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Post by Kavyk Takayashi on Dec 13, 2018 11:32:00 GMT -5
''I'm a big fan of a certain brutal kind of fantasy, the kind we find in everything from Conan to "Game of Thrones." I have the feeling GoT is the only fantasy property she knows.
''Pirates are goth. Pirates are really goth!''
My inner history sense is triggered.
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Post by Grim Wanderer on Dec 13, 2018 11:33:57 GMT -5
Featuring the hit song "The Lion in Him". Now I can't unthink this... Ack! Unsee, unsee, unsee, unsee...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 13:06:40 GMT -5
Here's some art by AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT artist Kate Niemczyk:
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 13:08:07 GMT -5
A couple more:
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Post by Char-Vell on Dec 13, 2018 13:48:23 GMT -5
well, those aren't hard to look at.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 14:36:03 GMT -5
I keep having to remind people who were all "Yay! Woohoo!" at the Marvel reacquisition that this isn't the 70s Roy Thomas Savage Sword of Conan Marvel. It's Wholly Owned Division of Disneycorp Marvel. Don't get me wrong, the Dark Horse run had some stinkers for sure. I just don't expect much from the next batch, given my lack of interest in anything else Marvel's put out in recent years. Luckily, there's still the French. It's fair to say there's a lot more excitement for the Cory Seidlmeyer omnibus lines than there is for the new material, at least from the old crew. Who knows, we'll have to see what comes out.Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the CtB Omnibus editions, since I sold most of my comics years ago it's been real difficult finding a nice run of the early CtB comics. I still have the Queen of the Black Coast comics bound in two volumes signed by Roy Thomas. Not so certain about the SSOC Omnibus, I only need 2 issues of SSOC to complete my collection - who am I kidding? I'll probably pick those up too I'll definitely give the new material a chance.
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Post by johnnypt on Dec 13, 2018 14:49:23 GMT -5
Certainly willing to sample CTB and SSOC. This one...not sure yet.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 16:20:05 GMT -5
Certainly willing to sample CTB and SSOC. This one...not sure yet. From what I have seen so far, I like what they seem to be doing with the SSOC. Hopefully we get likes of Bill Sienkiewicz, Neal Adams, Steve McNiven, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri or even less likely than those I've mentioned, the return of Barry Windsor-Smith for one of the story-arcs in the SSOC - the 5 issue format should attract the best artists out there. I think it'll be interesting to see what Jason Aaron's gonna do with the Cimmerian in CtB and see how Mahmud Asrar develops his style. I just hope they don't try to tie-in the Hyborian Age into the Marvel Universe, nevertheless, I would not be surprised if there's a massive Crossover/Event in 2020, you just never know with Marvel I'll give AoC a go, the art of Kate Niemczyk looks impressive and she appears to have a grasp of Fantasy/game art - not sure about the writer, guess we'll have to wait and see. I think one thing's for certain the approach has to be different. They can't follow the Roy Thomas run or the DH run, with the comics following Conan's career in chronological order. Marvel has already adapted REH's Conan yarns successfully thanks to Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Neal Adams, Frank Brunner and all those great Filipino artists a long time ago. It is time for something different in the new Conan comics, just not too different
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Post by Von K on Dec 13, 2018 19:51:07 GMT -5
''I'm a big fan of a certain brutal kind of fantasy, the kind we find in everything from Conan to "Game of Thrones." I have the feeling GoT is the only fantasy property she knows.
''Pirates are goth. Pirates are really goth!''
My inner history sense is triggered.
I wonder if the contemporary image of pirates is becoming as much influenced by Depp's portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow as previously it was by Robert Newton's Long John Silver?
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Post by Von K on Dec 13, 2018 20:23:18 GMT -5
Certainly willing to sample CTB and SSOC. This one...not sure yet. From what I have seen so far, I like what they seem to be doing with the SSOC. Hopefully we get likes of Bill Sienkiewicz, Neal Adams, Steve McNiven, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri or even less likely than those I've mentioned, the return of Barry Windsor-Smith for one of the story-arcs in the SSOC - the 5 issue format should attract the best artists out there. I think it'll be interesting to see what Jason Aaron's gonna do with the Cimmerian in CtB and see how Mahmud Asrar develops his style. I just hope they don't try to tie-in the Hyborian Age into the Marvel Universe, nevertheless, I would not be surprised if there's a massive Crossover/Event in 2020, you just never know with Marvel I'll give AoC a go, the art of Kate Niemczyk looks impressive and she appears to have a grasp of Fantasy/game art - not sure about the writer, guess we'll have to wait and see. I think one thing's for certain the approach has to be different. They can't follow the Roy Thomas run or the DH run, with the comics following Conan's career in chronological order. Marvel has already adapted REH's Conan yarns successfully thanks to Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Neal Adams, Frank Brunner and all those great Filipino artists a long time ago. It is time for something different in the new Conan comics, just not too different Be interested to see where she takes Belit's backstory. There'll be quite a few angles on it out there soon - Poul Anderson's, Roy Thomas', Michael Stackpole's, and Tini Howard's.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 2:27:39 GMT -5
AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #1 (of 5)Those who know her fear her…and those who know the sea have felt her wrath. This March, the AGE OF CONAN will showcase one of Conan’s most formidable and memorable companions: the one and only Bêlit, Queen of the Black Coast! In an all-new story from rising star Tini Howard (Marvel Knights 20th, Captain America Annual #1) and artist Kate Niemczyk (Mockingbird, Invincible Iron Man), learn how the most formidable pirate queen came to be, as a teenage Bêlit stows away on the ship of the Dread Admiral Atrahasis…her adventures leading her down a dangerous and deadly road, one that will change her life and the lives of all who roam the seas of the Hyborian Age! Plus, don’t miss the first chapter in an all-new BÊLIT prose novella, presented here for the first time!
Witness the She-Devil of the Sea in all her glory when AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #1 arrives in comic shops this March! On Sale 3/13/19 Writer: Tini Howard Artist: Kate Niemczyk Cover: Sana Takeda Variant Cover: Afu Chan Release date: March 13, 2019 www.newsarama.com/43034-conan-companion-the-pirate-queen-returns-in-marvel-s-age-of-conan-belit.html Not much info on the BÊLIT novella. Could it be The Song of Belit by Michael A. Stackpole?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2018 16:56:06 GMT -5
Variant cover by Afu Chan:
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Post by Grim Wanderer on Dec 24, 2018 17:54:33 GMT -5
That is appalling. They can keep that one.
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Post by johnnypt on Dec 24, 2018 22:23:56 GMT -5
Variant cover by Afu Chan: Ummmmm.............no.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Dec 30, 2018 18:31:13 GMT -5
Crom! What the hell is that?!
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