Wednesday, April 28, 2021

SAVAGE AVENGERS #20 (Featuring Conan)
Now available!

Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Patch Zircher
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

A marvelous Marvel team-up between Conan and the Rhino goes awry when Spider-Man threatens to ruin their good time.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99




Sunday, April 25, 2021

New at Howard Works

Tympanum (Czech)
Conan z Cimmerie (audio)

Featuring:
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"Red Nails"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_z_Cimmerie-Tympanum.html



Filip Višnjic (Serbian)
Deca noći i druge price
Featuring:
"Pigeons from Hell"
"Black Canaan"
"Dig Me No Grave"
"Old Garfield's Heart"
"The Children of the Night"
"The Horror from the Mound"
"The Thing on the Roof"
"The Black Stone"
"Out of the Deep"
"Sea Curse"
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
http://howardworks.com/Deca_Noci-Filip_Visnjic.html



Frank Coffman
The Cross Plainsman, April 2006 [Distributed in REHupa #198]

Featuring:
"The Soul-Eater" (poem)
"The Dream and the Shadow" (poem)
"The Last Hour" (poem)
"Haunting Columns" (poem)
"A Singer in the Mist" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/TheCrossPlainsman-Apr2006-REHupa198-FrankCoffman.html




DMR Books
Renegade Swords II

Featuring:  "Marchers of Valhalla"
http://howardworks.com/RenegadeSwords2-DMRBooks.html



Dark Horse Comics
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword Volume 2

Featuring:
"Men of the Shadows"
"In the Forest of Villefere" 
"Sword Woman"
"Mountain Man"
http://howardworks.com/robertehowards-savagesword2-TPB.html





Friday, April 23, 2021

Ablaze Publishing
Coming in July!

THE CIMMERIAN: THE MAN-EATERS OF ZAMBOULA #1
Writer: Robert E. Howard, Gess
Art: Gess
Cover A: Yanick Paquette
Cover B: Moritat
Cover C: Gess
Cover D: Robin Recht wraparound
Cover E: Fritz Casas

Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED!  
Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual.  Read the story as he intended!

The Cimmerian in the land of a thousand and one nights!
A crossroads of beliefs, languages and cultures, the mythical trading city of Zamboula is also the scene of many dark legends. Upon paying the city a visit, Conan is warned of the dangers of Aram Baksh's home. It is said that most of the foreigners who stay there disappear under obscure circumstances...and it is precisely there that the Cimmerian is spending the night. But by lifting the veil on these mysterious cases of kidnappings, the Cimmerian will discover another secret, even more terrible, linked to the whole city of Zamboula...

A story imbued with orientalism and macabre witchcraft, The Man-Eaters of Zamboula offers writer/artist Gess the opportunity to deliver his vision of Robert E. Howard's hero in a comic book story of exotic, erotic and dark beauty.

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

Full Color, 7x10, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale July 14.










Thursday, April 22, 2021

Marvel Comics March REH Solicitations for July
with a collection in November!

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #23
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Cory Smith
Covers by Geof Shaw; Kyle Hotz

HUNTER OR HUNTED?

* CONAN has been framed for the murder of the emperor and is hunted by the Imperial Guard.
* But Conan has not survived the Hyborian Age without learning some hunting tactics of his own・
* The dramatic conclusion to the Nightstar saga!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale July 14.




SAVAGE AVENGERS #22
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Patch Zircher
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

Conan and Ghost Rider get to the bottom of Nightmare's machinations and his werewolves' origins...and Johnny Blaze isn't the first Ghost Rider that Conan has encountered ? he knew one back in Hyboria that rode around on a GIANT SPIDER.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale July 21.


SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 6 

Written by Michael Fleisher, Roy Thomas, Chris Claremont, John Buscema, Bruce Jones, Alan Zelenetz, Ernie Chan

Penciled By John Buscema, Gil Kane, Alfredo Alcala, Val Mayerik, Joe Chiodo, Barry Windsor-Smith, Mary Wilshire, Luke Mcdonnell, Ernie Chan, Pablo Marcos

Covers by DAN PANOSIAN, JOE JUSKO

In this massive collection, writer Michael Fleisher hits his stride with a series of mold-breaking Conan tales like "The Temple of the Twelve-Eyed Thing," "Demons of the Firelight" and "Dominion of the Bat" -- illustrated by top talents, including Alfredo Alcala, Ernie Chan and the one and only John Buscema! 

Meanwhile, X-Men superstar Chris Claremont pens an adventure pitting Conan against the minions of Thoth-Amon in a tour de force drawn by Val Mayerik! 

Conan legend Roy Thomas is also on hand to tell solo stories of Conan's "Red Nails" colleague, Valeria. Rounding out this volume are the conclusion of John Buscema's "Bront" -- and the comic book adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, along with extensive articles on the blockbuster film! 

Collecting SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #73-87 and 
MARVEL COMICS SUPER SPECIAL #21..

Hardcover, B&W, 1,016 pages, $125, On sale November 3.




CONAN THE BARBARIAN EPIC COLLECTION: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS -- THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN SKULL TPB
Written by Roy Thomas
Penciled by John Buscema with Neal Adams, Rich Buckler
Cover by Gil Kane 

Roy Thomas and John Buscema join forces to build CONAN THE BARBARIAN into one of the greatest comic book series of all time! Conan wanders the lands of Hyboria, eventually finding himself pressed into duty as a soldier in the army of his one-time foe, King Yedzigerd! Along the way, Conan travels the swamps of Stygia, the jungles of Kush and Zembabwei and the Eastern realm of Khitai -- confronting monsters, demons and bloodthirsty warriors! 

Thomas adapts Robert E. Howard classics like "The Blood of Belshazzar" and spins all-new tales including the fan-favorite "The Shadow in the Tomb!" 

And Neal Adams stops by to illustrate "The Curse of the Golden Skull," teaming Conan with Juma against the wicked sorcerer Rotath! 

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #27-42 and CONAN ANNUAL #1.

Trade paperback, Full color, 336 pages, $39.99, On sale July 28.




Sunday, April 18, 2021

New at Howard Works

Wolf Edita (Czech)
Rudá Sona: Stín supa

Featuring:  "The Shadow of the Vulture"
http://howardworks.com/Ruda_Sona-Stin_supa-Wolf_Edita.html




Argo (Czech)
Conan z Cimmerie, Svazek II. 

Featuring: 
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"Iron Shadows in the Moon"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_z_Cimmerie-Svazek2-Argo.html





Frank Coffman
The Cross Plainsman, December 2005 [Distributed in REHupa #196]

Featuring:  "The Challenge from Beyond"
http://howardworks.com/TheCrossPlainsman-Dec2005-REHupa196-FrankCoffman.html




Independently Published
The Dark Man V11N2
Featuring:  Articles on REH
http://howardworks.com/DarkmanV11N2-IndependentlyPublished.html




Dark Horse Comics
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword Volume 1

Featuring: 
"Sea Curse"
"A New Game for Costigan"
"Knife, Bullet and Noose"
"The Thing on the Roof"
http://howardworks.com/robertehowards-savagesword1-TPB.html








Sunday, April 11, 2021

New at Howard Works

Providence Press (Italian)
El Borak Volume 2 Deluxe Edition

Featuring:   
"Three-Bladed Doom" (long version)
"Hawk of the Hills"
"The Iron Terror"
untitled story (Gordon, the American  . . .)
"The Coming of El Borak"
"Khoda Khan's Tale"
"El Borak" (2)
"The Shunned Castle"
"The White Jade Ring"
"A Power Among the Islands" 
"The Song of Yar Ali Khan" (poem)
"The Lion Gate"
untitled story (When Yar Ali Khan crept . . .)
untitled story (Two men were standing . . .)
untitled ("Now bright, now red, . . .") (poem)
"Under the Great Tiger"
untitled story (A Cossack and a Turk . . .)
"Spears of the East"
untitled story (. . . that is, the artistry)
untitled story (Thure Khan gazed out . . .)
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. January 1931,
"As always I found your recent letter . . ."
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. January 1931,
"This is rather a belated letter thanking . . ."
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. February 1931,
"I highly appreciate . . ."
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. February 1931,
"I’m writing this letter . . ."
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. June 1931,
"I didn’t take much of a trip after all."
Contains "The Grim Land" (poem)
To H. P. Lovecraft, July 14, 1931,
"Just a line . . ."
http://howardworks.com/El_Borak_Volume2-DeluxeEdition-ProvidencePress.html



