Hither Came Conan: The Khoraja Saga
By Bob Byrne

New post at the Black Gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/05/27/hither-came-conan-the-khoraja-saga/

New at Howard Works

Glénat (Dutch)
Conan: De zwarte kolos
Featuring:  "Black Colossus"
http://howardworks.com/Conan-De_zwarte_kolos-Glenat.html

Glénat (Dutch)
Conan: Aan de overkant van de zwarte rivier
Featuring:  "Beyond the Black River"
http://howardworks.com/Conan-Aan_de_overkant_van_de_zwarte_rivier-Glenat.html

 Fiction House Press
The Garden of Fear 
Featuring:   "The Garden of Fear"
http://howardworks.com/GardenofFear-FictionHousePress.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 4 
Featuring:  "Iron Shadows in the Moon"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N4-Marvel.html

Marvel Comics June Conan Solicitations
for comics shipping in August and September 2019! 

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: EXODUS #1 
Esad Ribic  (Writer)
Esad Ribic (Art)
Esad Ribic  (Cover)

MAN VS. NATURE IN THE NEVER-BEFORE-TOLD STORY OF CONAN’S FIRST JOURNEY FROM CIMMERIA!

Long have the stories told of CONAN, who came from the frozen hills of his homeland, Cimmeria, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth in the Hyborian Age – but now you will witness the epic tale of the young barbarian’s first journey from home from visionary creator Esad Ribic!

Fifteen winters in Cimmeria have toughened the young Conan, but his greatest challenge lies ahead. Braving the elements, without food, without shelter, without weapons, Conan must learn to survive even as nature itself conspires to stop him. The snow freezes his bones. The wolves smell his blood. But if he can reach civilization, will his wounds heal…or will his troubles just begin?

With a majestic scope underscored by the completely visual narrative, don’t miss this truly special moment in Conan’s story and an unprecedented issue in Marvel Comics publication history!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale August 7.

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #8 
Jim Zub (Writer)
Patrick Zircher (Art)
Marco Checchetto (Cover)
Leonardo Manco (Variant Cover)

NEVER DWELL ON THE HAND YOU’RE DEALT – EVEN IF IT’S DEATH!

“CONAN THE GAMBLER” PART 2!
CONAN’s job as a bodyguard in Shadizar lands him in a deadly game of SERPENT’S BLUFF!
But if the cards are in Conan’s favor, will this absolve his debt or land him in further danger?
It’ll take more than luck to win the prize this time!

PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”!

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

AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA #1 (of 5) 
Meredith Finch (Writer)
Aneke (Art)
Jay Anacleto (Cover)
Terry Dodosn  (Variant Cover)

AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA will join Marvel's Conan line this August with the return of Robert E. Howard's character Valeria from "Red Nails".

Meredith Finch and artist Aneke will be the creative team for the five-issue limited series.
The first issue cover is by Jay Anacleto.

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

AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT, QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST TPB 
Written by Tini Howard
Penciled by Kate Niemczyk
Cover by Sana Takeda

The spitfire who would be queen! Bêlit — the name alone conjures fear up and down the coasts of the Hyborian Age. And the sight of her ship, the Tigress, is an omen of despair for any town in the pirate queen’s path! The Age of Conan begins with one of the barbarian’s most formidable compatriots in a new story revealing how she became the undisputed Queen of the Black Coast! Teenage Bêlit is obsessed with the sea — as well as the monsters and treasures she thinks are summoning her there! But when she stows away on the dread Admiral Atrahasis’ ship, it leads her into a deadly adventure even she could not predict! Will Bêlit’s impetuous nature lead the crew to victory — or sink her ambitions before they’ve begun?

Collecting AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT, QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST #1-5.

