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[Ironhand]

I guess all he needs now is a demon sword to give him the strength to strive and to slay.

[Skullface]

This would be ok if Conan here was about 14.
It almost looks like a few chin hairs on him.
Maybe he could get the sword from Glen Cooks swordbearer....rather than stormbringer.

[gaijinn]

Yeah it's a trend...pussify everyone...hehehehe

[Aquilonia]

The preview is out, muppet Conan is fighting and...

I COULDN`T CARE LESS...


http://www.darkhorse...the-Barbarian-6

[gaijinn]

Well I actually think this artist is more pallatable than Cloonan, albeit his city renderings are kinda...er mediterranean, but ok...and the artistic inconsistency in this arc is enerving to say the least...a potpourri of artists all leaning into Cloonan's style and well crapping things along.

[johnnypt]

http://www.darkhorse...the-Barbarian-6

Actually Harren does two page spreads very well and the last panel on page 6 is great. I've come to accept the faces are what they are.

[monk]

it's DEFINITELY not the worst we've seen, the city stuff is great and i like the splash pages. not too into conan as lead singer of aerosmith but thank god we didn't get any cheeseball swords on this go around.

[Officer Aggro]

The preview is out, muppet Conan is fighting and...

I COULDN`T CARE LESS...


http://www.darkhorse...the-Barbarian-6

Hey, but you cared enough to post it here.

I don't like the fact that Conan felt the need to kill that horse. Seems unnecessarily cruel, and I don't recall him ever resorting to such tactics. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I love those aerial shots of the city, though.

[Aquilonia]

I don`t see any need to draw faces like that. They look like caricatures.
And yes, I cared to post the preview, indeed. But I`m already frustrated with the pace of the arch.
I wanted to hear everybody`s opinion about the pages.

[Taranaich]

Well I actually think this artist is more pallatable than Cloonan, albeit his city renderings are kinda...er mediterranean, but ok...

One of the few things I wholeheartedly endorse in this series is the depiction of Messantia, which strikes me as pretty mediterranean in the original stories.

I don't like the fact that Conan felt the need to kill that horse. Seems unnecessarily cruel, and I don't recall him ever resorting to such tactics. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Can't immediately recall any instances of Conan killing a horse, but I'm leery of saying he didn't.

I'm personally bothered by the idea Conan is taken aback by the extent of Belit's violence. "So much destruction... so much chaos... for a robbery?" Forget Howard's Conan, this can't be the same Conan who participated in border raids in his youth, pillaged and plundered with the Free Companions, and ravaged the coasts of Turan in Dark Horse's own timeline.

[Slashing Sword]

I'm personally bothered by the idea Conan is taken aback by the extent of Belit's violence. "So much destruction... so much chaos... for a robbery?" Forget Howard's Conan, this can't be the same Conan who participated in border raids in his youth, pillaged and plundered with the Free Companions, and ravaged the coasts of Turan in Dark Horse's own timeline.

This is not your daddy's Conan... this is a wuss Conan. And who cares what he did in the past, this is supposed to be just following QotBC from an alternate dimension.

[Ironhand]

After ripping the cover, honesty compels me to admit I kinda like the interior. Even though Conan is kinda thick-waisted and skinny-armed for my taste, and I didn't like his grimace as the guard officer is goading him. Not that he shouldn't grimace given the circumstance, but it was kinda weird. All in all, I'm willing to give it faint praise.

[cimmerianbloke]

Massive improvement from Cloonan's, but still very sub-standard. Considering what's to come, I think we'd better laugh...

[wulfhere]

I'm personally bothered by the idea Conan is taken aback by the extent of Belit's violence. "So much destruction... so much chaos... for a robbery?" Forget Howard's Conan, this can't be the same Conan who participated in border raids in his youth, pillaged and plundered with the Free Companions, and ravaged the coasts of Turan in Dark Horse's own timeline.

This is not your daddy's Conan... this is a wuss Conan. And who cares what he did in the past, this is supposed to be just following QotBC from an alternate dimension.

A kinder gentler Conan for the modern sensitive man.

[ZackDavisson]

Can't immediately recall any instances of Conan killing a horse, but I'm leery of saying he didn't.

I'm personally bothered by the idea Conan is taken aback by the extent of Belit's violence. "So much destruction... so much chaos... for a robbery?" Forget Howard's Conan, this can't be the same Conan who participated in border raids in his youth, pillaged and plundered with the Free Companions, and ravaged the coasts of Turan in Dark Horse's own timeline.

