Sunday, April 24, 2022

 


Well, all right! HOWARD DAYS 2022 is coming up fast (SEVEN WEEKS! Where did the time go?) and we're in the process of getting everything ready!

The schedule is 90% set (we're still waiting on confirmation for one panel and our gaming venues), so it's time for you to make your plans to join us at the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas on June 10th & 11th. And we've even got stuff going on Thursday the 9th!

The dual themes this year are The REH Influence on Gaming (role-playing, table-top/board games and video) and the 90th anniversaries of Conan, the Cimmerian as well as two Howard masterpieces: Worms of the Earth and the poem Cimmeria.

Fred Malmberg, President of Heroic Signatures (formerly Cabinet Entertainment), will be our Guest of Honor this year. Fred was instrumental in introducing both Conan and role-playing gaming to the people of Sweden and has carried on those activities in the U.S. for over 20 years now. Come hear him speak at the Celebration Banquet.

All the usual HD events will be happening: the Robert E. Howard Museum will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday; you can tour the museum at your leisure or have docents tell you all about the house where REH lived and wrote. The Alla Ray Morris Pavilion, adjacent to the House, is available for the entire weekend as the main meeting place for all attendees.

 The Gift shop in the House is well-stocked with incredible REH items. The Cross Plains Public Library is open to show their collection of original REH typescripts and Weird Tales & pulp magazines. The REH Foundation Press will be set up to sell Howard books and we'll have tables for dealers of REH/related merchandise set up in the surrounding yard. Bus, Walking and Grounds tours will be made, panels will be given, a special souvenir postal cancellation stamp is available on Friday and a Hot Dog Lunch will satisfy your hunger Friday Noon. 

We'll have a Celebration Banquet on Friday night, where hundreds of REH items will be shown for the Silent Auction that takes place at the Banquet. Saturday night brings us the Sunset BBQ, where authentic Texas barbeque will make you glad you came!

We're planning on having REH gaming over the weekend too. Role-playing and board games will be presented (and a cornhole game in the yard!); stay tuned for more information on logistics for the gaming.

But best of all, the Howard Days weekend is all about REH Fellowship. You can meet Howard Fans from all over the world: France, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Japan - and of course, the good ol' USA - who gather in Cross Plains to celebrate the Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard.
More detailed information is available at howarddays.com. We're looking forward to seeing you in Cross Plains in just SEVEN WEEKS! We guarantee a great time!

Y'all come!




New at Howard Works

Ediciones Martinez Roca (Spanish)
Conan el pirata

Featuring:
"Hawks Over Shem" 
"Black Colossus"
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
"The Road of the Eagles" 
"A Witch Shall Be Born"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_el_pirata-Ediciones_Martinez_Roca.html




Ediciones Martinez Roca (Spanish)
Conan el vagabundo

Featuring:
"Shadows in Zamboula"
"The Devil in Iron"
"The Flame Knife"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_el_vagabundo-Ediciones_Martinez_Roca.html



Stephen Craig
Criti-Q #1

"Recompense" (poem)
"The Phoenix on the Sword" (Chapter 5 verse heading)
http://howardworks.com/Criti-Q1-StephenCraig.html

Thanks to Lee Breakiron for the scans and content info.




George Hamilton
Xuthol  [Distributed in REHUPA #27]

Letter to Emil Petaja, September 6, 1935,"Yes, I did like . . ."
http://howardworks.com/Xuthol-REHupa27-GeorgeHamilton.html




Dark Horse Comics
Conan the Legend #0

Featuring:
"The Phoenix on the Sword" (Chapter 1 heading only)
http://howardworks.com/ConantheLegend0-DarkHorse.html





Friday, April 22, 2022

Ablaze Publishing
Coming in July!

BÊLIT & VALERIA: SWORDS VS. SORCERY #3
Writer: Max Bemis 
Art: Rodney Buchemi 
Cover A: Seba Fiumara
Cover B: Fabrizio De Tomasso
Cover C: Michael Rooth
Cover D: Rodney Buchemi

ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HYBORIAN AGE UNLEASHED! 

See its true skull-cracking nature, its unrestrained  blood-splattering violence, mayhem, and sexuality!
Two she-pirates, one recently dead, and the other less than willing are all that stands between chaos and order.

The secret behind Bêlit's resurrection is revealed! And it involves the gods themselves! But once the source of this miracle comes to light, a betrayal from someone close becomes imminent. Will the truth provide her with more power? Or be her doom?