Full Color, 112 pages, $15.99, On sale September 18.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #4
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Mike Deodato Jr. (Art)
Cover by David Finch
Variant Cover by Simone Bianchi

The one evil wizard to rule them all, Kulan Gath has succeeded in summoning an ancient evil…and he’s already hard at work on his next terrible plan.
Conan swings his savage symbiotic sword against the forces of darkness…
…and Frank Castle has the worst day of his life. (If you don’t count that day in the park.)
The Savage Avengers are fighting to save YOU!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale August 7.

New REH Letter Found in Glenn Lord Effects

by Rob Roehm 

New post at the Howard History blog.
https://howardhistory.com/2019/05/24/new-reh-letter-found-in-glenn-lord-effects/

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: EXODUS #1
Coming in August!

Written and illustrated by Esad Ribic
Cover by Esad Ribic

MAN VS. NATURE IN THE NEVER-BEFORE-TOLD STORY OF CONAN’S FIRST JOURNEY FROM CIMMERIA!

Long have the stories told of CONAN, who came from the frozen hills of his homeland, Cimmeria, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth in the Hyborian Age – but now you will witness the epic tale of the young barbarian’s first journey from home from visionary creator Esad Ribic!

Fifteen winters in Cimmeria have toughened the young Conan, but his greatest challenge lies ahead. Braving the elements, without food, without shelter, without weapons, Conan must learn to survive even as nature itself conspires to stop him. The snow freezes his bones. The wolves smell his blood. But if he can reach civilization, will his wounds heal…or will his troubles just begin?

With a majestic scope underscored by the completely visual narrative, don’t miss this truly special moment in Conan’s story and an unprecedented issue in Marvel Comics publication history!

The Cromcast

Season 9, Episode 4:
The Transformation of "The Black Stranger" with Rusty Burke

New podcast on The Cromcast website.
https://thecromcast.blogspot.com/2019/05/season-9-episode-4-transformation-of.html

Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards

Congratulations to the nominees!

Here is the list of the top three finalists for this year's Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards.
The winners will be announced at Howard Days on June 7th.

There will also be a special CROM Award as voted by the Board of Directors of the Foundation,
but that's a secret until the Awards Show.

REH FOUNDATION AWARDS 2018
Top Three Category Finalists

Atlantean — Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)
FRED BLOSSER – Western Weirdness and Voodoo Vengence (Pulp Hero Press)
DON HERRON and LEO GRIN – Famous Someday: A Robert E. Howard Biography (The Cimmerian Press)
DAVID C. SMITH – Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography (Pulp Hero Press)

The Hyrkanian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Print)
BOBBY DERIE – “That Fool Olson” – Lovecraft Annual 12
RICK LAI – “Poseidon and the Gods of the Robert E. Howard Universe” – Blood ‘n’ Thunder Presents #4: Pulpourri
DAMON YOUNG – “I Love, I Slay, And Am Content” – Island Magazine #124

The Cimmerian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Online)
BOBBY DERIE – “Conan and E’ch-Pi-El: Robert E. Howard in the Biographies of H. P. Lovecraft” – On An Underwood No. 5
DEUCE RICHARDSON – “Stephen Fabian and Robert E. Howard (3 Parts)” – DMR Books Blog
KEITH TAYLOR – “Black Vulmea – Robert E. Howard’s Roughneck Pirate (2 Parts)” – DMR Books Blog

The Venarium — Emerging Scholar
BOB BYRNE – Contributed essays for Black Gate
PHILIP EMERY – Completed Doctoral Thesis on REH and Sword and Sorcery
NICOLE EMMELHAINZ – Presented paper at Glenn Lord Symposium

The Stygian—Outstanding Achievement, Website or Periodical
BLACK GATE (John O’Neill)
ON AN UNDERWOOD NO. 5 (Todd Vick)
REH FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER (Lee Breakiron)

The Black Lotus – Outstanding Achievement, Multimedia
THE CROMCAST (audio podcast) – Josh Adkins, Luke Dodd, and Jon Larson
HOWARD DAYS 2018 (videos)– Ben Friberg
ROGUES IN THE HOUSE PODCAST – Matt Sullivan, Logan Whitney, and Alex Kostopoulos

The Black River—Special Achievement
MARK HALL – For his years of service as editor of The Dark Man
JEFFREY SHANKS, ANDREW McFEATERS, THADRA STANTON, and HEATHER YOUNG – For the National Park Service Robert E. Howard House Archaeology Project
ROY THOMAS – for his publication of Barbarian Life, the history of Conan in the comics.

