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#1 bthom

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Posted 09 December 2011 - 08:09 PM

KING CONAN: THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD #3
Tim Truman (W), Tom‡s Giorello (A), Josˇ Villarrubia ©, and Andrew Robinson (Cover)
King Conan has built his empire by brawn and by blade, but there are dangers that lurk in the shadows of his throne that cannot be slain by the Cimmerian's steel. Assassins are at his chamber door, and Thoth-Amon--back to the height of his power--is summoning fearsome fiends from the fiery pit! If he is to survive the night, Conan will need to enlist the aid of the gods! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on March 28.

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Posted 10 December 2011 - 12:42 AM

THAT is the cover? :huh:
The awkward anatomy and pose, ridiculous muscles, and look, the fur diaper is back...
This is terrible!

Edited by KG Thunder, 10 December 2011 - 12:45 AM.

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Posted 10 December 2011 - 05:10 AM

The size of the foot? the size of the biceps? Definitely wrong wrong wrong...

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Posted 10 December 2011 - 06:56 AM

Cromdamned thing belongs in the Picture Caption Club, where it can be mocked properly.

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(though this Leifeldian drivel does a good job of mocking itself)

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Posted 10 December 2011 - 09:25 AM

I like it. It is the first cover I have seen in this series that is actually related to the story. The odd distortions in Conan's body may reflect the surreal aspects of a dream. I like it better than the perhaps artistically superior covers of the first two issues.
"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

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Posted 10 December 2011 - 01:14 PM

Is this Conan or Hulk?

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Posted 10 December 2011 - 02:33 PM

with the cover art whats the deal with his hobbit feet, i noticed it in one of the other POS cover arts in another thread too, sometimes i really wonder how cover artists get there job, or who said "ok" that looks awesome , print it.
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Posted 10 December 2011 - 05:00 PM

You just know Epemitreus is shouting "Dern kids, git outta mah tomb, y'hear!?!"

Impudent fleshlings, I tell you...

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Posted 10 December 2011 - 07:47 PM

hulk smash!

oh wait....
"I live, I BURN WITH LIFE, I love, I slay, and am content."
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Posted 10 December 2011 - 10:54 PM

The background in the painting is great - the stones steps, the bearded man, the serpent, the lightning, etc. I'm just not sure what to make of Conan's warped look, but Ironhand might be correct about it reflecting the surreal dream.
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Posted 10 December 2011 - 11:10 PM

if the snake had teats and epimetrius was i dunno, say wearing high heels and had fairy wings somehow I'd say yeah, surreal dream, but in this case I'm going to say it's a lack of anatomy drawing in art school. this reminds me of the cover where conan's leg is the exact same width as his torso, fighting the tentacles...

Edited by monk, 10 December 2011 - 11:12 PM.

"I live, I BURN WITH LIFE, I love, I slay, and am content."
"Here's to brother Painbrush, we drink to his Shade..."
"All Art Is Martial"- RZA

"Our basic purist premise:
ROBERT E. HOWARD, ENTIRELY ALONE, WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FROM ANY OTHER PERSON, CREATED THE CHARACTER CONAN OF CIMMERIA. NO OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS SHOULD BE INTRUDING THEIR WORK INTO THE VOLUMES OF HOWARD'S CONAN STORIES.
In essence, we believe that the work of any creative artist -- writer, painter, illustrator, musician, what-have-you -- is a unique expression of an artistic point of view. It should not be appropriated or altered by others without the artist's consent. No other writer has Robert E. Howard's unique point of view, and no other writer knows what Howard would have done with his character had he lived. Upon his death, his canon, the expression of his artistic vision, became fixed. Tampering with it now is desecration."

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Posted 11 December 2011 - 02:48 AM

Monk said it all: HULK SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 05:27 AM

"I . . . have . . . the POWERRR!"
"It is more than a mortal sea. Your hands are red with blood and you follow a red sea-path, yet the fault is not wholly with you. Almighty God, when will the reign of blood cease?"

Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."

--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard

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Posted 12 March 2012 - 07:20 PM

Preview is out: http://www.darkhorse...s/16-119?page=0


Lots of muscles (Many here will love it. Look at Conan`s torso! Wow! - sarcasm!).
Lack of action.
The colors on page 6 are beautiful.

Edited by Aquilonia, 12 March 2012 - 07:48 PM.

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 12:18 PM

Preview is out: http://www.darkhorse...s/16-119?page=0


Lots of muscles (Many here will love it. Look at Conan`s torso! Wow! - sarcasm!).
Lack of action.
The colors on page 6 are beautiful.

Wow, he is a bit over buff...
The colors on that last page are incredible!

Edited by KG Thunder, 13 March 2012 - 12:19 PM.

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 03:19 AM

Oh for crying out loud, do we still need Old King Conan interjecting in the story? I wouldn't mind quite as much if they didn't shorten and abbreviate other parts of the story, but as it is...

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Posted 21 March 2012 - 09:15 PM

Giorello's come up with some really nice creatures last issue and this preview.

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Posted 21 March 2012 - 09:52 PM

Oh for crying out loud, do we still need Old King Conan interjecting in the story? I wouldn't mind quite as much if they didn't shorten and abbreviate other parts of the story, but as it is...


Yeah, old King Conan shoud stop interjecting in the story for now. Let`s us have now only the story.

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 10:35 PM

Review posted for this one:

http://www.comicsbul...phoenix-sword-3

I know some of you are sick of the Old King Conan, but I thought the visual usage of the character was really interesting.

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 04:41 AM

I was sick of Old KIng Conan the first time I laid eyes on him. IMHO, REH had a mortal fear of old age, and would never have written about such. If anything, his Conan would have figured out a (probably suicidal) way to cheat Old Age.
"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

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