Bonus material includes the original Robert E. Howard essay, "The Hyborian Age."

Full Color, 7x10, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale July 13.











Thursday, April 21, 2022


KING CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION:
PHANTOMS AND PHOENIXES TPB
Coming August 17.

Volume #1 in the King Conan Chronicles Epic Collections

Written by JOSHUA DYSART, TIM TRUMAN & VICTOR GISCHLER

Penciled by WILL CONRAD, TOMÁS GIORELLO, ATTILA FUTAKI & TONE RODRIGUEZ

Cover by ATTILA FUTAKI

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown! Conan has won the throne of the kingdom of Aquilonia — and the h and of a beautiful bride. Is it time for the barbarian to lay down his sword? Don't count on it! Because when an evil sorcerer attacks, King Conan must strike back with all his might! Securing a crown is one thing, but holding on to it is a whole other challenge — especially with scheming conspirators in Conan's court! But the traitors may have chosen the wrong ally in Thoth-Amon! Plus: King Conan is haunted by the ghost of his first — and perhaps greatest — love! 

Collecting CONAN AND THE MIDNIGHT GOD #1-5, KING CONAN: THE SCARLET CITADEL #1-4, KING CONAN: THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD #1-4, CONAN: THE PHANTOMS OF THE BLACK COAST #1-5 and material from AGE OF CONAN: HYBORIAN ADVENTURES.

Trade paperback, Full Color, 464 pages, $44.99



Sunday, April 17, 2022

New at Howard Works

Elara (Italian)
Il Deserto e le Querce Stellate

Featuring:
"Post Oaks and Sand Roughs"
To WESTERN STORY, ca. late fall 1924,
"—And I am not one of those writers . . ." (Brief excerpt only)
To Herbert Klatt, ca. Fall 1925,
"Bohut salaam, bahadur: / Again I write you, . . ." 
   (The letter is paraphrased)
http://howardworks.com/Il_Deserto_e_le_Querce_Stellate-Elara.html


Providence Press  (Italian)
Providence Tales n. 9

Featuring:  "Mountain Man"
http://howardworks.com/ProvidenceTales9-ProvidencePress.html



Carrollton Clarke
Science-Fantasy Correspondent #1

Featuring:  "The Guise of Youth" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Science-FantasyCorrespondent1-Carrollton_Clark-1975.html

Thanks to Lee Breakiron for the contents info and scans.




Thomas Kovacs
Wurg #77 [Distributed in REHUPA #93]

Featuring: "The Return of the Sea-Farer" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Wurg77-REHupa93-ThomasKovacs.html




Dark Horse Comics
Conan: The Newspaper Strips Volume 1

Featuring:  "The Voice of El-Lil"  & "Wolfshead" (graphic adaptations)
http://howardworks.com/Conan-The_Newspaper_StripsV1-DarkHorse.html



Updated to add the full contents including an additional REH poem.
Cover scan is needed.

Yorick Fantasy Magazine  (Italian)
Yorick Fantasy Magazine 14/15

Featuring:
"The Devils of Dark Lake" (Part 2 of 2)  
"Haunting Columns" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/YorickFantasyMagazine14-15-YorickFantasyMagazine.html








Sunday, April 10, 2022

New at Howard Works

Ediciones Martinez Roca (Spanish) 
Conan

Featuring: 
Letter to P. Schuyler Miller (March 10, 1936)
  "Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored . . ."
"The Hyborian Age" Part 1 of 2
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"The Hall of the Dead"
"The God in the Bowl"
"Rogues in the House"
"The Hand of Nergal"  
http://howardworks.com/Conan-Ediciones_Martinez_Roca.html



Ediciones Martinez Roca (Spanish) 
Conan el Cimmerio

Featuring: 
"The Bloodstained God" 
"The Frost Giant's Daughter"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
"The Snout in the Dark" 
http://howardworks.com/Conan_el_cimmerio-Ediciones_Martinez_Roca.html


Thanks to Lee Breakiron for the cover & poem scan.

