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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2020 0:32:48 GMT -5
This is what I'm talking about! This looks fantastic. I think Cliff Chiang could have gotten to this level had he not decided to make Conan too skinny. The main cover to #2 isn't bad, but it's not up to par with these three. Those are three very good variants. Imho, not a dud in the bunch. I especially like the first one and the homage one really looks cool and works. I'm getting more and more excited for this. Yeah, I'm looking forward to this adaptation. It's gonna take some clever editing to make it work in 2 issues. Hopefully we get more than 2 issues for the Hour of the Dragon adaptation
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 22:53:19 GMT -5
The Cimmerian Writer Sylvain Runberg Speaks on Ablaze's Conan ComicsIt appears that Ablaze has won their continued battle to publish their Conan comics under the title The Cimmerian. As Bleeding Cool reported earlier, the controversial comic is back with a new series, The Cimmerian: People of the Black Circle, to be published August 26th from writer Sylvain Runberg and Jae Kwang Park. Runberg is no stranger to writing literary icons, as he was responsible for Titan Comics' Millennium: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which gave the late Stieg Larsson's iconic Lisbeth Salander new life in comic book form. Bleeding Cool spoke exclusively to Runberg about the long-fought Ablaze release of The Cimmerian, the writer's influences, and what artist Jae Kwang Park, who Ablaze described as "pupil of the immensely popular Korean drawing virtuoso Kim Jung Gi," will bring to this new take on Conan. Sylvian Runberg writes: "When I was offered to do an adaptation of Conan, I was immediately thrilled, and for several reasons.
The first is that this character was a part of my childhood, especially with the comics drawn by John Buscema and obviously the film with Arnold Scharwzenegger.
But the second, and maybe the most important reason, is Patrice Louinet, one of the worldwide best specialist of Robert E. Howard, who could advise us during the making of this adaptation, offered me the possibility to discover an another Conan from the one I had in mind from this childhood, a more complex character living in a more complex world, even if we're still talking about fantasy, magic spells, epic adventures and monsters. This story "The People Of The Black Circle" is really an example of what was the "real" Conan when Robert E. Howard was writing those tales. He can fight, sure, he's brave, of course, he can be brutal, no doubt about that, but he can also read a map, manage to be a commander, and be involved in politics, in the larger sense of the term. This is what is happening in this story, when he's trapped in a war between different kingdoms and forces, trying to overcome betrayals, with an environment inspired by ancient Central and South Asian history and culture."
Runberg continues: "We have also several strong and independent female characters, like Queen Yasmina, who dares to face Conan and shows as much determination and courage as he does in this adventure. For me, it was an opportunity to bring a real modern, epic, fantasy tale from great original material and try to show that Conan is not only a brutal warrior seeking blood. And also strong and interesting secondary characters, including women.
So having a fantastic illustrator like Jaekwang Park on my side, coming from South Korea, a student form the worldwide famous illustrator Kim Jung Gi was also a fantastic opportunity to propose a faithful story to the Robert E. Howard universe, with a graphic style where you can see some Asian influences, in terms of epic-ness and powerful drawing, like I think Jaekwang Park has given to our adaptation."Park isn't the only artist that readers and collectors alike may want to watch out for with this title. The popular Mirka Andolfo, who has her own series running at Ablaze, also provides a cover for the title that offers as much of a departure from her style as it offers a departure of the characters' heads from their bodies. The Cimmerian continues August 26th from Ablaze.Source: bleedingcool.com/comics/the-cimmerian-writer-sylvain-runberg-speaks-on-ablazes-conan-comics/
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Post by danieljames495 on Jul 25, 2020 12:57:16 GMT -5
So it appears that People of the Black Circle will be adapted across 3 issues by Ablaze. It's not yet up on the Ablaze publishing website but it's set for a release date of October 28th, 2020. Here are the two apparent covers so far:
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Post by johnnypt on Jul 25, 2020 13:29:24 GMT -5
Did Red Nails or PotBC come out first from Glenat? I was going to say maybe they learned from Red Nails too brief adaptation, but I wasn’t sure which was done first originally. They’re about the same length page wise in most versions (Lancer/Ace, WS/Del Rey), but Marvel did RN in around 60 pages while PotBC took up almost 100 so maybe it’s not that odd.
