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Post by docthompson on Feb 22, 2017 23:32:54 GMT -5
I tried to read non Roy Thomas Conan,but much of it was just utter c**p.Thomas had a feel,almost biographical feel to Conan.These other guy just plop along a dum,dope Conan.
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Post by berkley on Feb 22, 2017 23:45:07 GMT -5
Some of the artwork from Conan the Savage definitely does echo Slaine. Slaine is a good read, I've been working through the trades of the series over the past couple years. Those balloon barges reminded me of the the 'sky chariots' from Mike McMahon's early story with Slaine. The artwork on Slaine is always really, really good. I dig that McMahon slightly altered his style on Slaine, it reminds me a bit of Durher woodcuts. That does look really good. I've slowly been tracking down some of the Slaine collections and the McMahon ones will have to go on my list now. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 23, 2017 23:16:03 GMT -5
I liked most of Busiek's Conan.. I think he did the best job outside Thomas to catch the right feel of Conan, rather than him just being a big strong brute. I agree there's plenty of meh to bad ones out there!
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 24, 2017 12:21:07 GMT -5
I tried to read non Roy Thomas Conan,but much of it was just utter c**p.Thomas had a feel,almost biographical feel to Conan.These other guy just plop along a dum,dope Conan. Roy's got a Conan story in the works for Dark Horse. |
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Post by elliotja on Mar 20, 2017 6:59:35 GMT -5
I really like the Stalker of the Snows storyline, but there are one or two logical problems. When Conan and Belit reach the Frozen Land, it's said they journey a few days inland until they reach the Mountains of Madness, and then it takes them another few days just to climb the mountains to find the entrance to the white-skins' home. How did none of them freeze to death in all that time, given they didn't have much protection against the elements and no means to make campfires? I'm tempted to discard the references to days, and assume it's a much shorter journey from the coast to the mountains. Opinions?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 20, 2017 8:28:54 GMT -5
I really like the Stalker of the Snows storyline, but there are one or two logical problems. When Conan and Belit reach the Frozen Land, it's said they journey a few days inland until they reach the Mountains of Madness, and then it takes them another few days just to climb the mountains to find the entrance to the white-skins' home. How did none of them freeze to death in all that time, given they didn't have much protection against the elements and no means to make campfires? That's a problem common to virtually every Conan story set in a cold environment, except a handful of tales during the Dixon/Kwapisz era: people don't dress for the weather!!! It's impossible to survive subzero weather dressed only in a loincloth and a chainmail shirt. Those poor pirates, used to tropical weather, wouldn't have laster two hours in Antarctica. In the Lovecraft story, the Mountains of madness were located pretty far inland. Maybe "time passes in a strange fashion" in that area? (It's an ad hoc explanation, but it sounds suitably Lovecraftian!) And by the way, welcome to these boards, elliotja! |
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Post by elliotja on Mar 20, 2017 10:29:42 GMT -5
Thanks, and that's actually a good suggestion, would fit nicely with the idea of the Eldritch Antarctic.
In fact, time/space distortions could account for a lot of instances in the comics where Conan and other characters have traveled long distances in remarkably short spaces of time.
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