My friend Jeff Mariotte just posted an excellent appreciation of Robert E. Howard and Conan for Howard’s 100th birthday. Jeff worked at WildStorm Productions when I co-designed the WildStorms CCG there, and he edited my Dracula’s Revenge comic for IDW. This past year, the tables turned, and I edited his new Age of Conan trilogy, the Marauders. Look for the …
Happy Birthday, Robert E. Howard
Today (or, arguably, Tuesday) would have been the 100th birthday of Robert E. Howard. As the creator of Conan, King Kull, and Solomon Kane, he invented the sword-and-sorcery fantasy and wrote in more than a half-dozen other genres for pulp magazines of all types. He cut his own life short at the age of 30. We can only guess what …
Conan Books and Flats
This week, Ginjer Buchanan at Ace Books sent me two of the latest releases in the Age of Conan line I edit with her. (I do my part for Conan Properties, while Ginjer manages the line for Ace.) Courtesy of Gjiner, UPS brought me at book and a flat. The book is Venom of Luxur, the third and final book …
Free Venom Chapter
The first chapter of Venom of Luxur is up on the Conan website for your enjoyment. This is the third in Steve York’s Age of Conan trilogy set in the mysterious land of Stygia (which I edited for CPI), and it wraps up with a real bang.
Heretic of Set Out Soon
Heretic of Set, the second in J. Steven York‘s Stygian trilogy for the new Age of Conan line of novels, should be in stores soon. Amazon lists the book available on October 25, but a copy for me showed up in the mail earlier this week. Steve did a great job with this series. If you’re a fan of Howardian …
Scion of the Serpent Out Now
In addition to writing novels and designing games, I’m Conan Properties’ guru for the Age of Conan line of novels published by Ace Books. J. Steven York‘s first Age of Conan novel, Scion of the Serpent, is in stores now. This is the first in Steve’s Stygian trilogy that follows the growth of a young heretic as he infiltrates the …
Gen Con Report
I’ve been trying to get to this for days, and I realized I just need to take a flying dive at it right now rather than wait for the right moment to tackle it. So, here goes.
Conan at Comic-Con
While I won’t be at Comic-Con this year (thanks to all you who asked), the good people at Conan Properties will. If you’re at the show, be sure to catch their seminar on Friday morning at 11:30 in Room 3. In addition to the guys from CPI, you can get the skinny on the latest Conan stuff from Dark Horse …
Blood of Heroes Coming Soon
A hot-off-the-presses copy of Loren Coleman’s Blood of Heroes showed up via UPS today. It looks great, and I have high hopes that it will make a great launch for Ace Books new line of Age of Conan novels set in Conan’s homeworld of Hyboria. The book is due on shelves on May 31, so soon you’ll all be able …
Rolling Along
The weekend went well. The kids were great, and we spent lots of time over at my mom’s house, playing with her and many other members of our extended family. In the evenings, I managed to get through the proofs for Songs of Victory, the last volume in Loren Coleman’s Legends of Kern trilogy for the new Age of Hyboria …