Sunday, September 30, 2018

The Weather is Good but the Beer is Lousy 
by Todd B. Vick

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.
https://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-weather-is-good-but-beer-is-lousy.html



New at Howard Works

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
I Figli della Notte. Raccon ti dell'Orrore Volume 2
Featuring:
"Worms of the Earth"
"The Symbol" (poem)
"Secret of Lost Valley"
"The Hoofed Thing"
"The Noseless Horror"
"The Dwellers Under the Tomb"
"An Open Window" (poem)
"The House of Arabu"
"The Man on the Ground"
"Old Garfield's Heart"
"Kelly the Conjure-Man"
"Black Canaan"
"To a Woman" (2, poem)
"One Who Comes At Eventide" (poem)
"The Haunter of the Ring"
"Pigeons from Hell"
"The Dead Remember"
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
"Fragment" (poem)
"Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem)
"Golnar the Ape"
"Spectres in the Dark"
"The House"
untitled fragment (Beneath the glare of the sun . . . )
http://howardworks.com/I_Figli_della_Notte-Racconti_dellOrroreV2-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
L'ira di Conan
Featuring:
"The Pool of the Black One"
"Rogues in the House"
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"The Devil in Iron"
"The People of the Black Circle"
"A Witch Shall Be Born"
"Jewels of Gwahlur"
http://howardworks.com/Lira_di_Conan-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Robert E. Howard Foundation
The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter Volume 12 Number 2
Featuring:  "The Road of the Eagles" (Part 2 of 2)
http://howardworks.com/rehfoundationsnewsletterV12N2.html


Marvel Comics
Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian: Red Nails
Featuring:  "Red Nails"  & "Cimmeria" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/REH_Conan_RedNails-Marvel.html





Updated at Howard Works

Images of the two binding types were added.
Thanks to Dennis McHaney for the images.

Donald Grant
Echoes From An Iron Harp
Featuring: Poetry by REH
http://howardworks.com/echoharp.htm




Marvel Conan Comics - Update!

Marvel Editor-In-Chef C.B.Cebulski attended Heroes Con Madrid 2018 this past week where he  talked about the return of Conan to Marvel.

We know of January’s launch of Conan the Barbarian by Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar and Matt Wilson with covers by Esad Ribic. We now have confirmation of two more ongoing Conan titles.

Savage Sword of Conan will be launching in February.
Age Of Conan will be launching in March.

Creative teams were not revealed.
No word on the format of Savage Sword of Conan (black & white or color).


Saturday, September 29, 2018

Conan TV Series

Amazon has cancelled the Conan TV series that was in development.
This change has been attributed to a change in management at Amazon.

The Conan series project had Colony co-creator Ryan Condal, Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik, and Fargo and The Handmaid’s Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield on board, along with Pathfinder Media and Endeavor Content.

Condal’s Conan aimed to retell the classic story by returning to Howard’s literary origins. This treatment finds the title character driven out of his tribal homelands and forced to wander a dangerous world while searching for purpose in a land that sees him as nothing more than a mindless savage.

The show's pilot episode was to adapt The Frost-Giant's Daughter, chronologically the earliest story of Conan's life. The ambition of the series was to adapt all of the REH Conan stories, interspersed with new material forming a serial element to better connect the stories together. The ultimate goal was to cover all of Conan's life up to his reign as King of Aquilonia.


Sunday, September 23, 2018

New at Howard Works

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
L'era di Conan 
Featuring:
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"Black Colossus"
"The Slithering Shadow"
http://howardworks.com/Lera_di_Conan-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
I Figli della Notte. Racconti dell'Orrore Volume 1
Featuring:
"In the Forest of Villefere"
"A Song of the Werewolf Folk" (poem)
"Wolfshead"
"Up John Kane!" (poem)
"Remembrance" (poem)
"The Dream Snake"
"Sea Curse"
"The Moor Ghost" (poem)
"Moon Mockery" (poem)
"The Little People"
"Dead Man's Hate" (poem)
"The Tavern" (poem)
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Fear That Follows" (poem)
"The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux" 
"Casonetto's Last Song"
"The Touch of Death"
"Out of the Deep"
"A Legend of Faring Town"  (poem)
"Restless Waters" 
"The Shadow of the Beast"
"The Dead Slaver's Tale" (poem)
"Dermod's Bane"
"The Hills of the Dead"
"Dig Me No Grave"
"The Song of a Mad Minstrel" (poem)
"The Children of the Night"
"Musings" (1, poem)
"The Black Stone"
"The Thing on the Roof"
"The Dweller in Dark Valley" (poem)
"The Horror from the Mound"
"A Dull Sound as of Knocking" (poem)
"People of the Dark"
"Delenda Est"
"The Cairn on the Headland"
http://howardworks.com/I_Figli_della_Notte-Racconti_dellOrroreV1-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Fiction House Press
Oriental Stories Volume 2 Number 1
Featuring: "The Sowers of the Thunder"
http://howardworks.com/OrientalStoriesWinter1932-FictionHousePress.html