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Post by stubbs on Jul 25, 2020 13:57:24 GMT -5
Did Red Nails or PotBC come out first from Glenat? I was going to say maybe they learned from Red Nails too brief adaptation, but I wasn’t sure which was done first originally. They’re about the same length page wise in most versions (Lancer/Ace, WS/Del Rey), but Marvel did RN in around 60 pages while PotBC took up almost 100 so maybe it’s not that odd. Red Nails was released first. The Glenat POTBC is longer than Red Nails but only by about 10 pages.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2020 14:24:57 GMT -5
The PotBC (80 pages) Glenat album only has 8 pages more than Red Nails (72 pages) volume. My guess is the intro by Patrice is not as long as the other volumes with a couple less pages of pin-ups. We will probably get minimal increase of the page count over the 3 issues reprinted by Ablaze and will not need to use a magnifying glass for the prose at the back (it all depends on your eye sight, of course). To date, Glenat has not increased the page count significantly, I just take each adaptation as a re-imagining of the original yarns. The Glenat adaptations kinda work best with the really short yarns like FGD where the creator or creators can expand on the original and rework the narrative.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2020 3:24:06 GMT -5
Cover A: Alan Quah THE CIMMERIAN: PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE #3(Writer) Robert E. Howard, Sylvain Runberg (Art) Jae Kwang Park Cover A: Alan Quah Cover B: Meghan Hetrick Cover C: Frederick Rambaud Cover D: Fritz Casas Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended!
Conan must battle the Black Seers of Mount Yimsha in order to save the captive Princess Yasmina. But the seers and their master are powerful wizards with dark, destructive magic at their disposal. It will take every trick in the book, and maybe a little luck, for the Cimmerian to succeed...
Full Color 32 pages $3.99 On sale October 28
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2020 3:26:49 GMT -5
Variant covers for PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE #3: Cover B: Meghan Hetrick Cover C: Frederick Rambaud Cover D: Fritz Casas
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jul 27, 2020 22:18:12 GMT -5
I'm really digging cover A by Alan Quah. One of the better Conan covers we've seen in a while. As a matter of fact the cover art overall on this series is a huge step up from QOTBC and Red Nails.
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Post by danieljames495 on Jul 28, 2020 13:13:11 GMT -5
I agree. Definitely the most eye-catching adaptation that Ablaze has translated yet.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2020 1:39:06 GMT -5
Cover A :Jae Kwang Park Cimmerian: People Of Black Circle #1 Robert E. Howard’s Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED!
Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! In the kingdom of Vendhya, the king has just died, struck down by the spells of the black prophets of Yimsha.
The king’s sister, Yasmina, decides to avenge himand contacts Conan, then chief of the Afghuli tribe. But several of Conan’s warriors have just been killed by the men of the kingdom of Vendhya, further complicating the matter.
The princess thought she could use the Cimmerian, but rather it is she who will serve his interests… Sylvain Runberg and prodigious designer/illustrator Jae Kwang Park adapt one of the most ambitious and complex Conan stories of Robert E. Howard.
An adventure where epic battles, witchcraft and plots mingle in a mystical and scary Orient. Where revenge is an art.
Release Date: 26 August 2020 NEW RELEASE DATE: 2 SEPTEMBER 2020
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Post by Erik on Aug 26, 2020 10:33:30 GMT -5
I'm really digging cover A by Alan Quah. One of the better Conan covers we've seen in a while. As a matter of fact the cover art overall on this series is a huge step up from QOTBC and Red Nails. Yeah, I definitely agree with this.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2020 5:49:50 GMT -5
Some detailed pencils by Jae Kwang Park for the retailer incentive art proof edition of The Cimmerian: People of the Black Circle #1: http://instagr.am/p/CEcuAieh2yZ
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2020 12:21:58 GMT -5
Cover A :Jae Kwang Park Cimmerian: People Of Black Circle #1 Robert E. Howard’s Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED!
Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! In the kingdom of Vendhya, the king has just died, struck down by the spells of the black prophets of Yimsha.
The king’s sister, Yasmina, decides to avenge himand contacts Conan, then chief of the Afghuli tribe. But several of Conan’s warriors have just been killed by the men of the kingdom of Vendhya, further complicating the matter.
The princess thought she could use the Cimmerian, but rather it is she who will serve his interests… Sylvain Runberg and prodigious designer/illustrator Jae Kwang Park adapt one of the most ambitious and complex Conan stories of Robert E. Howard.
An adventure where epic battles, witchcraft and plots mingle in a mystical and scary Orient. Where revenge is an art.
Release Date: 26 August 2020NEW RELEASE DATE: 2 SEPTEMBER 2020 IN STORES NOW
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Post by Erik on Sept 4, 2020 13:45:51 GMT -5
I like the art on this issue, but I also found it very chaotic at times. It was sometimes difficult to see what exactly was supposed to be happening, but the small size of the panels didn't help either. It also seemed like no one proofread the issue, as there were several errors throughout. For instance, sentences had two words that are synonyms right beside one another ("They would throw hurl rocks from the cliffs..."), there was bad punctuation, and even a backwards letter or two. So far, Red Nails was much better...
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