Thursday, June 23, 2016

Howard Days 2016: 
Michael Scott Myers Guest of Honor Speech
Filmed by Ben Friberg 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVk67CkDFIQ


Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Howard Days 2016: Boxing Stories Panel

Video of the Fists of the Ice House panel with Jeffrey Shanks, Mark Finn, and Chris Gruber discussing the boxing stories of Robert E. Howard at the site of the old ice house where REH himself used to take on the local field hands and roughnecks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld_tFEYJw-0&sns=fb


A Trip to Howard Days 2016
By Lee Breakiron

New post at the REH: Two-Gun Raconteur blog.

http://www.rehtwogunraconteur.com/a-trip-to-howard-days-2016/



Saturday, June 18, 2016

A Riddle Of Steel: 
The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian

Welcome to the Conan documentary Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/ariddleofsteel/

Check out our current process teaser for the film.
https://vimeo.com/122240718

Robert E. Howard: Boxing and the Cult of Masculinity
June 22nd at 3:15PM

Chris Gruber will be giving a lecture on Robert E. Howard: Boxing and the Cult of Masculinity at St. John's College, Santa Fe campus, June 22nd at 3:15. Stop by if you are interested.


Thursday, June 16, 2016

CONAN THE SLAYER #3 
Coming in September!

Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Sergio Dávila
Color: Michael Atiyeh
Cover: Admira Wijaya

While on a raid, Conan and a small party of Kozaki riders—including the chief’s son—are separated from the rest of the tribe and attacked by a sea witch. Meanwhile, in their absence, disastrous events are unfolding at the Kozaki camp.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale September 28.

Dark Horse Comics


PREVIEW: CONAN THE SLAYER #1
On sale July 13!

The Comic Book Resources website has posted a preview of the first issue.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/conan-the-slayer-1-dark-horse-comics-2016



Wednesday, June 15, 2016

A Brief Word on the 80th Anniversary of 
Robert E. Howard's Death by Todd Vick

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.

http://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-brief-word-on-80th-anniversary-of.html?spref=fb


Conan & Frazetta: Celebrating 50 Years
Sunday, 7/24/16, 11:00a.m. - 12:00p.m., Room: 29AB SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON

Holly Frazetta, J. David Spurlock, A Riddle Of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian documentary makers, Jeffrey Shanks & MORE SURPRISES


Sunday, June 12, 2016

CIMMERIA by Innsmouth Gold
Now available!

Digital Album
Readings by John Prusinski
Music by Robert Poyton

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app,
plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Buy Now  £7 GBP

https://innsmouthgold.bandcamp.com/



Friday, June 10, 2016

THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 33
Coming in November!

by Roy Thomas (Author), Mike Docherty (Illustrator), E. R. Cruz (Illustrator), John Watkiss (Illustrator), Villagrán (Illustrator)

Conan must scale the forbidden Mount of Crom to prevent the release of the ancient god-demon Shuma Gorath, imprisoned by Crom himself! But the witch queen Vammatar and her necromancer husband, Kulan Gath, also seek the summit--and the iron-bound Books of Shuma-Gorath, with which they plan to free the malevolent god and bring it under their own baleful control!

Trade paperback, 224 pages

Dark Horse Comics


Thursday, June 2, 2016

Upcoming REH related publications.
Estimated ship dates as of 06/02/2016
All dates are subject to change.

06/20/2016
THE WEIRD TALES OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN

07/2016
SKELOS #1

07/13/2016
CONAN THE SLAYER #1

07/20/2016
CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 32: THE SECOND COMING OF SHUMA-GORATH AND OTHER STORIES TPB

07/27/2016
KING CONAN: WOLVES BEYOND THE BORDER TPB

08/03/2016
CONAN VOLUME 19: XUTHAL OF THE DUSK TPB

08/24/2016
CONAN THE SLAYER #2

09/07/2016
CONAN VOLUME 20: A WITCH SHALL BE BORN HC

11/2016
CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 33: THE MOUNTAIN WHERE CROM DWELLS AND OTHER STORIES TPB

Dates to be announced
THE ADVENTURES OF BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS VOLUME 1
THE ADVENTURES OF BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS VOLUME 2
REH Word of the Week: ruth
By Damon C. Sasser

New post at the REH: Two-Gun Raconteur blog.



The Poem “Cimmeria” and Howard’s Use of Blank Verse
By Frank Coffman

New post at the REH: Two-Gun Raconteur blog.

http://www.rehtwogunraconteur.com/the-poem-cimmeria-and-howards-use-of-blank-verse/