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Post by stubbs on Jun 12, 2020 8:08:23 GMT -5
Nice find by Scott Tee posted to the Robert E. Howard Comics and Media News Facebook group [edit: could't get the embed to work so here are the pics]: Seen very little on the God in the Bowl adaptation up until now. This seems to be a listing for it being released in September, but it's not currently listed on the Glenat site (Amazon lists November 4th). Current Glenat volumes in the pipeline: A Witch Shall be Born (Jean-Luc Istin & Thimotee Montaigne) - 1st September 2020 (Amazon UK date - I suspect this is incorrect but who knows?) Rogues in the House (Paulo Martinello) - 16th September (Glenat and Amazon UK listing) The God in the Bowl (Doug Headline & Emmanuel Civiello) - ?? September/November No dates: The Hour of the Dragon (Julien Blondel and Valentin Secher) Xuthal of the Dusk (Christophie Bec & Stevan Subic) The Tower of the Elephant (Etienne Le Roux & Thierry Ségur) The Phoenix on the Sword (Guillaume Mautalent & Mac-Antoine Boidin) It's hard to imagine they will be releasing three volumes in September - My guess is Rogues in the House in September and the God in the Bowl in November, and the rest 2021/22.
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Post by danieljames495 on Jun 12, 2020 23:13:36 GMT -5
Can Confirm. I just talked to someone from Ablaze publishing again and was told that the Hardcover books will be regular US comic book sized. I remember hearing there were some spelling mistakes in the translations, was there any word on whether these were going to be fixed in the collections?
I'll be getting them regardless, but spelling mistakes drive me crazy so it would be nice to know they'll be gone.
Well I can't really recall spelling mistakes but i'm the kinda person to unconsciously overlook those things when they aren't really prominent. However, on a completely different note, I just started reading the 1995 witchblade series and in the first 19 issues seem to have spelling mistakes that just pop out like crazy.
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Post by danieljames495 on Jun 12, 2020 23:20:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the info Stubbs!
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Post by stubbs on Jun 13, 2020 2:18:57 GMT -5
Small update based on a new post on the REH comics Facebook group, with dates from Glenat catalogue:
Current Glenat volumes in the pipeline:
2020:
Rogues in the House (Paulo Martinello) - 16th September (Glenat and Amazon UK listing, was due in May but delayed) Xuthal of the Dusk (Christophie Bec & Stevan Subic) - September (original date, possibly delayed) The God in the Bowl (Doug Headline & Emmanuel Civiello) - November
2021:
A Witch Shall be Born (Jean-Luc Istin & Thimotee Montaigne) The Phoenix on the Sword (Guillaume Mautalent & Mac-Antoine Boidin) The Hour of the Dragon (Julien Blondel and Valentin Secher)
Unknown:
The Tower of the Elephant (Etienne Le Roux & Thierry Ségur)
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Post by darthgall on Jun 14, 2020 9:44:57 GMT -5
If the dimensions given in the Amazon listing are accurate, it looks like Ablaze are sticking with the smaller format for their hardcover collections. Can Confirm. I just talked to someone from Ablaze publishing again and was told that the Hardcover books will be regular US comic book sized. I missed the entire "hardcover" thing... Ablaze is going to collect the translations into hardcovers? Is there a link for more info? Will they also include the prose stories? A collection of Conan Comic/REH prose combos sounds pretty cool... would put it right next to my Del Reys of all original Conan works. Timeline for release? -Mick.
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Post by terryallenuk on Jun 14, 2020 13:23:31 GMT -5
Can Confirm. I just talked to someone from Ablaze publishing again and was told that the Hardcover books will be regular US comic book sized. I missed the entire "hardcover" thing... Ablaze is going to collect the translations into hardcovers? Is there a link for more info? Will they also include the prose stories? A collection of Conan Comic/REH prose combos sounds pretty cool... would put it right next to my Del Reys of all original Conan works. Timeline for release? -Mick. www.amazon.com/Cimmerian-1-Jean-david-Morvan/dp/1950912205/
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Post by danieljames495 on Jun 14, 2020 15:35:05 GMT -5
Can Confirm. I just talked to someone from Ablaze publishing again and was told that the Hardcover books will be regular US comic book sized. I missed the entire "hardcover" thing... Ablaze is going to collect the translations into hardcovers? Is there a link for more info? Will they also include the prose stories? A collection of Conan Comic/REH prose combos sounds pretty cool... would put it right next to my Del Reys of all original Conan works. Timeline for release? -Mick. Well according to Ablaze the first one is planned in November and I think it's gonna be a compilation of what they've released so far: Queen of the Black Coast and Red nails. Both of these stories is a combination of 4 issues in one HC book which personally I don't really like because I think that each story deserves its own hardcover book, kinda like what Glenat is doing. Still gonna be worth the buy either ways. After Ablaze is finished with Red nails they're gonna move on to adapting People of the Black circle. In August and maybe September. No solicitations for anything after that aside from the hardcover collections.
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Post by boot on Jun 14, 2020 20:39:45 GMT -5
I want to get these, but I'm wondering. How many times can I read the same story?
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Post by danieljames495 on Jun 14, 2020 20:49:22 GMT -5
I want to get these, but I'm wondering. How many times can I read the same story? Precisely the reason I'm not a fan of excessive reprints. The same goes for variants, they're not only annoying they essentially make a comic hoarder out of a collector.
