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Robert E. Howard scholar and author of Blood & Thunder Mark Finn just got back from Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, TX. Howard Days celebrates the life and work of the city’s most famous son, Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard. Traveling to Cross Plains can be a bit of trouble for [...]
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I had heard that Matthew Stover (Caine’s Law) was a fan of old school sword and sorcery fiction. Driven by an inexplicably impish impulse, I emailed him and asked what might happen if his hero Caine ran into Michael Moorcock’s melancholy swordsman Elric of Melniboné and Robert E. Howard’s Conan one night in a bar. [...]
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Every week I’ll be bringing you a comic book cover that I feel eclipses others out there—to the point I might just have to own it when released!
This week: King Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword #1! A pissed off Cimmerian!
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There are two Conans. One is the Conan of Robert E. Howard’s stories: an adaptable, cunning warrior whose physical prowess and quick wits eventually lead him to the throne of Aquilonia. The other is the Conan of the movies: a hell-bent meat and metal tornado in a loincloth.
Read MorePrize #12:
Conan Quad-Core Prize Pack (details below)
• The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (more details)
• The Bloody Crown of Conan (more details)
• The Conquering Sword of Conan (more details)
• Kull: Exile of Atlantis (more details)
If your only exposure to Conan is through improv Conan the Barbarian jokes, then you’re in for a surprise, Howard’s [...]
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Yeah so about this "other" earworm you were thinking about "replacing" Caine with... Caine's gonna...