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#1 johnnypt

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Posted 15 September 2012 - 02:33 PM

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #11

Brian Wood (W), Declan Shalvey (A), Dave Stewart ©, and Massimo Carnevale (Cover)


On sale Dec 12FC


FC, 32 pages


$3.50


Ongoing


Brian Wood introduces Conan to a kind of fear he’s never experienced, in part two of “The Death”!


After the salvage of a derelict ship, a terrifying illness spreads swiftly throughout the Tigress, felling Bêlit and her entire crew. Healthy but fearful of losing Bêlit, Conan seeks help in a nearby town, where the welcome he recieves is just as deadly!


• From Brian Wood (Northlanders) and Declan Shalvey (Dark Avengers)!


• The most acclaimed Conan comics in years!


“Conan the Barbarian thus far has been the perfect example of how to make great comics.” —Comic Book Resources



Anyone want to add the cover? I'm still having trouble with that.



Have you noticed how the last three arcs are basically about how afraid Conan and Belit are about one thing or another?

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Posted 15 September 2012 - 03:35 PM

Anyone want to add the cover? I'm still having trouble with that.


Here ya go:

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Not a bad cover at all. Can't go wrong with Conan choking someone!
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Posted 16 September 2012 - 03:09 AM

Wow! Conan's got muskels! :)
"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?"
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Posted 16 September 2012 - 03:17 AM

So, I'm waiting to hear if I can start buying CONAN again with #11.
"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 16 September 2012 - 01:55 PM

Now that looks a lot more like the Conan we know and love!

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 02:33 AM

much better effort.
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Posted 18 September 2012 - 02:48 AM

The new artist is definitely a step up

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 07:47 PM

The preview is up for Conan the Barbarian #11 -

http://www.darkhorse...s/20-063?page=0

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 09:35 PM

The preview is up for Conan the Barbarian #11 -

http://www.darkhorse...s/20-063?page=0


Definitely an improvement from where the book was seemingly going, but still some off moments in there. Art's OK.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 10:08 PM

There are a couple of things I don`t like in this preview: first, the art is not as enticing as the previous number. Second, and this is the thing that bothers me the most, not only is Conan once again depicted as a desperate man who doesn`t know what to do and is in search of help, such as in previous numbers, but he also is a man that stops fighting, after being almost killed and says he doesn`t want to fight, he wants to talk!
This is a little bit strange. In some ways, it does not look like Conan to me.
It seems that once again Wood is developing his own Conan, not Howard`s. and this is bad news.
Mr Wood, your Conan will NEVER be as good as the original, stick to it.

Edited by Aquilonia, 30 November 2012 - 10:14 PM.

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 10:24 PM

Sigh...this may sound like nitpicking, but did the whole "Ooh this guy has no idea who he's talking to LOL he's gonna get it now!" scene really need 5 pages? It could have easily been done in 1 or 2. Wood seems stuck on this idea of people constantly underestimating Conan, but while that idea may work well for other characters, it doesn't for this one. Conan is meant to just exude an ere of power and menace, and this cliché 'pick on the stranger' bar scene is something we've all seen a million times. It's boring.

Aquilonia is right, this doesn't feel anything like Conan.

Edited by KG Thunder, 30 November 2012 - 10:25 PM.

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Posted 01 December 2012 - 07:58 AM

Actually, this doesn't bother me.

REH frequently has people misunderestimating Conan, so that part's ok. I love seeing bullies picking on the stranger in the bar when the stranger is Conan.

As for Wood stretching the confrontation out over several pages, that builds tension.

And Conan's mission was evidently to gather information. That being the case, he would be reluctant to blow the mission.
"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 2012 - 06:56 PM

I'm just glad we're actually in africa. If they cover Kheshatta before the end I might forgive them.

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Posted 11 December 2012 - 11:18 AM

The artwork is an improvement but it still seems like "Conan the Teenager" to me. The guy calls him "pup", wasn't Conan a hardened veteran at this time, hardly a boy

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Posted 11 December 2012 - 10:55 PM

Know, old forum, that Conan the Barbarian #11 hits the shelves tomorrow! Crom!

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Posted 12 December 2012 - 06:25 PM

My review is up for this one. Didn't love it as much as I didn # 10

http://www.comicsbul...e-barbarian-11/

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Posted 13 December 2012 - 02:00 AM

Another good issue, I thought. I'm really curious why Conan seems to be immune to the disease; is it his excellent constitution or something else? Would be interesting if it were the latter...perhaps something to do with that strange talisman he found on the dead man.

My review is up for this one. Didn't love it as much as I didn # 10

http://www.comicsbul...e-barbarian-11/


Just read your review. Did we know from the start that this would be a three-issue story arc?
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Posted 13 December 2012 - 02:52 AM

They are all 3-issue story arcs. That is how the series is designed. 3-issue story arcs that rotate with the artists.... and I am getting kind of bored of it ...

I like the preview for issue #12, though. I think this will be one of the better arcs in the series.

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Posted 13 December 2012 - 03:46 AM

They are all 3-issue story arcs. That is how the series is designed. 3-issue story arcs that rotate with the artists.... and I am getting kind of bored of it ...

I like the preview for issue #12, though. I think this will be one of the better arcs in the series.


I completely agree with you about the 3-issue arcs getting stale already. It's just dull, and I find myself skipping stories waiting for some good ones to start.

Edited by KG Thunder, 13 December 2012 - 03:48 AM.

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Posted 13 December 2012 - 05:13 AM

Another positive review for Conan the Barbarian #11:

http://www.geeksofdo...e-barbarian-11/

Hey Zack - I always wondered - do reviewers get free comics or do you have to buy them?

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