Sep 27
Yesterday, a copy of Conan: The Ultimate Guide to the World’s Most Savage Barbarian showed up at my house, courtesy of Fred Malmberg of Conan Properties. This is a gorgeous book, and best of all it’s written by Roy Thomas, who wrote most of Marvel Comics‘ issues of Conan.
If you’re a Conan fan, run right out and pick this up. I saw a preview of it at this summer’s Comic-Con, and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the real thing.
September 27th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
This guide is a beauty, eh?
I picked the tome up a couple of weeks back and I am thrilled with the purchase. It goes well with my inflatable Conan sword from GenCon.
One of the nicest features is the extensive selection of illustrations by Cary Nord, an artist that truly captures the Cimmerian with a pencils before the computer coloring process. Fluid and detailed, really cool.
Crom!
September 27th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
True, Moonglum. Nord has captured Conan at his best. I get the Dark Horse Conan comics every month, and I read them first thing. They’re both well written and beautiful.