The Rankin — Artistic achievement in the depiction of REH’s life and/or work
BILL CAVALIER – Cover Art for Pictures in the Fire (REHF Press)
TOM GRINDBERG – Cover art for Conan the Pirate sourcebook for Conan RPG (Modiphius) – Depicts “Queen of the Black Coast”
RONAN TOULHOAT – Conan le Cimmérien, Tome 2 : Le colosse noir (Glenat) – Depicts “Black Colossus”

Black Circle Award – Lifetime Achievement 
FRED BLOSSER
PAUL HERMAN
DONALD WOLLHEIM (posthumous)
As a 60% majority vote was not achieved for any candidate, there is no Black Circle Award

Hither Came Conan: “Rogues in the House”
By Bob Byrne

New post at the Black Gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/05/20/hither-came-conan-bob-byrne-on-rogues-in-the-house/

New at Howard Works

Shadow Zone (Danish)
Conan af Cimmeria - den sorte kysts dronning 
Featuring:  "Queen of the Black Coast"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_af_Cimmeria-den_sorte_kysts_dronning-ShadowZone.html

Glénat (Dutch)
Conan: De koningin van de zwarte kust 
Featuring: "Queen of the Black Coast"
http://howardworks.com/Conan-De_koningin_van_de_zwarte_kust-Glenat.html

Hippocampus Press
Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others 
Featuring:  Artices on REH
http://howardworks.com/Weird_Talers-EssaysonRobertEHoward-HippocampusPress.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 3
Featuring:  "Exile of Atlantis"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N3-Marvel.html

AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA
Coming in August!

AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA will join Marvel's Conan line this August with the return of Robert E. Howard's character Valeria from "Red Nails".

Meredith Finch and artist Aneke will be the creative team for the five-issue limited series.
The first issue cover is by Jay Anacleto.

The Cromcast

Season 9, Episode 3: The Inspiration –
"The Striking of the Gong" by Robert E. Howard & Lin Carter

New podcast on The Cromcast website.
https://thecromcast.blogspot.com/2019/05/season-9-episode-3-inspiration-striking.html

The Art of Robert E. Howard:
Peter Andrew Jones

By Bill Thom

This is the third in a series of articles that provides a showcase for the many fine artists that have illustrated the works of Robert E. Howard over the years. 
Earlier articles can be found at the links below.
1. Michael William Kaluta
2. Virgil Finlay

Peter Andrew Jones

Peter Andrew Jones is a British artist born in Islington, North London in 1951. He is the son of the late Reginald and Catherine Jones.

Peter showed interest in the visual arts from a very early age. At school he continued to pursue his interest in art and won school prizes for his work. During his last years at school, he met Robert Spearman, a talented artist in his own right, who encouraged his interest in art. As a result, Peter attended the St. Martin's School of Art (now Central St. Martins) in London from 1971 to 1974. He graduated in 1974 with an honors degree. Robert Spearman had taught Peter at adult evening institute life drawing classes as a condition of pre-art school tuition, and he also taught Peter the basics of classical painting and drawing.

In 1973, a college friend, David Case was reading a Panther Books paperback edition of science fiction author EE "Doc" Smith's "Triplanetary". David suggested the book to Peter who subsequently purchased a copy. His interest in science fiction grew. During a session with his tutor, visiting lecturer and illustrator Fritz Wagner, Wagner suggested that Peter consider painting things that don't actually exist, as in science fiction stories, because of Peter’s “highly developed skill of rendering realistic imagery.”