Lin Carter
Kadath #1

Featuring:  "A Word from the Outer Dark" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Kadath1-LinCarter.html




John Fontaine & Mark Kimes
Whispers at Night [Distributed in REHUPA #75]

Featuring:  "Musings" (1) (poem)
http://howardworks.com/WhispersatNight-REHupa75-JohnFontaine-MarkKimes.html




Marvel Comics
Giant-Size Conan #4

Featuring:
"The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 4 of 6) (graphic adaptation) 
"The God in the Bowl" (graphic adaptation) 
http://howardworks.com/Giant-Size_Conan4-Marvel.html





Wednesday, April 6, 2022

THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #2

Writer: Robert E. Howard, Julien Blondel 
Art: Valentin Sécher
Cover A: Werther Dell'Edera
Cover B: Valentin Sécher
Cover C: Kyle Hotz
Cover D: Carlos Nieto homage cover

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

Trapped in what is considered an inescapable dungeon, Conan wants nothing more than to get out and seek his revenge on the ancient and mysterious Xaltotun of Python for what he did to him and his people. A little unexpected help may go a long way toward his quest for freedom, but Conan has to get past the guardian of the dungeon first…whatever it may be. 

Also contains the original prose story!

Full Color, 7x10, 32 pages, $3.99.

Ablaze Publishing






Sunday, April 3, 2022

New at Howard Works

Ediciones Martinez Roca (Spanish)
El valle del gusano

Featuring:
"Marchers of Valhalla"
"The Garden of Fear"
"The Valley of the Worm"
"The Cairn on the Headland"
"People of the Dark"
"The Children of the Night"
http://howardworks.com/El_valle_del_gusano-Ediciones_Martinez_Roca.html


Ediciones Martinez Roca (Spanish)
Gusanos de la tierra

Featuring:
Letter to HPL, ca. early January 1932
("Yes I enjoyed the postcards . . .") (excerpt only)
"The Lost Race"
"Men of the Shadows"
"Kings of the Night"
"A Song of the Race" (poem)
"Worms of the Earth"
untitled fragment ("A gray sky arched . . .")
"The Dark Man"
http://howardworks.com/Gusanos_de_la_tierra-Ediciones_Martinez_Roca.html



Rich Jervis
Which Will Scarcely Be Understood #11 [Distributed in REHUPA #108]

Featuring:  "Symbols" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Which_Will_Scarcely_Be_Understood11-REHupa108-RichJervis.html



Thanks to Lee Breakiron for the info and scan on this title.

R. Alain Everts
CAS (Clark Ashton Smith) [Distributed in THE HYPERBORIAN LEAGUE #5] 

Featuring: 
To Emil Petaja, July 23, 1935, "Please believe my delay in  . . ."
http://howardworks.com/CAS-HyperboreanLeague5-R_Elain_Everts.html



Marvel Comics
Giant-Size Conan #3

Featuring:  "The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 3 of 6)
http://howardworks.com/Giant-Size_Conan3-Marvel.html




Friday, April 1, 2022

Upcoming REH related publications.
Target ship dates as of April 1, 2022
All dates are subject to change.

Date Format: MM/DD/YYYY

Available since last update (02/01/2021)
THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #1 (Ablaze)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 7  (Marvel)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN EPIC COLLECTION:
   THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS — OF ONCE AND FUTURE KINGS TPB  (Marvel)
KING CONAN #3 (of 6)  (Marvel)
KING CONAN #4 (of 6)  (Marvel)
ROBERT E. HOWARD IN THE PULPS VOLUME 1

In your future

04/06/2022
THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #2 (Ablaze)

04/13/2022
KING CONAN #5 (of 6)  (Marvel)

04/27/2022
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 7 (Marvel)

05/04/2022
KING CONAN #6 (of 6)  (Marvel)
BÊLIT & VALERIA: SWORDS VS. SORCERY #1 (Ablaze)

05/11/2022
THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #3 (Ablaze)

06/08/2022
BÊLIT & VALERIA: SWORDS VS. SORCERY #2 (Ablaze)

06/15/2022
THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #4 (Ablaze)

06/29/2022
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 8  (Marvel)
CONAN THE KING: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 1  (Marvel)

07/06/2022
KING CONAN TPB (Marvel)

09/28/2022
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 9 (Marvel)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 8 (Marvel)

10/18/2022
CONAN: BLOOD OF THE SERPENT by S. M. Stirling (Titan Books)

To Be Announced
CONAN AND THE LIVING PLAGUE (Titan Books)
THE ROBERT E. HOWARD COLLECTOR VOLUME TWO (Old Tiger Press)