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Gerry Turnbull
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and the character designs from conan.com
Edited by Gerry Turnbull on 23 October 2005 at 4:55pm
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Vinny Valenti
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Interesting. Conan looks kinda like he was drawn by Claudio Castellini,
which is not a bad thing.
And, what, no Red Sonja?
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Gerry Turnbull
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Sonja was a Marvel Character,inspired by another howard character.in his story of Red Nails, it is Valeria who is his companion.
Crom!
Gerry
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Ronald Pegram
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Is that a head on Conan's leg?
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Jay Matthews
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I used to read Conan novels when I was a tyke. I know I read both
Robert E. Howard books and some novels by hired guns. Since I
think this topic will attract some Conan fans, what are some of the
good Conan books to read (not comics) if I were inclined to pick them
back up?
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Jason Fulton
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I hope they get around to doing King Conan before Arnold develops old man boobs.
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David Garcia
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"what are some of the
good Conan books to read (not comics) if I were inclined to pick them
back up?"
There are deluxe hardcover editions of the REH stories coming out from Wandering Star. Beautiful packages, but very expensive.
Dell is producing cheaper, paperback volumes that reprint the material
from the Wandering Star editions (though the illustrations are in black
and white, not color).
In addition to reprinting the REH stories (minus later "editing" done
by his successors), there are also story fragments, outlines, and other
miscellanea in the book's appendices.
There are two out so far: The Coming of Conan and The Bloody
Crown of Conan. A third, The Conquering Sword of Conan is
set to come out November 29.
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Rich Abreu
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"Sonja was a Marvel Character,inspired by another howard character.in his story of Red Nails, it is Valeria who is his companion."
I don't think that's correct. I think Sonja IS a REH creation whose trademark somehow fell under different ownership then Conan's. If Sonja really was a Marvel creation, there is now way Dynamite would be able to publish their own book and release a trade with Marvel content.
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David Garcia
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"I don't think that's correct. I think Sonja IS a REH creation whose
trademark somehow fell under different ownership then Conan's. If
Sonja really was a Marvel creation, there is now way Dynamite would be
able to publish their own book and release a trade with Marvel content."
Red Sonya of Rogatine was an REH character from "The Shadow of
the Vulture." Which was not a Conan story. It was a story featuring a
German Knight named Gottfried von Kalmback.
Roy Thomas wanted a female warrior companion for Conan, but couldn't
yet use Belit. So he turned the red headed Russian Red Sonya into
Red Sonja, swordswoman.
This story is related by Roy Thomas in vol 4 of the Dark Horse Conan reprints.
But since Red Sonja was based on an REH creation, the Howard estate
kept ownership over Red Sonja. And when it came time to license the
character out, she was licensed separately from Conan.
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Thom Price
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I hope they get around to doing King Conan before Arnold develops old man boobs
****
Hmm. Too late?
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Andy Smith
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I heard that the photo of Arnold wasn't real. It's his head photoshoped on another body.
andy
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Joe Zhang
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REH was a rare writer. His Conan stories are pedal-to-the-metal pulp adventures with a elegant, flowing writing style.
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