Marvel Comics  
The Sword of Solomon Kane #6
Featuring:
"Wings in the Night"
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming (1, original)
http://howardworks.com/The_Sword_of_Solomon_Kane6-Marvel.html


Updated at Howard Works
Thanks to Wilhelm Weinrauch (http://weinrauchbooks.com/)
for the scans and information.

Updated the release date to April 1977 as documented in
Roy Squires April 1977 Bulletin.
Added information and a scan of the
Limited Edition Traycase produced for:
A Song of the Naked Lands (1973)
The Gold and the Grey (1974)
Altars and Jesters (1974)
Up John Kane! and Other Poems (1975)

Roy Squires
Up John Kane! and Other Poems
Featuring:
"Up John Kane!" (poem)
"When Death Drops Her Veil" (poem)
"A Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasure" (poem)
"Mad Meg Gill" (poem)
"Dreams" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/upjohnkane-squires.html


Limited Edition Traycase
http://howardworks.com/poems_traycase-squires.html





Friday, September 21, 2018

Pulp Hero Press
ROBERT E. HOWARD: A LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
By David C. Smith
Coming in October!



Pulp Hero Press
ROY THOMAS BARBARIAN LIFE
Coming in October!

ROY THOMAS BARBARIAN LIFE is the first of two volumes written by Roy Thomas about the "life" of Conan the Barbarian as chronicled in the Marvel comics he scripted during the 1970s. The first volume has 50 chapters, each corresponding to the same-numbered issue of the comic book, and includes a biographical style account of what Conan did in the comic, in comparison to what he did in the REH story on which the comic is based, as well as background information about the people involved in creating the comic, relevant inner workings of Marvel at the time, Roy's working relationship with Glenn Lord, etc.

Publication is anticipated in mid-October.
Cover by Benito Gallego

Thanks to Benito Gallego for the cover scan.



Sunday, September 16, 2018

New at Howard Works

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
Conan. La spada della fenice (Oscar Bestsellers 1471)
Featuring:
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"Black Colossus"
"The Slithering Shadow"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_La_spada_della_fenice-2004-2008-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html



Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
Conan. La spada della fenice [Fantasy Urania #6 (Second Series)]
Featuring:
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"Black Colossus"
"The Slithering Shadow"
http://howardworks.com/Conan-La_spada_della_fenice-FantasyUrania-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Carnelian Press
Twilight Echoes No. 1
Featuring:  "The Vale of Lost Women"
http://howardworks.com/TwilightEchoes1-CarnelianPress.html


Marvel Comics
The Sword of Solomon Kane #5
Featuring:  "The Hills of the Dead"
http://howardworks.com/The_Sword_of_Solomon_Kane5-Marvel.html



Updated at Howard Works

Clarified the contents, added a better cover image of the chapbook,
and added an image of the limited hardcover edition.

Thanks to Wilhelm Weinrauch at Wilhelm Weinrauch Rare Books
http://weinrauchbooks.com/  for the new images.

Gibbelins Gazette Publications
The Ghost Ocean
Featuring: 
"The Isle of Hy-Brasil" (poem)
"The One Black Stain" (poem)
"Viking's Vision" (poem)
"To All Sophisticates" (poem)
"Man Am I" (poem)
"Never Beyond the Beast" (poem)
"Shadows from Yesterday" (poem)
"The Ghost Ocean" (poem)
"The Song of the Last Briton" (poem)
"The Gates of Babylon" (poem)
"Lilith" (poem)
"Two Men" (poem)
"Memories of Alfred" (poem)
"To a Woman" (1, poem)
"When the Glaciers Rumbled South" (poem)
"Candles" (poem)
"Shadow Thing" (poem)
"Song of the Pict" (poem)
"The Flood" (poem)
"The Adventurer's Mistress" (1, poem)
http://howardworks.com/ghostocean.html



Saturday, September 15, 2018

Conan le Cimmérien - Au-delà de la rivière noire 
Now available!