Elara (Italian)
Fantasy&ScienceFiction anno VI numero 18

Featuring:   
"Etchings in Ivory"
A collection of six prose poems:
   "Proem"
   "Flaming Marble"
   "Skulls and Orchids"
   "Medallions in the Moon"
   "The Gods That Men Forget"
   "Bloodstones and Ebony"
http://howardworks.com/Fantasy-ScienceFiction_anno_VI_n.18-Elara.html



Fiction House Press
Oriental Stories V2N3 (Summer 1932)
Featuring:   
Letter to Oriental Stories, Summer 1932,
"Brundage did a fine job . . ."
http://howardworks.com/orientalstories9-FictionHousePress.html



Frank Coffman
The Cross Plainsman, August 2004 [Distribured in REHupa #188]

Featuring:   
Untitled ("Out of Asia the tribesmen came") (poem)
"Destiny" (2,  poem)
"Adventure" (2, poem)
"Nun" (poem)
"Adventurer" (poem)
"Poet" (poem)
"Monarchs" (poem)
"The Ballad of Abe Slickemmore" (poem)
Untitled ("Scarlet and gold are the stars tonight")  (poem, last four lines only)
http://howardworks.com/TheCrossPlainsman-Aug2004-REHupa188-FrankCoffman.html




Dark Horse Comics
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #10

Featuring:   
"The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" (Part 1)
"A Touch of Trivia" (brief excerpt)
http://howardworks.com/robertehowards-savagesword10.html







Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Preliminary  Nominations for the Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards for 2020 and 2021 are Now Open

Preliminary nominations for the Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards are now open. Due to CoVid19 throwing everything into confusion last year, the 2020 Awards were not done. The Foundation now plans to remedy this by giving awards for 2020 and 2021 this year. This means that members can make nominations for articles, books, blogs, essays, art, etc. that came out in 2019, as well as for 2020, and there will be a set of awards given for each year. Members eligible to make nominations MUST have been REHF members in the calendar year of the nomination, i.e. you must have been an REHF member in 2019 to make nominations for the 2020 awards, and an REHF member in 2020 to make nominations for the 2021 awards. So get busy and think back to all of the Howard-related stuff that came out during the time of January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, for the 2020 awards, and from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 for the 2021 awards. Send all nominations to the following email address:

rehawardsjb@gmail.com

If the article, essay, blog, art, audio-visual piece, etc. is available on the internet, please include the link to the work with your nomination. Also, please make sure that your nominations are identified by the year they are applicable to, i.e. 2019 items are tagged with 2020, and 2020 items are tagged with 2021. *You may nominate up to five candidates per award for each year (2019 and/or 2020) in which you were a member, e.g. up to 5 Atlantean nominations for 2019 and 5 Atlantean nominations for 2020 if you were a member for both years.
 
Preliminary nominations will be closed at 11:59 PM Central Daylight Saving Time (CDST), Monday, April 12, 2021. The top three nominees in each category will be selected by the Legacy Circle members of the Foundation, and the resulting final ballot will be voted on by all dues-paying (2019 and/or 2020) Foundation members. (Categories with more than 3 nominees represent a tie in the nomination voting). The list of nominees for Legacy Members to vote on to determine the final ballot list will go out *by* Tuesday, April 20, 2021, with the final date for Legacy Members to vote on the Legacy Ballot ending at 11:59 PM (CDST), Friday April 30, 2021. The final ballot of nominations taken from the Legacy Ballot will be posted online at the Foundation website and sent to members for voting *by* Thursday, May 6, 2021. The final vote on the REHF Awards for 2020 and 2021 will end at 11:59 PM (CDST) on Saturday May 15, 2021, with the winners announced at Howard Days 2021.

