Sunday, April 5, 2020

New at Howard Works

Nexus Editore (Italian)
Culti Innominabili
Featuring:
"The Black Stone"
"Dig Me No Grave"
"The Thing on the Roof"
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
"The House in the Oaks"
http://howardworks.com/Culti_Innominabili-NexusEditore.html


Glénat (French)
Conan le Cimmérien: Les Mangeurs d'hommes de Zamboula
Featuring:  "The Man-Eaters of Zamboula"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_le_Cimmerien-Les_Mangeurs_dhommes_de_Zamboula-Glenat.html



Ablaze Publishing
The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast #2
Featuring: 
"Queen of the Black Coast" (Part 2 of 2, graphic adaptation)
"Queen of the Black Coast" (Part 2 of 2)
http://howardworks.com/TheCimmerian-QueenoftheBlackCoast2-Ablaze.html





Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 39
Featuring: 
"The Moon of Skulls"  (Parts 3 and 4 of 4)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N39-Marvel.html





Friday, April 3, 2020

“Beyond the Black River”: 
Is it Really “Beyond the Brazos River”?

New article at the Adventures Fantastic blog.
http://adventuresfantastic.com/beyond-the-black-river-is-it-really-beyond-the-brazos-river-part-1/



Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Upcoming REH related publications.
Target ship dates as of 04/01/2020
All dates are subject to change.

Available since last update (3/02/2020)
THE CIMMERIAN: QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST #1 (Ablaze)
THE CIMMERIAN: QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST #2 (Ablaze)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #14 (Marvel)
CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #2 (OF 5)(Marvel)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN VOLUME 2: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN BOOK TWO TPB (Marvel)
DARK AGNES #2 (OF 5)(Marvel)
SAVAGE AVENGERS #11 (Marvel)

In your future

ALL NEW COMIC SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. NEW SHIP DATES WILL BE POSTED WHEN ANNOUNCED. 

04/01/2020
CONAN: THE BOOK OF THOTH AND OTHER STORIES TPB (Marvel)

04/08/2020
CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #3 (OF 5)(Marvel)

04/15/2020
THE CIMMERIAN: RED NAILS #1 (Ablaze)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #15 (Marvel)
DARK AGNES #3 (OF 5)(Marvel)
SAVAGE AVENGERS #12 (Marvel)

04/22/2020
CONAN: SERPENT WAR TPB (Marvel)

05/06/2020
SAVAGE AVENGERS #13 (Marvel)

05/13/2020
CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #4(OF 5)(Marvel)

05/20/2020
THE CIMMERIAN: RED NAILS #2 (Ablaze)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #16 (Marvel)
DARK AGNES #4(OF 5)(Marvel)
EMPYRE: SAVAGE AVENGERS #1 (Marvel)
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 3 (Marvel)

06/03/2020
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: HORRORS BENEATH THE STONES TPB (Marvel)
SAVAGE AVENGERS #14 (Marvel)
SAVAGE AVENGERS VOL. 2: TO DINE WITH DOOM TPB (Marvel)

06/10/2020
BACK ISSUE #121 [50th Anniversary of CONAN #1] (TwoMorrows)
CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #5 (OF 5)(Marvel)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS EPIC COLLECTION -- THE COMING OF CONAN TPB

06/17/2020
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #17 (Marvel)

06/24/2020
DARK AGNES #5(OF 5)(Marvel)
SOLOMON KANE: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC (Marvel)

07/15/2020
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 4 HC (Marvel)

08/08/2020
THE MARVEL ART OF SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN HC (Marvel)

09/23/2020
CONAN THE BARBARIAN BY KURT BUSIEK OMNIBUS(Marvel)

10/14/2020
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 5(Marvel)

To Be Announced
CONAN AND THE LIVING PLAGUE (Titan)
KING CONAN #1
KULL: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1













Sunday, March 29, 2020

The Literary Influences of Robert E. Howard: 
 James Branch Cabell 
by Todd B. Vick

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.
https://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-literary-influences-of-robert-e.html




New at Howard Works

Newton Compton Editori (Italian)
Storie di vampiri (2009, 2011, 2018)
Featuring:
"The Hour of the Dragon" (One chapter only)
"Skulls in the Stars"
http://howardworks.com/Storie_di_vampiri-2009-2011-2018-Newton_Compton.html


Newton Compton Editori (Italian)
Tutti i cicli fantastici: I Cicli di Kull di Valusia, di James Allison, di Cthulhu e di Almuric
Featuring:
"Exile of Atlantis"
"The Shadow Kingdom"
"Delcardes' Cat"
"The Skull of Silence"
"By this Axe I Rule!"
"The Striking of the Gong"
"Swords of the Purple Kingdom"
"The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune"
"The Altar and the Scorpion"
"The King and the Oak" (poem)
"The Garden of Fear"
"The Valley of the Worm"
"The Children of the Night"
"The Black Stone"
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
"The Thing on the Roof"
"Dig Me No Grave"
"Almuric"
http://howardworks.com/Tutti_i_cicli_fantastici-I_Cicli_di_Kull_di_Valusia_di_James_Allison_di_Cthulhu_e_di_Almuric-Newton_Compton.html


Robert E. Howard Foundation
The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter Volume 13 Number 3
Featuring:
Untitled synopsis ("Black Colossus")
"Black Colossus" (Part 1 of 2)
"The Bandit" (poem, last 15 lines only)
"The Rover" (poem, first 12 lines only)
http://howardworks.com/rehfoundationsnewsletterV13N3.html


Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 38
Featuring:  "The Road of the Eagles"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N38-Marvel.html



Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Ablaze Publishing
THE CIMMERIAN: QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST #2
Now available!

(Writer) Jean-David Morvan
(Art) Pierre Alary
(Covers) Sunghan Yune, Criss Cross, Ed Benes, and In-Hyuk Lee.

Robert E. Howard's famous Cimmerian continues his uncensored adventure! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual…read the story as he intended!

Conan joins up with Belit to brutally pillage and sail the poisonous river Zarkheba, encountering ancient ruins, lost treasure, and winged, vicious monstrosities.

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.












Sunday, March 22, 2020

New at Howard Works

Newton Compton Editori  (Italian)
Tutti i cicli fantastici - I Cicli di Solomon Kane e di Kirby Buchner
Featuring:
"Skulls in the Stars"
"The Right Hand of Doom"
"Red Shadows"
"Death's Black Riders"
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Castle of the Devil"
"The Moon of Skulls"
"The One Black Stain"  (poem)
"Blades of the Brotherhood" (1)
"The Hills of the Dead"
"Hawk of Basti"
"The Return of Sir Richard Grenville" (poem)
"Wings in the Night"
"The Footfalls Within"
"The Children of Asshur"
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (1, poem)
"Black Canaan"
"Pigeons from Hell"
"Scarlet Tears"
http://howardworks.com/Tutti_i_cicli_fantastici-I_Cicli_di_Solomon_Kane_e_di_Kirby_Buchner-Newton_Compton.html


Newton Compton Editori (Italian)
Storie di vampiri (2005)
Featuring:
"The Hour of the Dragon" (One chapter only)
"Skulls in the Stars"
http://howardworks.com/Storie_di_vampiri-2005-Newton_Compton.html


Fortuna Publications
The Adventures of Sword and Sorcery #1
Featuring:
"The Black Stone"
"The Riders of Babylon" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/AdventuresofSwordandSorcery1-FortunaPublications.html


Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 37
Featuring:
"Son of the White Wolf"
"The Moon of Skulls"  (Part 2 of 4)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N37-Marvel.html