Screenwriter: Mathieu Gabella
Designer and Colorist: Anthony Jean

The Pictish country is a dark jungle where the border between civilization and barbarism is thin. One thing only symbolizes it: the black river, which no white man is supposed to have crossed and come back alive. None, except Conan. It is at the heart of this green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young peasant volunteer whom he rescues in extremis from the claws of fierce Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to the settlers who settled here on these hostile lands in the last bastion of civilization. With a dozen men, they will have to find the powerful wizard Zogar Sag before he succeeds in uniting the clans and engage his bloody invasion ...

The authors of The Unicorn revive Beyond the Black River , reputed as one of the best stories of Conan. A survivalist and warrior narrative carried away by the relentless pace of Mathieu Gabella's script and the strength of Anthony Jean's stroke.

Language: French
Hardcover, 240 x 320 mm, 64 pages, Full Color, 14.95 €
EAN / ISBN: 9782344012581

Language: French
Hardcover, 275 x 368 mm, 64 pages, Black & White, 29.50 €
EAN/ISBN : 9782344030448




Sunday, September 9, 2018

Select Reads: Robert E. Howards’ “Red Shadows”

New post at The Rough Cut blog.
https://citizeng77roughcut.home.blog/2018/09/07/select-reads-robert-e-howards-red-shadows/

New at Howard Works

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
Conan il liberatore 
Featuring:   "The Hyborian Age"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_il_liberatore-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
Conan. Il tesoro di Tranicos
Featuring
"Beyond the Black River"
"Shadows in Zamboula"
"Red Nails"
"The God in the Bowl"
"The Treasure of Tranicos"
"The Frost Giant's Daughter"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
http://howardworks.com/Conan-Il_tesoro_di_Tranicos-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Flame Tree Publishing
Murder Mayhem Short Stories
Featuring:  "Pigeons from Hell"
http://howardworks.com/MurderMayhemShortStories-FlameTreePublishing.html


Marvel Comics
The Sword of Solomon Kane #3
Featuring:   "Blades of the Brotherhood" (1)
http://howardworks.com/The_Sword_of_Solomon_Kane3-Marvel.html







Thursday, September 6, 2018

The Whole Wide World 
Coming on Blu-Ray September 18!

Set in the 1930s, a Texas schoolteacher falls in love with pulp writer Robert H. Howard. The two couldn't be more opposite, sharing almost nothing but their uniquely passionate romance.

Actors: Renée Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell, Benjamin Mouton, Dan Ireland, Hans Zimmer Vincent D'Onofrio
Directors: Dan Ireland
Writers: Michael Scott Myers
Producers: Dan Ireland, Kevin Reidy Vincent D'Onofrio
Format: Blu-ray
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Multicom Entertainment Group
Run Time: 107 minutes



Wednesday, September 5, 2018


TWILIGHT ECHOES # 1
Now available!

Cover art by Jim Pitts.

Featuring stories by Charles Gramlich, Steve Lines, Davide Mana and a classic reprint by Robert E. Howard.

Not forgetting fantastic illustrations by Jim Pitts, Régis Moulun, Tony Gleeson, Kurt Brugel and Yannis Rubus Rubulias.

U.K. - £10.00
U.S. and Canada - $18.00
For mainland Europe and the rest of the world please pm us here.

Carnelian Press

How to order through Carnelian Press.
At present we only accept payment via PayPal. I
f you have an account, please follow these 4 easy steps-
1- Private message us on which chapbook you would like to purchase and we will get back to you with an e-mail address where you can send payment.
2- Go to the PayPal website and log in to your personal account.
3- Once you are logged in, select the option to "send money" at the top of the page and enter the correct amount to pay to the e-mail address we supplied.
4- Once Carnelian Press recieve confirmation of the e-mail transaction we will private ms. you to tell you payment has been received and your book order is ready for shipment.



CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 6 TPB 
Now available!

(Writer) Brian Wood, Fred Van Lente (Art) Davide Gianfelice & Various (Cover) Massimo Carnevale

Brian Wood's acclaimed adaptation of "Queen of the Black Coast" reaches its heartbreaking conclusion. Having found his true love and spiritual equal, Conan faces the one foe no warrior can defeat. But there will be little time to grieve, for death takes no holiday, and evil never dies!

Collects Conan Vol. 15: The Nightmare of the Shallow (Conan the Barbarian #13-#18); Conan Vol. 16: The Song of Bêlit (Conan the Barbarian #19-#25); Conan Vol. 17: Shadows Over Kush (Conan the Avenger # 1-#6).

