MikeMosley Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMosley Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Since this is a comic forum here are a few of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MikeMosley Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 The Dark Horse series is actually what got me back into collecting after 22 years. Recently, I went into a LCS for fun and picked up a few issues and was sucked right back in. It inspired me to rebuild my bronze and silver age Marvel collection. It's funny because thanks to the internet silver age stuff is so readily available. When I was a kid, those comics had an almost magical quality to them as I could rarely locate anything from the silver age. Anyway, sorry for going off topic. I am currently on the hunt for a nice raw Conan #1, a comic I could only dream of owning when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 What is this from, and who drew it? Reminds me of Nestor Redondo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMosley Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 What is this from, and who drew it? Reminds me of Nestor Redondo. It is from a 1981 paperback version of the Flame Knife, the cover is posted on page 10 of this thread. It's full of artwork from someone named Estaban Maroto. Here is another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tilleycs Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I agree on the "What If" issues, I really enjoyed them (and I wasn't even a Conan fan, I just loved that series). I remember him keeping the coins and throwing away the paper money, and his battle w/ Captain America is great, esp. when Cap throws his shield and breaks Conan's sword ("Crom and Y'mir!"), and Conan slicing through Cap's shoulder at the end. Great story. I would recommend the collections of Howard's original stories to anyone, whether you're a Conan fan or not. Good writing is good writing, period. You can probably get them through your local library (that's where I found the one I read; I plan to read the others eventually) and it won't cost you anything. I've never seen that album or those paperbacks, thanks to everyone for sharing the pics. Makes me want to look for some the next time I'm in one of the local used bookstores. I saw the Dark Horse TPB in B&N over the weekend. Did anyone pick it up? Just wondering how it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Here's another Conan piece from my OA collection - I believe this was a prelim that Boris Vallejo did for the Conan the Barbarian (1982) movie poster, featuring Conan and Valeria. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Here's another Conan piece from my OA collection - I believe this was a prelim that Boris Vallejo did for the Conan the Barbarian (1982) movie poster, featuring Conan and Valeria. Enjoy! Holy spoon! That is cool! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilleycs Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I agree, nice OA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 BWS's covers looks amateurish compared to that estrada guy from the paperback. But then again, those BWS interiors can be better than the covers. And for whatever reason, black and white really captures that genre. Perhaps it is my SSOC bias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Question? Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Here's another Conan piece from my OA collection - I believe this was a prelim that Boris Vallejo did for the Conan the Barbarian (1982) movie poster, featuring Conan and Valeria. Enjoy! Gene, with all due respect my man (I know you recently dropped big $$$ on that AM) but DUDE...that piece deserves a better frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Gene, with all due respect my man (I know you recently dropped big $$$ on that AM) but DUDE...that piece deserves a better frame I know, I know...I left it in the frame that came with it when I bought it. It's literally falling apart, which is why I don't even have it hanging up anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TupennyConan Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Who cares about the frame, its a cool piece!! Latest from the Conan movie rumor front: Gerard Butler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I haven't seen 300, but in the 3 millions ads I did see, that guy might be able to pull off Conan. I'm just glad they didn't try to get some former wrestler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Did you ever try the Savage Sword of Conan or Savage Tales mags? Picked up a stack of 80 late SSoC from ft88 last week or so on a lark and now I can't wait to get the books in my hand. They should provide some fun reading for a good loooong time. I've always liked Conan. I have been reading the current DH series and was also reading Marvel reprints in the 80's. Some Conan novels were the first books I read entirely in English. Let me tell you that I had to crack the dictionary a LOT when going through the book. Descriptions were killer for my level of English proficiency at the time. This takes me back to simpler days ... I've got a ton left that i'm moving for a buck if you need any more pre 150, as I'm going to the trades coming out for space reasons. Yea it's a smaller format but hopefully they will be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhoitis Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Here's another Conan piece from my OA collection - I believe this was a prelim that Boris Vallejo did for the Conan the Barbarian (1982) movie poster, featuring Conan and Valeria. Enjoy! WOW! To own an original Boris! only thing that would be better than that would be an Original Frazetta! Needless to say, if you ever wanna sell that piece, shoot me a pm and I will go sell a kidney! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
