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[Strom]

Current Conan the Cimmerian editor Philip Simon posted the following on the DH forums:

Bruce Jones is scripting adaptations of "Skulls in the Stars" and "Red Shadows" for our 2011 SOLOMON KANE: RED SHADOWS mini-series! We have creature designs in from Guy Davis already, the entire first issue laid out and sketched by the artist, and I'm meeting with Gregory Manchess next week in Portland, OR, to talk about his run of painted covers -- we're rolling! Hope it knocks your socks off next year! -PS

More info to come.

[Taranaich]

Why is Bruce Jones doing both of them?

Bruce Jones.

Of all people.

[crossplain pilgrim]

I am pretty much ignorant of today's graphic novel biz, but from the remarks here on the forum I am getting a Brett Ratner vibe about Mr. Jones. Surely, he must have some good points if he was selected for the latest Kane editions..

[amster]

I am pretty much ignorant of today's graphic novel biz, but from the remarks here on the forum I am getting a Brett Ratner vibe about Mr. Jones. Surely, he must have some good points if he was selected for the latest Kane editions..

Hey Pilgrim! Pick up Chonicles of Conan #18, or Savage Sword #7. I highly recommend The Colossus of Shem. With its mechanical turtle, its one of the finest Conan pastiches ever written! BJ really "gets" REH, and I can think of few comic writers who would be more ideal to take on Solomon Kane! I have no doubt that his take on Red Shadows will bury both Roy Thomas' and Ralph Machio's feeble attempts.

Edited by amsterdamaged, 18 September 2010 - 03:36 PM.

[johnnypt]

Current Conan the Cimmerian editor Philip Simon posted the following on the DH forums:

Bruce Jones is scripting adaptations of "Skulls in the Stars" and "Red Shadows" for our 2011 SOLOMON KANE: RED SHADOWS mini-series! We have creature designs in from Guy Davis already, the entire first issue laid out and sketched by the artist, and I'm meeting with Gregory Manchess next week in Portland, OR, to talk about his run of painted covers -- we're rolling! Hope it knocks your socks off next year! -PS

More info to come.

Yeah, he lists the projects he's working on and there's this thing called Solomon Kane: Red Shadows, so I asked him is this a hint of a future mini which elicited this answer. I'm glad they're doing Red Shadows, not sure how Skulls works into all of it. I thought it'd be a Torkertown centered mini probably throwing in Right Hand of Doom. Guess plans have changed.

[Strom]

Current Conan the Cimmerian editor Philip Simon posted the following on the DH forums:

Bruce Jones is scripting adaptations of "Skulls in the Stars" and "Red Shadows" for our 2011 SOLOMON KANE: RED SHADOWS mini-series! We have creature designs in from Guy Davis already, the entire first issue laid out and sketched by the artist, and I'm meeting with Gregory Manchess next week in Portland, OR, to talk about his run of painted covers -- we're rolling! Hope it knocks your socks off next year! -PS

More info to come.

Yeah, he lists the projects he's working on and there's this thing called Solomon Kane: Red Shadows, so I asked him is this a hint of a future mini which elicited this answer. I'm glad they're doing Red Shadows, not sure how Skulls works into all of it. I thought it'd be a Torkertown centered mini probably throwing in Right Hand of Doom. Guess plans have changed.

Good job johnnypt! I'm not sure what to make of this news. I certainly do not want a Red Shadows & Skulls amalgamation.

[crossplain pilgrim]

Can't see how you build a plausible bridge between "Skulls" and "Red Shdows." "Right Hand of Doom" is a lot closer in geography, mood, and theme.

[Taranaich]

I am pretty much ignorant of today's graphic novel biz, but from the remarks here on the forum I am getting a Brett Ratner vibe about Mr. Jones.

Gadzooks, where to start?

First off, you have "Games of Gharn," which features a Cimmerian pub bustling with ale-drinkers and loose women, . And, of course, the titular games themselves, the Hyborian equivalent of the Olympics Games, with a giant Grecian-style amphitheatre, whose games include crossing alligator-swarmed rivers, tightrope walking over bear pits, running with the rats, and stealing a roc's egg. The games take place in Cimmeria.

Then there's "A Hitch in Time," where Conan must use all his problem-solving skills to solve a weird puzzle as he's navigating a land seemingly frozen in time.

Oh, but that's not the best. The best is "Life Among The Dead," where we meet a blind potter who swears by Mitra, in the sleepy village of Solvanthia. After a magical golden sword protecting the villagers is stolen, Solvanthia is terrorized by a dragon, with the people crying out for a hero. Solvanthia is a Cimmerian village.

Surely, he must have some good points if he was selected for the latest Kane editions.

I think his background in writing good horror comics got him the job, plus the fact that this is an adaptation might mean Jones doesn't come up with some howlers. I dearly hope that's the case.

[crossplain pilgrim]

Good Lord!

[Ironhand]

Games of Gharn - isn't that the games the Cimmerians employ as an anti-Darwinian filter to remove their best athletes from the gene pool?

[TheLordCrom]

Well, I'll tell ya what. It's no secret that I wasn't a big fan of the last 2 Kane series from Dark Horse. They seemed like a big jumbled mess. But Dark Horse has pumped out such quality Conan works, and being that I'm such a fanboy, that I'll try out another Kane series from them. But PLEASE lets get a good solid story this time around...

[amster]

I think his background in writing good horror comics got him the job, plus the fact that this is an adaptation might mean Jones doesn't come up with some howlers. I dearly hope that's the case.

But doesn't Phil Simon and the suits at Dark Horse have any idea how much REH fans absolutely despise Bruce Jones? Its no big secret, is it?

[PFunkJAzz]

For some reason DH led their Kane series off with expansions of two fragments, instead of establishing some chronological starting point or a fully fleshed SK novella. Squeezing a so-so "Rattle of Bones" into the DBR mix was pointless and it seems the same thing is happening with a SKULLS in the RS arc. Fans are restless for the African odysey, so DH should "give the people what they want cuz htey want it all the time".

[theagenes]

Man, I just saw in the DBR thread that Jones will be doing Red Shadows. This makes me very unhappy.

[Taranaich]

Man, I just saw in the DBR thread that Jones will be doing Red Shadows. This makes me very unhappy.

I just saw in the DBR thread that Jones will be doing Red Shadows

Jones will be doing Red Shadows

[theagenes]

awesome.

[duaneshadow]

I've been seriously underwhelmed by all the DH Howard adaptations lately. The Conan stuff is much the better but the quality there has gone downhill since it's inception. The Kane stuff has been risible and the Shadow Kingdom was just dreadful. cluttered panels, very very poor comic narrative skills and a horrible way to treat one of Howard's best tales.

If the cock up Kings of the Night I will be dusting off my passport and blood will be spilled.

[deuce]

If they cock up Kings of the Night I will be dusting off my passport and blood will be spilled.

Luckily, Roy Thomas did a good adaptation of KotN for DHC about 20yrs ago.

[Tex]

If they cock up Kings of the Night I will be dusting off my passport and blood will be spilled.

Luckily, Roy Thomas did a good adaptation of KotN for DHC about 20yrs ago.

Dark Horse should just reprint Roy's version, in order to prevent all the needless bloodshed.

Tex
(think I'll just stick with the reprints, so as not to encourage new Jonesian drivel)