Saturday, August 31, 2019

The Cimmerian: Queen Of The Black Coast 
Diamond Cancels Conan Comics Over Legal Threats

New post at the Bleeding Cool website.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/08/31/diamond-cancels-conan-cimmerian-queen-of-the-black-coast-legal-threats/


Thursday, August 29, 2019

Gen Con 2019: Robert E. Howard Seminar

A seminar where our panel discusses how our adventure authors integrate the works of a great writer into their game designs, and the impact he had on their creative process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=5DcK83bHOJI




Sunday, August 25, 2019

New at Howard Works

Fanucci Editore (Italian)
La cosa di tenebra (Il Meglio di Weird Tales 13)
Featuring: "The Poets"  (poem)
http://howardworks.com/La_cosa_di_tenebra-FanucciEditore.html


Fanucci Editore (Italian)
La porta senza chiave (Il Meglio di Weird Tales 16)
Featuring:  "The Singer in the Mist"  (1, poem)
http://howardworks.com/La_porta_senza_chiave-FanucciEditore.html


Insight Studios
Songs of Giants
Featuring:
"Flaming Marble" (poem)
"Dreaming on Downs" (poem)
"A Lady's Chamber" (poem)
"Surrender" (1, poem)
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (1, poem)
"The Riders of Babylon" (poem)
"The Madness of Cormac" (poem)
"Red Thunder" (poem)
"The Sea" (poem)
"Song at Midnight" (poem)
"Tides" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/SongsofGiants-InsightStudios.html


Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 14
Featuring: "Shadows in Zamboula"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N14-Marvel.html





Saturday, August 24, 2019

Marvel Comics Conan Solicitations 
for November 2019

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #11 
Jason Aaron  (Writer)
Mahmud Asrar  (Art)
Esad Ribic (Cover)
Neal Adams  (Variant Cover)

BY CROM – THE BARBARIAN VS. HIS GOD!
• As Conan shuffles off this mortal coil, he stands face to face with his God, CROM!
• But Crom does not care for the fate of some weak mortal…
• Unless Conan MAKES him!
• CONAN IS DEAD! LONG LIVE CONAN!
• Plus: the penultimate chapter in the all-new novella “BLACK STARLIGHT”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 20.



THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #11 
Roy Thomas (Writer)
Alan Davis (Art)
Marco Checchetto (Cover)
Juan Ferreyra (Variant Cover)

BARBARIAN ACTION AND INTRIGUE BY ROY THOMAS & ALAN DAVIS!
• CONAN’s latest job has gone awry, as he finds himself at the mercy of the Afghuli hillmen!
• But even this is nothing compared to the threat hovering in the hidden mountain cave that SERRA hired him to find!
• If they can escape the creatures, can they save the treasure?
• What secret is ZUBAIR hiding and what is Serra REALLY after?
• Plus: the penultimate chapter in the all-new novella “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 13.





AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA #4 (of 5)
Meredith Finch (Writer)
Aneke (Art)
Jay Anacleto (Cover)

A COVERT MISSION AND A DEADLY SECRET!
• VALERIA pushes past her injuries to sneak into the fortress of LORD BLASIUS!
• But what could he possibly have that she’d risk losing track of her quarry over?
• Could it be…the secret her brother died for?!
• Plus: The next chapter of an all-new novella featuring one of CONAN’s greatest nemeses—the wizard THOTH-AMON!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 13.


CONAN 2099 #1
Gerry Duggan  (Writer)
Roge Antonio  (Art)
Geof Shaw (Cover)

EONS FROM HOME, THE BARBARIAN BATTLES THE CIVILIZATION OF 2099!
In the far flung future of 2099, will barbarism finally triumph over an endangered civilization? When CONAN THE BARBARIAN entered the Marvel Universe with the SAVAGE AVENGERS, he stayed to conquer and claim his kingship in modern times. Now cursed by a mystic to live beyond his years, when Conan’s new kingdom is threatened, he swings his blade once more! But as the calamity in 2099 bears down on his secluded realm, will the future shock unseat the barbarian king? An unforgettable chapter unlike anything you’ve ever seen in the saga of Conan!

Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99, On sale November 27.


SAVAGE AVENGERS #7 (Featuring Conan)  
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Patch Zircher (Art)
Cover by David Finch

• Elektra and the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, fight together against Kulan Gath’s forces.
• Voodoo learns more about the evil sorcerer’s plans to dominate Planet Earth.
• And Conan’s trek North though South America takes an interesting detour...to Latveria. ‘Nuff said!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 6.


Friday, August 23, 2019

Ablaze Publishing
THE CIMMERIAN: QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST #2
Coming in November!

THE CIMMERIAN: QUEEN OF BLACK COAST #2
(Writer) Jean-David Morvan (Art) Pierre Alary (Covers) Sunghan Yune, Criss Cross, Ed Benes, and In-Hyuk Lee.

Robert E. Howard's famous Cimmerian continues his uncensored adventure! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual…read the story as he intended!

Conan joins up with Belit to brutally pillage and sail the poisonous river Zarkheba, encountering ancient ruins, lost treasure, and winged, vicious monstrosities.

Bonus Material: The Original Robert E. Howard short story is included!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 6.


The Ablaze comics are an English language repackaging of graphic albums from the French publisher Glénat.





Wednesday, August 21, 2019

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #8 
Now available!

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