Dark Horse Presents #21 - Featuring Conan: The Swamp King

[Jason Aiken]

From Dark Horse's Website: www.darkhorse.com/Comics/29-462/Dark-Horse-Presents-21



Writer and artist Dennis Calero returns to DHP with the next thrilling installment of The Suit! Also new for this issue, Aaron Lopresti gives his take on the Cimmerian sword swinger in Conan: The Swamp King!

This issue also features continuations of Paul Levitz and Tim Hamilton’s Brooklyn Blood andRich Woodall and Craig Rousseau’s Kyrra: Alien Jungle Girl.

Finally, tune in for the conclusions of two stories: John Arcudi and Maxim Šimi’s Worlds Apart, and Adam P. Knave, D.J. Kirkbride, and Robert Wilson IV’s Laser Joan and the Rayguns!

CREATORS

Writer: John Arcudi, Rich Woodall, Adam P. Knave, D.J. Kirkbride, Carla Speed McNeil, Paul Levitz, Dennis Calero, Aaron Lopresti
Artist: Carla Speed McNeil, Dennis Calero, Aaron Lopresti, Maxim Simic, Craig Rousseau, Robert Wilson IV, Tim Hamilton
Cover Artist: Aaron Lopresti
Genre: Short Stories / Anthologies
Publication Date: April 20, 2016
Format: FC, 48 pages; Ongoing
Price: $4.99
UPC: 7 61568 24116 7 02111

[Jason Aiken]

This comes out on this Wednesday 4/20/2016. A preview is up for the issue that contains one page: www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/29-462?page=2

I wish we'd had this type of Conan art for the last 4+ years in the monthlies.

[deuce]

Apr 17, 2016 20:57:06 GMT -5 Jason Aiken said:

This comes out on this Wednesday 4/20/2016. A preview is up for the issue that contains one page: www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/29-462?page=2

I wish we'd had this type of Conan art for the last 4+ years in the monthlies.

Yeah!  That art is quite acceptable.  

[Erik]

Apr 17, 2016 20:57:06 GMT -5 Jason Aiken said:

I wish we'd had this type of Conan art for the last 4+ years in the monthlies.

Likewise, I really like that artwork.  Hopefully the story's just as good.

[ironhand]

Note that it is possible to make Conan look young without making him look like a skinny twerp.

[johnnypt]

Finally picked this one up several months later. Why do I have a feeling this may have been intended for Savage Sword #11? Aaron Lopresti does a good job on both fronts, writing and art. It's sort of a riff on Frost Giant's Daughter but not bad for what it was. Back in the pre-Road of Kings days, I would have liked to have seen him do a mini. These days I'm really only interested in the Howard adaptations (hence why it took so long for me to go get it). I think he'd be good for Pool of the Black One. But if either Cullen and Sergio need a fill in, I'd let Aaron take a crack at it.

[paulmc]

Ugh.

Finally read this.

It's "cute."

Conan stories should not be cute.

The art is good.

But - once again - the writers have substituted the Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk or World of Warcraft for the Hyborean Age. It's all interchangeable, right?

[conanchronoproject]

I cannot find a copy of this to buy anywhere. Based on this thread, it might not be worth it even if I could. Can anyone advise?

[terryallenuk]

Apr 8, 2024 21:29:33 GMT -5 conanchronoproject said:

I cannot find a copy of this to buy anywhere. Based on this thread, it might not be worth it even if I could. Can anyone advise?

There's one here www.abebooks.com/comics/Dark-Horse-Presents-%2321-Geof-Darrow/31685954966/bd

[conanchronoproject]

Apr 9, 2024 0:49:45 GMT -5 terryallenuk said:

Apr 8, 2024 21:29:33 GMT -5 conanchronoproject said:

I cannot find a copy of this to buy anywhere. Based on this thread, it might not be worth it even if I could. Can anyone advise?

There's one here www.abebooks.com/comics/Dark-Horse-Presents-%2321-Geof-Darrow/31685954966/bd

Thanks! I wasn't aware of this site. I appreciate it.