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[johnnypt]

ROBERT E. HOWARD'S SAVAGE SWORD #6
Matt Kindt (W), Paul Tobin (W), Ian Edginton (W), Francesco Francavilla (A/C/Cover), Richard Pace (A), and Keu Cha (P)
Multi-Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (3 Story, MIND MGMT) teams with comic-book superstar Keu Cha (Hex: The Lost Tribe) to bring you a familiar Conan story with a twist! Paul Tobin and Francesco Francavilla deliver the second exciting installment of Dark Agnes: Sword Woman, while Ian Edginton and Richard Pace show us why the Picts are such a formidable fighting force in part 2 of Bran Mak Morn: Men of the Shadows. This and much more in Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #6!
80 pages, $7.99, in stores on Jan. 30.


Also on sale in January is a trade collection of the new stories from issues #1-4.

Edited by johnnypt, 19 August 2012 - 03:02 PM.

[Slashing Sword]

This is a great cover!!

[Slashing Sword]

Whatever happened to Savage Sword #6 expected to be released Jan 30th???

[Slashing Sword]

Pushed all the way out to end of July '13!!!

Wow, a six month delay!

Is this title headed for eventual cancellation?

Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword #6


Multi-Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (3 Story, MIND MGMT) teams with comic-book superstar Keu Cha (Hex: The Lost Tribe) to bring you a familiar Conan story with a twist! Paul Tobin and Francesco Francavilla deliver the second exciting installment of Dark Agnes: Sword Woman, while Ian Edginton and Richard Pace show us why the Picts are such a formidable fighting force in part 2 of Bran Mak Morn: Men of the Shadows. This and much more in Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword #6!
* Matt Kindt and Keu Cha take on Conan!
Pre-Order Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword #6 Now @ TFAW.com

Creators
Writer: Matt Kindt, Paul Tobin, Ian Edginton Penciller: Keu Cha Artist: Francesco Francavilla, Richard Pace
Genre: Fantasy, Classic, Action/Adventure
Publication Date: July 24, 2013 Format: FC, 80 Pages Price: $7.99 UPC: 7 61568 16642 2 00611

[Taranaich]

Multi-Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (3 Story, MIND MGMT) teams with comic-book superstar Keu Cha (Hex: The Lost Tribe) to bring you a familiar Conan story with a twist!

On the one hand, if they're doing a familiar (REH?) Conan story from a different perspective - say, "The Tower of the Elephant" from Yogah's perspective, or a prequel of sorts - that'd be quite cool. I could get behind that sort of thing. On the other hand, The Sorrow of Akivasha.

[LordYam]

I actually liked Akivasha, since her motivation for going after Conan is pretty much the same as in the original (She was bored with the weaklings she was given and wanted a big strong man). It managed to balance human and monster.

[Taranaich]

The problem was that it took so many liberties with what we know from "The Hour of the Dragon" (Conan killing the Stygian priests instead of the Khitan-Stygian massacre, Conan wearing a featureless gold mask instead of the bestial animal mask, calling her a "monster" rather than vampire, etc). Her motivation's the same, but in order to make Akivasha seem "human" it resulted in a LOT of mucking about with the details, which I don't think was necessary at all.

[deuce]

The problem was that it took so many liberties with what we know from "The Hour of the Dragon" (Conan killing the Stygian priests instead of the Khitan-Stygian massacre, Conan wearing a featureless gold mask instead of the bestial animal mask, calling her a "monster" rather than vampire, etc). Her motivation's the same, but in order to make Akivasha seem "human" it resulted in a LOT of mucking about with the details, which I don't think was necessary at all.

Agreed.

BTW, did Robert E. Howard ever get anything right the first time?

[deuce]

ROBERT E. HOWARD'S SAVAGE SWORD #6
Matt Kindt (W), Paul Tobin (W), Ian Edginton (W), Francesco Francavilla (A/C/Cover), Richard Pace (A), and Keu Cha (P)
Multi-Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (3 Story, MIND MGMT) teams with comic-book superstar Keu Cha (Hex: The Lost Tribe) to bring you a familiar Conan story with a twist! Paul Tobin and Francesco Francavilla deliver the second exciting installment of Dark Agnes: Sword Woman, while Ian Edginton and Richard Pace show us why the Picts are such a formidable fighting force in part 2 of Bran Mak Morn: Men of the Shadows. This and much more in Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #6!
80 pages, $7.99, in stores on Jan. 30.


Also on sale in January is a trade collection of the new stories from issues #1-4.

Really looking forward to Pace's MotS!

[Ironhand]

Multi-Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (3 Story, MIND MGMT) teams with comic-book superstar Keu Cha (Hex: The Lost Tribe) to bring you a familiar Conan story with a twist!

On the one hand, if they're doing a familiar (REH?) Conan story from a different perspective - say, "The Tower of the Elephant" from Yogah's perspective, or a prequel of sorts - that'd be quite cool. I could get behind that sort of thing. On the other hand, The Sorrow of Akivasha.

Better yet: "Queen of the Black Coast"!

Edited by Ironhand, 21 February 2013 - 01:05 PM.

[LordYam]

While I get the basis of Taraniach's post, the Khitan mercenaries do actually feature in Akivasha.