Trade paperback, 7x10, 448 pages, $24.99

Dark Horse Comics


Sunday, September 2, 2018

New at Howard Works

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
Conan il conquistatore 
Featuring:  "The Hour of the Dragon" as "Conan the Conqueror"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_il_conquistatore-2004-2008-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html




Arnoldo Mondadori Editore  (Italian)
Racconti fantastici del '900
Featuring: "Tigers of the Sea"
http://howardworks.com/Racconti_fantastici_del_900-Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore.html


Robinson (U.K.)
The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics
Featuring: "The Dream Snake"  (Graphic adaptation)
http://howardworks.com/mammothbookofhorrorcomics-robinson.html


Running Press
The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics
Featuring: "The Dream Snake"  (Graphic adaptation)
http://howardworks.com/mammothbookofhorrorcomics-runningpress.html



Marvel Comics
The Sword of Solomon Kane #1
Featuring: "Red Shadows" (Graphic adaptation)
http://howardworks.com/The_Sword_of_Solomon_Kane1-Marvel.html




Updated:

Added information on the print run size and softcover description.
Thanks to Wilhelm Weinrauch for the information.

Hippocampus Press

A Means to Freedom: 
The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard Volume 1
http://howardworks.com/ameanstofreedomv1.html


A Means to Freedom: 
The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard Volume 2
http://howardworks.com/ameanstofreedomv2.html




Saturday, September 1, 2018

Rusty's Birthday Fundraiser for Cross Plains Public Library

I remember the Bookmobile, which got me through summers when the school library was not open. I remember the trips downtown with Nana, which always included the library. I remember fondly the little library in Jonesboro where I was allowed to help shelve books in return for unlimited check-out privileges. And for the past 33 years I've been a friend and fan of the wonderful folks at the Cross Plains, Texas, Public Library. Far more than a repository of REH materials, they have fantastic programs for children, and resources and classes for the local community. For a town its size, Cross Plains has an amazing library and dedicated and industrious staff and volunteers to keep it thriving. I hope you'll give a thought to helping them continue to thrive with a donation, small or large. Every little bit helps. Thanks!

https://www.facebook.com/donate/2256829074548513/1953567168033063/



Upcoming REH related publications.
Target ship dates as of 09/01/2018
All dates are subject to change.

Available since last update
Nothing

In your future

09/05/2018
CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 6 TPB (Dark Horse)

09/12/2018
CONAN (Bragelonne)

09/26/2018
KULL ANNUAL (IDW)
This replaces KULL ETERNAL #4 and #5 which have been cancelled.

10/17/2018
THE COLOSSAL CONAN THE CIMMERIAN (Dark Horse)

11/07/2018
CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 7 TPB (Dark Horse)

11/14/2018
THE COLOSSAL KING CONAN HC (Dark Horse)

12/12/2018
THE CONAN READER (Dark Horse)

01/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 (Marvel)

01/16/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS Volume 1 (Marvel)

01/30/2019
COMIC BOOK CREATOR #19
Featuring an examinations of Frank Frazetta’s Conan work.

03/20/2019
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 (Marvel)

To be announced
KULL ETERNAL TPB (IDW)
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: OUT OF THE DARKSOME HILLS (Marvel)
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA (Marvel)

CONAN 
Coming September 12!

Know, O Prince, that between the time that saw the sinking of Atlantis and the glittering cities ... there was an unsuspected Age, during which resplendent realms spread across the globe. But the most illustrious of the kingdoms of this world was Aquilonia, whose supremacy was undisputed in the dreaming West. It was in this country that came Conan, the Cimmerian - black hair, dark eyes, sword in hand, a thief, a looter, a killer, with fits of melancholy just as disproportionate as his joys - to tread his sandals thrones constellated with jewels of the Earth.

Conan is one of the most famous fictional characters in the world. Robert E. Howard created it in 1932 and with him, heroic fantasy .

This hero, as well as the evocative power of his author's writing, has had and still has a major influence on the Western imagination.

For the first time, here is the complete Conan Adventures in one volume, an exceptional edition with limited edition and beautifully enriched with 251 illustrations including 21 full color pages by:

Johann Bodin
Mikaël Bourgouin
Benjamin
Miguel Coimbra Square
Gary Gianni
Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme
Victor Leza Moreno
Vincent Madras
Gregory Manchess
Thimothée Montaigne
Jean-Sebastien Rossbach
Mark Schultz
Marc Simonetti

Photo: Under license from Conan Properties International LLC.
Translator: François Truchaud, Patrice Louinet
Release date: 12/09/2018
ISBN: 9791028104375
Price: 55.00 €
Number of pages: 1312
Format: Beautiful book
Edition: Hardcover
Language: French

Thanks to Patrice Louinet for the cover images and information.
Thanks to Scott Tee for the interior art images.