Another visiting lecturer, Gerry Downes, impressed by Peter’s ability to render realistic images, suggested a meeting with Doreen Scott, Art Editor at Puffin Books. Following a preliminary trial piece for Scott, Peter produced his first commercial science fiction work for Puffin Books, the cover art for Penelope Farmer's “A Castle of Bone.”

Jones commenced several decades of producing cover art for science fiction and fantasy publications. He has provided book covers for science fiction and fantasy authors including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Greg Bear, Larry Niven, Philip K. Dick, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Murray Leinster, Thomas Burnett Swann, A. E. van Vogt, Frank Herbert, Tanith Lee, Piers Anthony, E. E. “Doc” Smith and many more. 

Jones' first three Robert E. Howard covers were published for Orbit in 1977.  A fourth REH cover followed in 1978 for Panther.  He also provided a cover for an anthology featuring REH that was published by Star in 1977. This work is somewhat reminiscent of American artist Jeff Jones, but has its own distinct style.

In 1980 an anthology of Jones science fiction art entitled SOLAR WIND was published by Dragon’s World.

Jones has also produced images for film publicity, creating the movie posters for The Sword and The Sorcerer and Alligator and has worked for the Fighting Fantasy game books originated by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone in the 1980s.

During the 1990s, Jones pursued his interest in aviation-related art, becoming involved with the RAF Benevolent Fund, and a number of World War II pilots.

Jones' current work includes ongoing genre and wildlife illustration, the production of handmade and self-published books, cards and prints, and occasional private commissions

Peter Andrew Jones/Robert E. Howard Checklist (Initial appearances only)

Orbit

Three-Bladed Doom (1977)

Son of the White Wolf (1977)

Robert E. Howard Omnibus (1977)

Panther

The Dark Man Omnibus Volume 1 (November 1978)

Star Books

Weird Legacies (1977) [Anthology featuring REH]

References:

Solar Wind

PeterAndrewJones.net

All art copyright Peter Andrew Jones and the respective owners.

Three-Bladed Doom (1977)

Son of the White Wolf (1977)

Robert E. Howard Omnibus (1977)

The Dark Man Omnibus Volume 1 (November 1978)

Weird Legacies (1977)

Hither Came Conan: “The God in the Bowl”
By Mark Finn

New post at the Black Gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/05/13/hither-came-conan-mark-finn-on-the-god-in-the-bowl/

New at Howard Works

Thanks to Dmitry Kvashnin for the info and scan.

Eksmo (Russian)
Bran Mak Morn, posledniy korol'. Kull, vykhodets iz Atlantidy
(Bran Mak Morn: The Last King. Kull: Native of Atlantis)
Featuring:
"Men of the Shadows"
"Kings of the Night"
"A Song of the Race" (poem)
"Worms of the Earth"
"The Dark Man"
"The Lost Race"
"The Drums of Pictdom" (poem)
"The Little People"
"The Children of the Night"
"Bran Mak Morn: A Play"
Untitled synopsis "The story of a forgotten age; of . . ."
Untitled fragment "A grey sky arched . . ."
"The Bell of Morni" (poem)
Untitled fragment  "Men have had visions ere now. . ."
Untitled story "The sun was setting. A last crimson . . ."
"The Shadow Kingdom" 
"The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune"
Untitled "'Thus,' said Tu, chief councillor, ..."
"The Cat and the Skull"
"The Screaming Skull of Silence"
"The Striking of the Gong"
"The Altar and the Scorpion"
"The Curse of the Golden Skull"
"The Black City"
Untitled "Three men sat at a . . ."
"By this Axe I Rule!"
"Swords of the Purple Kingdom"
"The King and the Oak" (poem)
"Summer Morn" (poem)
"Am-ra the Ta-an" (poem)
"The Tale of Am-ra"
Untitled "A land of wild, fantastic beauty . . . "
Untitled "determined. So I set out up the hill . . ."
"The Shadow Kingdom" (draft)
"Delcardes' Cat" (draft)
"The King and the Oak" (draft) (poem)
Untitled essay ca. 1920-1923 (". . . which has characterized . . .")
http://howardworks.com/BranMakMorn-TheLastKing-Kull-NativeofAtlantis-Eksmo.html