Here are the categories:

The Atlantean — Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)
(Books may be print or digital, must be a minimum of 50,000 words, and must be substantively devoted to the life and/or work of REH. Reprinted works without significant revisions are not eligible.)

The Valusian — Outstanding Achievement, Book (anthology/collection)
(Books may be print or digital, must be a minimum of 50,000 words, and must be substantively devoted to the life and/or work of REH. Reprinted works without significant revisions are not eligible.)

The Hyrkanian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Print)
(Essays must have made their first public published appearance in the previous calendar year and be substantive scholarly essays on the life and/or work of REH. Short pieces, interviews, reviews, trip reports, and other minor works do not count.)

The Cimmerian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Online)
(Essays must have made their first public published appearance in the previous calendar year and be substantive scholarly essays on the life and/or work of REH. Short blog posts, speeches, reviews, trip reports, and other minor works do not count.)

The Venarium — Emerging Scholar
(Candidates will have recently begun making significant contributions to Howard scholarship through publications and/or presentations over the past few years. Previous winners are not eligible.)

Previous Venarium Winners:
2005 – Mark Finn
2006 – Rob Roehm
2007 – John Haefele
2008 – No Award
2009 – No Award
2010 – Barbara Barrett
2011 – No Award
2012 – Jeffrey Shanks
2013 – No Award
2014 – Patrick Burger
2015 – Karen Joan Kohoutek
2016 – Bobby Derie
2017 – Todd Vick
2018 – Dierk Guenther
2019 – Bob Byrne

The Stygian—Outstanding Achievement, Website or Periodical
(Eligible candidates are limited to print or digital magazines, journals, blogs, or internet sites with substantive material that is primarily devoted to scholarship on the life and works of Robert E. Howard. Websites must have been updated with new content at least once in the previous calendar year. Print periodicals must have had an issue published in the previous calendar year. Non-static social media like Facebook and Twitter would not be eligible.)

The Black Lotus – Outstanding Achievement, Multimedia
(Eligible candidates have produced a multimedia or audio/visual work or series of works, such as videos, documentaries, podcasts, animation, etc. related to the life and work of REH)

The Black River—Special Achievement
(Candidates will have produced or contributed something special that doesn't fit into any other category: scholarly presentations, biographical discoveries, etc.)

The Rankin — Artistic achievement in the depiction of REH’s life and/or work
(Art must have made its first public published appearance in the previous calendar year.)

Black Circle Award – Lifetime Achievement
(Individuals who have made significant and long-lasting contributions to REH scholarship, publishing, or the promotion of Howard’s life and works. Eligible candidates must have been publicly involved in Howard-related activities for a minimum of two decades. Sixty percent of the vote is required for 
induction into the Black Circle)

Current Black Circle Members Living and Deceased:
2005 – Glenn Lord
2006 – No Award
2007 – Rusty Burke and Don Herron
2008 – Novalyne Price Ellis
2009 – No Award
2010 – No Award
2011 – Bill Cavalier
2012 – Dennis McHaney
2013 – Damon Sasser
2014 – Patrice Louinet
2015 – Karl Edward Wagner
2016 – Roy Thomas
2017 – No Award
2018 – No Award
2019 – No Award 

**REMEMBER**Qualified Members can nominate up to 5 nominees in each category per year (i.e. 5 for 2020, and 5 for 2021) that they were a member in.

Timeline:
Monday, April 12, 11:59pm CDT: deadline for preliminary nominations
Tuesday, April 20: Ballots will be sent to Legacy members for voting on finalists
Friday, April 30, 11:59pm CDT: Deadline for Legacy member ballots
Thursday, May 6: final ballots with up to three finalists per award will be sent to all dues-paid 2019/2020 members
Saturday, May 15, 11:59pm CDT: Deadline for final ballots