Saturday in the Castle of the Deviil
Great blog Greg!
Saturday In The Castle Of The Devil
Started by Strom, Jan 24 2010 12:36 AM
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Posted 24 January 2010 - 12:36 AM
Epic articile on Solomon Kane, comics and a very cool Bob Haney shout-out - I love the Haney! Sorry about that - anyway, this is a must read for any fan of Howard's puritan:
Saturday in the Castle of the Deviil
Great blog Greg!
Saturday in the Castle of the Deviil
Great blog Greg!
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Posted 24 January 2010 - 02:07 AM
OK Strom, ya got me.
I've been holding off on getting this collection, but after I finished reading Greg's piece I hunted up the thread about the tpb you started, and, well...
When two fellow Bob Haney fans praise something as much as this, I think it's in my best interest to listen.
Tex
(off to Amazon)
PS--You watch; now that I'm getting the tpb, they'll do a hardcover (story of my life.)
PPS--I think Metamorpho is my favorite Haney creation.
I've been holding off on getting this collection, but after I finished reading Greg's piece I hunted up the thread about the tpb you started, and, well...
When two fellow Bob Haney fans praise something as much as this, I think it's in my best interest to listen.
Tex
(off to Amazon)
PS--You watch; now that I'm getting the tpb, they'll do a hardcover (story of my life.)
PPS--I think Metamorpho is my favorite Haney creation.
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Posted 24 January 2010 - 06:28 AM
A great post that brought back alot of memories. I still have alot of those comics stashed somewhere in the house.
I was familiar with Conan and Kull, but not Solomon Kane. In the summer of '77 I found the 3 Solomon Kane books
published by Centaur and I was hooked.
PS: Mark me down as a Haney fan too..."The Brave and The Bold"
I was familiar with Conan and Kull, but not Solomon Kane. In the summer of '77 I found the 3 Solomon Kane books
published by Centaur and I was hooked.
PS: Mark me down as a Haney fan too..."The Brave and The Bold"
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 03:41 AM
Cheers Tex and Rolfson - I became a Haney fan from his Unknown Soldier work. The elaborate plots that sent the Soldier all over the world - and the 2 panel wrap up - were addicting to a young comic fan!
I enjoyed the trade much more than the individual issues Tex.
I enjoyed the trade much more than the individual issues Tex.
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 04:50 AM
Good blog post. 
Greg's experiences were similar to my own. Like him, I never had a huge problem with Chaykin's rendition.
Really, just a nice overview of SK pasticherie over the last 35+yrs.
Greg's experiences were similar to my own. Like him, I never had a huge problem with Chaykin's rendition.Really, just a nice overview of SK pasticherie over the last 35+yrs.
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 09:57 AM
I wish DH would republish this; it is far superior to DH's own current SK stories.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 10:44 AM
I really liked Chaykin's rendition of Solomon Kane. There is no hard and fast rule how exactly a character should look and Chaykin's idea was interesting to see. If I do a illustration of a character I do try to find all the descriptions of that character and try to follow it in my own style. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Chaykin's worked for me.