Argo (Czech)
Conan z Cimmerie, svazek I.
Featuring:
"Queen of the Black Coast" (graphic adaptation)
"Black Colossus" (graphic adaptation)
"Beyond the Black River" (graphic adaptation)
http://howardworks.com/Conan_z_Cimmerie-Argo.html

Robert E. Howard Foundation
The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter Volume 12 Number 4
Featuring:
"Gates of Empire" (Part 2 of 2)
"A Gent from the Pecos" [First page variant]
"The Ballad of Nell of Singapore" (poem)
"Altars and Jesters" (1)  [portion of a variant] (poem)
"The Singer in the Mist" (2, poem)
Untitled ("500 Torguts")
http://howardworks.com/rehfoundationsnewsletterV12N4.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 2
Featuring:
"Black Colossus" (graphic adaptation)
"Black Abyss" (graphic adaptation)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N2-Marvel.html

Two New Conan Books are Coming Soon 
from Perilous Worlds!

Sign up for the Conan Newsletter at the link below.

The Conan Newsletter

Marvel Comics Conan titles
Now available! 

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #6 
by Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar
Cover by Esad Ribic

• CONAN signs on for soldiers’ work — gold, wine and warfare!
• But the Barbarian’s skills will draw him directly into the CRIMSON WITCH’s scheme, as she drags KING CONAN to the altar of the death god Razazel!
• Plus: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella, “Black Starlight”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #5
Gerry Duggan (Writer)
Ron Garney (Art)
Cover by Alex Ross

• The mystery of the magical treasure finally revealed!
• It’s now or never, and CONAN must make a choice that will determine the fate of Stygia!
• Either way, KOGA THUN will not let the Barbarian go without a fight!
• Plus: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella, “The Shadow of Vengeance”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #3 
Tini Howard (Writer)
Kate Niemczyk (Art)
Cover by Sana Takeda


• BÊLIT has a plan to extort the rich cities along the coast…
• …but as she makes her name in the Hyborian Age, is she leading herself to a watery grave?
• And who is the mysterious observer who is tracking her?
• PLUS: Part 3 of an all-new Bêlit novella, “Bone Whispers”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS
By Robert E. Howard

The REH Foundation Press is proud to present Post Oaks and Sand Roughs & Other Autobiographical Writings. Outside of the boxing stories, whenever Robert E. Howard used the name “Costigan” the autobiographical implications weren’t far behind. This volume collects those “other” Costigan tales, including the title novel as well as the previously unpublished early draft. It also contains other items that reveal details about the people and places in Howard’s life, including the “Lost Plains” stories, items from The Junto, personal essays, and more, all restored to the original text, where available.

With the introductory material, this volume checks in at over 400 pages and will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 200 copies, each individually numbered.

Cover art by Jim & Ruth Keegan; edited and with notes by Rob Roehm;
Introduction and notes by Rusty Burke.

This collection will make its debut at Howard Days 2019, in Cross Plains, Texas (be sure to let us know in your order if you plan on picking it up there), and begin shipping shortly thereafter.

Pre-order yours today!

Ordering information is available HERE.

Hither Came Conan: 
The Animated Red Nails That Never Was

New post at the Back Gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/05/06/hither-came-conan-the-animated-red-nails-that-never-was/

Roy Thomas returns to Conan!

Roy Thomas will be writing a new Conan The Barbarian story, to be drawn by British writer/artist Alan Davis, for one of the ongoing Conan series from Marvel Comics later this year.

The story will be a prequel to the classic Conan tale People Of The Black Circle by Robert E Howard.