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Post by theironshadow on Jun 15, 2020 5:25:21 GMT -5
I want to get these, but I'm wondering. How many times can I read the same story? Precisely the reason I'm not a fan of excessive reprints. The same goes for variants, they're not only annoying they essentially make a comic hoarder out of a collector. Not only do i not buy single issues of comic books any more (haven't done so since DC's Lobo ended it's run 20 years ago) i'm also choosing to buy the Ablaze translations to fill in the blanks of the Dark Horse sequence, either better adaptations of Howard's stories (like Queen Of The Black Coast) or Red Nails, which has never been adapted before. Not really interested in another adaptation of a Howard classic, not if DH did a first class job of it before.
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Post by Peter on Jun 15, 2020 6:15:00 GMT -5
Nice find by Scott Tee posted to the Robert E. Howard Comics and Media News Facebook group [edit: could't get the embed to work so here are the pics]: Seen very little on the God in the Bowl adaptation up until now. This seems to be a listing for it being released in September, but it's not currently listed on the Glenat site (Amazon lists November 4th). Current Glenat volumes in the pipeline: A Witch Shall be Born (Jean-Luc Istin & Thimotee Montaigne) - 1st September 2020 (Amazon UK date - I suspect this is incorrect but who knows?) Rogues in the House (Paulo Martinello) - 16th September (Glenat and Amazon UK listing) The God in the Bowl (Doug Headline & Emmanuel Civiello) - ?? September/November No dates: The Hour of the Dragon (Julien Blondel and Valentin Secher) Xuthal of the Dusk (Christophie Bec & Stevan Subic) The Tower of the Elephant (Etienne Le Roux & Thierry Ségur) The Phoenix on the Sword (Guillaume Mautalent & Mac-Antoine Boidin) It's hard to imagine they will be releasing three volumes in September - My guess is Rogues in the House in September and the God in the Bowl in November, and the rest 2021/22.
Wow, This art almost looks painted.
I agree with you and would be surprised if these release dates will stay the same, well I hope not, as I would not be able to afford them practically all at once. Thank you for all the updates of the release dates Stubbs.
These Glenat volumes are really nice in that each story is rendered by different artists and in the larger format.
I just received my copies of the standard and special B&W edition (which is an even larger format again) of Les Mangeurs D'Hommes De Zamoula (The Man-Eaters of Zamboula) today. Getting quite the collection now with nine released, although I don't know if Ablaze will be able to do the translation of The Man-Eaters of Zamboula, as there is a lot of nudity in it, not that I'm complaining, just wondering about censorship.
In the back of the book, it has la maison auxtrois bandits (the house of three bandits), which I surmise is Rogues in the House as Conan is facing a large ape in a red cloak on the cover, coming out next, so I think your guesswork is spot on Stubbs.
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Post by darthgall on Jun 15, 2020 8:10:05 GMT -5
I missed the entire "hardcover" thing... Ablaze is going to collect the translations into hardcovers? Is there a link for more info? Will they also include the prose stories? A collection of Conan Comic/REH prose combos sounds pretty cool... would put it right next to my Del Reys of all original Conan works. Timeline for release? -Mick. www.amazon.com/Cimmerian-1-Jean-david-Morvan/dp/1950912205/Well that's pretty darn cool. I already have 1x floppy of QOTBC #1 & 2, and have preordered 1x floppy of Red Nails 1 & 2 (comic shop told me I can pick up #1 this week!), but I might pick this one up and then just pick up the hardcovers going forward. I agree w/ others here about too many floppies, too many variant covers. I always just order the cover I think is coolest, if I order a single at all. For Dark Horse I have 1-14 in trade paperback collection, which is perfect size, self-contained story, etc. Only got the floppy of Conan #0 which is my favorite rendition of "Know, O Prince..." Yeah, it would be super cool to me if Ablaze would collect 2-4 REH stories, have the comic + original prose, and put it out in trade paperback. I'd collect all of those. (Especially the ones covering the stories in Del Rey vol. 2 which I've yet to find since our last move lol). RE: Maneaters of Zamboula + nudity... I think they would go with it? QOTBC had exposed breasts and some fairly explicit (for comics at least) sex, and ablaze has a series called "unsacred" which is all about the cheesecake covers... I haven't actually read and don't know if the cover is a tease or promises something more inside... Mick.
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Post by Peter on Jun 16, 2020 2:14:54 GMT -5
RE: Maneaters of Zamboula + nudity... I think they would go with it? QOTBC had exposed breasts and some fairly explicit (for comics at least) sex, and ablaze has a series called "unsacred" which is all about the cheesecake covers... I haven't actually read and don't know if the cover is a tease or promises something more inside... Mick.
Well that is good to hear Mick, as I had hoped to see all the Glenat adaptions translated, depending on their public domain status (which I know very little about). It would be disappointing to see any of these adaptions censored at all, so we can get to see all these stories as the writers and artists intended.
I am looking forward to, and hope they are able to do the Frost Giant's Daughter adaption soon.
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Post by danieljames495 on Jun 16, 2020 15:04:45 GMT -5
I also can't seem to find much info about REH stories and the U.S public domain but here's what I know. The frost giant's daughter was not published during REH's lifetime instead, he wrote it under a different name with a different main character. The story was originally called gods of the north I think and that story is in the public domain but there might be some conflict with that specific story being translated. Despite that, i'm reeally hoping Ablaze could translate it. I could discern the French but i'm not really a professional at it and a translation in English would be so much more convenient.
Also, the Maneaters of Zamboula are also in the public domain but under the name Shadows of Zamboula.
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Post by Peter on Jun 17, 2020 2:22:39 GMT -5
Thank you Daniel for that info, much appreciated. I am glad that Ablaze is moving ahead fairly quickly now with the 2nd adaption started, and the third already announced. I remain positive.
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