Forest of Villefere"
http://howardworks.com/WeirdBeginnings-RobertDerie.html


Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 6 
Featuring:  "People of the Dark"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N6-Marvel.html