Robert E. Howard Days 
June 12-13, 2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19 threat.


The Robert E. Howard Foundation has posted the following announcement:
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We are saddened to report that, due to the ongoing novel-coronavirus pandemic, and after consulting with our friends in Cross Plains, we have decided that we will have to cancel Robert E. Howard Days, scheduled for June 12-13.

The uncertainty of the current timelines for the outbreak, the potential risks involved in bringing people from all over the US and other countries, from places with varying rates of infection, to a very small town with limited health care resources, and the need to make a decision now so everyone can adjust their plans, have led the Board of the Robert E. Howard Foundation and our partners at Project Pride to this extremely difficult decision. Ultimately, we had to come down on the side of everyone’s safety.

We will look now toward next year, when we hope that Roy Thomas will join us as Guest of Honor, and we will all get to experience again the Best Weekend in Howard Fandom.

New at Howard Works

Newton Compton Editori (Italian)
Tutti i cicli fantastici - Il ciclo di Conan Tomo I
Featuring:
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"The Hall of the Dead"
"The God in the Bowl"
"Rogues in the House"
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
"Black Colossus"
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
"A Witch Shall Be Born"
"Shadows in Zamboula"
"The Devil in Iron"
"The People of the Black Circle"
"The Slithering Shadow"
"The Pool of the Black One"
"The Hyborian Age"
http://howardworks.com/Tutti_i_cicli_fantastici-Il_ciclo_di_Conan_Tomo_I-Newton_Compton.html

Newton Compton Editori (Italian)
Storie di vampiri
Featuring:
"The Hour of the Dragon" (One chapter only)
"Skulls in the Stars"
http://howardworks.com/Storie_di_vampiri-1994-Newton_Compton.html

Ablaze Publishing
The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast #1
Featuring:
"Queen of the Black Coast" (Part 1 of 2, graphic adaptation)
"Queen of the Black Coast" (Part 1 of 2)
http://howardworks.com/TheCimmerian-QueenoftheBlackCoast1-Ablaze.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 36
Featuring:  "Hawks Over Shem"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N36-Marvel.html

New at Howard Works

Newton Compton Editori  (Italian)
Tutti i romanzi e i racconti. 
   L'incubo - Tutte le storie dell'orrore puro (1993)  & 
Lovecraft: Le storie dell'orrore puro (2004)
Featuring: "The Challenge from Beyond"
http://howardworks.com/Tutti_i_romanzi_e_i_racconti-Lincubo-Newton_Compton.html

Newton Compton Editori (Italian)
Storie di streghe
Featuring:   "A Witch Shall Be Born"
http://howardworks.com/Storie_di_streghe-Newton_Compton.html

Thanks to Leo Grin for scanning this publication.
Thanks to Dennis McHaney for providing me with the scans.

Tim Arney
Aquila Nidus #6 [Distributed in REHupa 105]
Featuring:   "Song Before Clontarf"
http://howardworks.com/AquilaNidus6-REHupa105-TimArney.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 35
Featuring:
"The Singer in the Mist" (1, poem)
"A Song of the Race" (poem, first five & last seven stanzas only)
"The Ghost Kings" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N35-Marvel.html

2020 Howard Days
June 12th & 13th, 2020

The wheels have already been turning in getting Howard Days 2020 underway. Hope you can join us on Friday and Saturday, June 12th and 13th in Cross Plains, Texas at the Robert E. Howard Museum for The Best Two Days in Howard Fandom!

The theme of this year's event is "Celebrating REH in the Comics" and we're pulling out all the stops as we honor the 50th Anniversary of Marvel Comics Conan the Barbarian comic book. To further along our extravaganza, we have Roy Thomas as our Guest of Honor!

Yes, the man who started the Conan comic in 1970 will be at Howard Days! Roy has 50 years of stories about how he was the ground-breaker in getting the feisty Cimmerian into the comics and how he has continued to support our favorite barbarian.

And, that's not all. Since Marvel Comics re-acquired the Conan comic book rights earlier this year, they've been going great guns: not only are they currently producing three Conan titles, other Howard characters are making their way into comic book form. And we're going to have some of the Marvel creators in attendance at Howard Days 2020. You won't want to miss this one!

Details are still being hammered out, as you would expect, but we've got all kinds of surprises and special events that will happen in Cross Plains next June.

We'll get back to a more regular schedule of blogging now and keep you updated as the HD 2020 news comes down the pike. But it would probably be a good idea to think about coming down to Cross Plains next June and it's never too early to start planning for that.

All the basic Howard Days information & logistics is available here on this blog, so click some tabs if you have any questions. And make your plans to come join us in June!

THE CIMMERIAN: QUEEN OF BLACK COAST #1
Now available!

(Writer) Jean-David Morvan (Art) Pierre Alary (Covers) Jason Metcalf, Mirka Andolfo, Ed Benes, and Pierre Alary.

By Crom! For the first time, Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life uncensored!
Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual.
Read the story as he intended! Pursued for killing a judge, Conan finds refuge on a merchant ship.
But soon after setting sail, the Cimmerian and his new companions face a threat: the legendary Bêlit, self-proclaimed Queen of the Black Coast!

Bonus Material:  The original Robert E. Howard short story is included!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

The Ablaze comics are an English language repackaging of graphic albums from the French publisher Glénat.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #11 (Featuring Conan) 
Now available!

Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Butch Guice (Art)
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

The Quest to Kill Kulan Gath Part 3
The horrific secret of Kulan Gath’s power is revealed. Steel yourself,  True Believers, this one isa bummer for the ages. Plus, Dr. Strange & Elektra did what last night?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

DARK AGNES #2 (OF 5)
Now available!

Becky Cloonan (Writer) • Luca Pizzari (Art)
Cover by Stephanie Hans
Variant Cover by Jay Anacleto

ROBERT E. HOWARD’S SWORDSWOMAN IN HER FIRST SOLO COMIC SERIES!

MAYHEM, A MASKED BALL, AND MURDER MOST FOUL!
AGNES and ETIENNE enter the lair of the beast—sneaking into the palace of DUKE D’ALENCON, even as his agents hunt for them!
But when a murder victim turns up in the court, will they escape notice or be drawn deeper into the labyrinth of disaster forming around them?
All this and the return of a ghost from Agnes’ past!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99