New at Howard Works

Thanks to Dmitry Kvashnin for the info and scan.

Domino, Eksmo (Russian)
Solomon Keyn. Klinok sud'by (Solomon Kane. Blade of Doom)
Featuring:
"Skulls in the Stars"
"The Right Hand of Doom"
"Red Shadows"
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Castle of the Devil"
"Death's Black Riders"
"The Moon of Skulls"
"The One Black Stain" (poem)
"The Blue Flame of Vengeance"
"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, original, poem)
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (2, variant, poem)
http://howardworks.com/SolomonKane-BladeofDoom-Eksmo-Domino.html

Elara (Italian)
Il signore di Samarcanda e altre storie orientali 
Featuring:
"Red Blades of Black Cathay"
"The Sowers of the Thunder"
"Lord of Samarcand"
"The Lion of Tiberias"
"The Shadow of the Vulture"
"Gates of Empire"
"The Voice of El-Lil"
"The Desert"  (poem)
"The Tartar Raid" (poem)
"Mihiragula" (poem)
"Timur-Lang" (poem)
"The Builders" (1, poem)
"The Builders" (2, poem)
"The Peasant on the Euphrates" (poem)
"Roar, Silver Trumpets" (poem)
"Only a Shadow on the Grass" (poem)
"A Song Out of Midian" (poem) 
"The Tower of Zukala" (poem)
"A Word from the Outer Dark"  (poem)
"Recap of Harold Lamb’s "The Wolf Chaser"
untitled draft (The Persians had all fled . . .)
untitled synopsis (The Black Stone)
"The King's Service"
"The Lion of Tiberias" (Draft)
"The Slave-Princess" (synopsis)
"The Slave-Princess"
http://howardworks.com/Il_signore_di_Samarcanda-Elara.html

Fiction House Press
Strange Tales Volume 3 Number 1
Featuring:  "The Cairn on the Headland"
http://howardworks.com/StrangeTalesV3N1-FictionHousePress.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 1 
Featuring:
"Mistress of Death" (graphic adaptation featuring Conan)
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" (graphic adaptation)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N1-Marvel.html

The Cromcast
New podcast now online!

Season 9, Episode 2: The Extension - "The God in the Bowl" with Mark Finn!
https://thecromcast.blogspot.com/2019/05/season-9-episode-1-extension-god-in.html

ROBERT E. HOWARD DAYS

June 6-8, 2019

Just a few weeks left until Howard Days!

2019 HOWARD DAYS SCHEDULE

THURSDAY JUNE 6
2:00 – 4:00 pm: The Robert E. Howard House and Museum is open to the public. There are no docents on duty but the Gift Shop will be open and the grounds and Pavilion available to all.
5:00 – 7:00 pm: Fish Fry at the Cross Plains Senior Center.
6:00 pm: Barbarian Festival Parade down Main Street in Cross Plains.
Afterwards, Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion

FRIDAY JUNE 7
8:30 am until gone: Coffee and donuts at the Pavilion, compliments of Project Pride
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum and Grounds open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: REH Postal Cancellation Souvenir at Cross Plains Post Office. Friday Only.
9 am – 11 am: Bus Tour of Cross Plains & Surrounding Areas. Friday Only.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds east of Museum.
10 am – 5 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display. The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
11 am: PANEL: A History of Project Pride and the Robert E. Howard Museum.
NOTE: Presented at the House & Pavilion.
NOON: Hot Dog Lunch hosted by Project Pride at the Pavilion. Donations are welcome!
1:30 pm: PANEL: The Writers of REH
2:30 pm: PANEL: The Fourth Annual Glenn Lord Symposium.
Following this panel will be the presentations of the 2017 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards.
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Silent Auction items available for viewing & bidding at Banquet site
6:30 pm: Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet & Silent Auction at the Family Life Center of the Baptist Church on Main Street. Guest of Honor Speaker: David C. Smith
9:00 pm PANEL: Fists at the Ice House, Celebrating 90 Years of Sailor Steve Costigan.
NOTE: Presented on the actual Ice House grounds where Howard boxed!

Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion.
All are welcome and adult beverages are allowed.

SATURDAY JUNE 8
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum open to the public. The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: BARBARIAN FESTIVAL at Treadway Park, 3 blocks west of REH House
10 am – 3 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds east of Museum.
11 am PANEL: The Sword & Sorcery Poetry of Robert E. Howard
NOON: Lunch and/or Barbarian Festival activities at your leisure
1:30 pm PANEL: Kull, Conan Solomon Kane: The Original S&S Characters?
2:30 pm PANEL: What’s Up with REH?
4:30 pm: Tour of the 100 year old REH House Grounds
6 to 8 pm: Sunset BBQ at the Pavilion
At twilight/after BBQ: Multi-language reading of Howard’s poem “Cimmeria” + more REH poetry read aloud from the Museum porch.

Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion.
All are welcome and adult beverages are allowed.

Special Announcements will be ongoing over both days,
There will be special guests and extemporaneous events: readings, book signings and surprises happening throughout Friday and Saturday

PLEASE NOTE: ALL PANELS LAST ONE HOUR AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1000 N. MAIN ST. IN CROSS PLAINS, unless noted.

Robert E. Howard Days  

Upcoming REH related publications.
Target ship dates as of 05/01/2019
All dates are subject to change.

Available since last update
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #5 (Marvel)
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA (Marvel)
CONAN LE CIMMERIEN: LA CITADELLE ECARLATE- B&W (Glénat)
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #4 (Marvel)
THE AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #2 (Marvel)

In your future

05/01/2019
SAVAGE AVENGERS #1  (Marvel)

05/08/2019
THE AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #3 (Marvel)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #6 (Marvel)
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #5 (Marvel)

05/29/2019
CONAN LE CIMMERIEN: CHIMÈRES DE FER DANS LA CLARTÉ LUNAIRE (Glénat)

06/05/2019
SAVAGE AVENGERS #2  (Marvel)

06/12/2019
THE AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #4 (Marvel)

06/19/2019
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #6 (Marvel)

06/26/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #7 (Marvel)

07/03/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN VOL. 1:
     THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN BOOK ONE TPB (Marvel)
CONAN: THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR AND OTHER STORIES TPB (Marvel)
SAVAGE AVENGERS #3

07/10/2019
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #7

07/24/2019
AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #5
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS Volume 2 (Marvel)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE CULT OF KOGA THUN TPB [Color and B&W editions]

07/31/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #8

08/07/2019
THE MARVEL ART OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN

11/06/2019
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 2 HC

2019: Exact date not Announced
POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS (Robert E. Howard Foundation Press)

SAVAGE AVENGERS #1 (Featuring Conan) 
Now available!

Gerry Duggan (Writer)
Mike Deodato (Art)
David Finch (Cover)
Variant Cover by Mike Deodato Jr.
Variant Cover by Simone Bianchi
Variant Cover by TBA
Variant Cover by Skottie Young
Variant Cover by Leinil Francis Yu
Hidden Gem Variant Cover by Moebius
Blank Variant Cover Also Available

Conan the Barbarian will team-up with some of the Marvel Universe's deadliest characters in a new series titled Savage Avengers, by writer Gerry Duggan and artist Mike Deodato.

This is an unsanctioned team of heroes. It has to be something that visually makes sense to you, and I think it does. [Artist] Mike Deodato Jr. is illustrating this book in both worlds. We envisioned a threat, a magical green zone where the evil wizards of Conan’s world are trading spells with the Hand in Japan. Conan is on a very Conan-like mission; he’s heard a tale of an amulet so he’s chasing it, and the evil magic sorcerers are doing something that would be a Marvel Avengers problem. It feels like we have found some very fertile ground that is a Venn diagram between those two worlds.

Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99

Marvel Comics