Not in Howard's Conan, but I distinctly remember an issue of Savage Sword of Conan where he was lost in the desert, and killed his horse to drink it's blood. I don't know what issue, but the scene made an impact with me as a kid ...

I actually really liked that Conan was taken aback about that. It works really well in the scene, and shows that Belit is on a whole different level than Conan in terms of savagery. That was one of my favorite bits, actually.

And Taranich, I don't know if you read that, but it was made clear in Brian Wood's interview that Queen of the Black Coast is a re-boot of the Conan line. There is no Dark Horse timeline. This series is considered Issue #1, with everything that came before it cleared.

That is a pretty typical thing for a comic to do. All the DC and Marvel lines have re-booted numerous times.

[johnnypt]

I'm personally bothered by the idea Conan is taken aback by the extent of Belit's violence. "So much destruction... so much chaos... for a robbery?" Forget Howard's Conan, this can't be the same Conan who participated in border raids in his youth, pillaged and plundered with the Free Companions, and ravaged the coasts of Turan in Dark Horse's own timeline.

For some reason it reminded me of Die Hard. I almost expect to see this exchange:

Conan to Belit: All this for common theft?

Belit to Conan: No my king, for extraordinary theft!

As for reboots, I don't think there's been an explicit reboot to Conan except for the move from Marvel to Dark Horse. Is there a long run artistic price to be paid for it? On some level there already has been. If this really is a complete reboot (I'm still not really clear on what DH's plans are), then to paraphrase Mr. Blutarski, seven years of Conan gone to waste. But their strategy is working sales-wise (for that matter, just about all the others who've done the same thing have seen sales boosts as well) and that's what counts.

[Officer Aggro]

And yes, I cared to post the preview, indeed. But I`m already frustrated with the pace of the arch.
I wanted to hear everybody`s opinion about the pages.

Yeah, I figured. My joking aside, I'm glad you posted it.

I don't like the fact that Conan felt the need to kill that horse. Seems unnecessarily cruel, and I don't recall him ever resorting to such tactics. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Can't immediately recall any instances of Conan killing a horse, but I'm leery of saying he didn't.

How about in any of Howard's stories? Is this something any of his main characters have done (El Borak or Bran, for instance)? It seems to me that Conan could have just as easily dodged to the side to gut the guard captain instead. I figured his barbarian sense of honor would exclude the unnecessary butchering of animals.

[Almuric]

There comes a time when all comic book companies decide they don't need their faithful fans anymore, so they start doing crazy things in hopes of attracting new ones. The sad part is, they lose their old readers, and don't gain many new ones, either.

[Battleborn]

Well,if thats the case and Dark Horse is actually rebooting Conan and turning him into something he isn't,in terms of his character and physicality,for the purpose of boosting sales then I am definitely done with it.I'm sure the absence of my $3.50 won't matter at all to them but my support of something that IMO is a fraud would matter to me.To those of you who like it and are willing to continue supporting it...all I can say is to each his own.Have fun......I shudder at the thought of what the next arc will look like.

[gaijinn]

Well,if thats the case and Dark Horse is actually rebooting Conan and turning him into something he isn't,in terms of his character and physicality,for the purpose of boosting sales then I am definitely done with it.I'm sure the absence of my $3.50 won't matter at all to them but my support of something that IMO is a fraud would matter to me.To those of you who like it and are willing to continue supporting it...all I can say is to each his own.Have fun......I shudder at the thought of what the next arc will look like.

Well,if thats the case and Dark Horse is actually rebooting Conan and turning him into something he isn't,in terms of his character and physicality,for the purpose of boosting sales then I am definitely done with it.I'm sure the absence of my $3.50 won't matter at all to them but my support of something that IMO is a fraud would matter to me.To those of you who like it and are willing to continue supporting it...all I can say is to each his own.Have fun......I shudder at the thought of what the next arc will look like.

Bah...just gave up on the whole thing...if this reboot tells us things will go this way...good ridance...Conan died, and some lepreschaun took over...an insult to the creator...Shame on Paradox (I'm begining to hate this company), shame on DH and all their sacrosanctum minions...shame on those who perverted this character and all they care about is profit...Man, I'm pissed, I'm mad and I absolutelly hate what they turned Conan into...as I guess REH himself turning in his grave...