conan Archives

A bunch of Mike Deodato cover paintings for Conan, were created for a Brazilian publisher in the nineties but were never returned to him are showing up in the marketetplace for sale. Treat them as stolen artwork if you come across them Because that's what they are. One has been found here, another here They have, it[...]

She also spoke about her run on Dark Horse's Conan the Barbarian series and her love for the character Belit was very evident as she talked about the challenge in creating the character to be more than just a 'cheesecake character' It was important for Cloonan to have her be powerful, scary, and still beautiful[...]

Ernie Chan passed away last night, aged 71. Chan (initially credited as Ernie Chua after a passport mix up) was a Filipino comic book artist who moved to the US in the 1970s to work in the comics industry. With a notable inking run on Conan The Barbarian with John Buscema, and art runs on both[...]

From the slightly NSFW preview of King Conan: The Phoenix Of The Sword #2, we see Thoth Amon, evil wizard created by Robert E Howard, in bed with a few young things varying in gender. Not in the original text, and some will take issue with yet another example of bisexuality equating being a baddie of[...]

But not even he always gets his way, when criminal-turned hero overrules him in Secret Avengers,taking the top spot, and launching his own class war against the Captain. I think we're going to quite enjoy Rick on this book, aren't we? Probably as much as Wood and Cloonan on the new Conan comic. And a tailor whose[...]

CrossoverWatch: Conan Meets Groo Honest this time. VertigoWatch: Karen Berger plugs Unwrtten Volume 5. As an editor working here for many years on so many amazing stories, it's so hard to choose favorites, but the On To Genesis storyline in THE UNWRITTEN volume 5, on sale this week, is definitely on that list. FoxWatch: Fox News interviews Axel[...]

At the New York Comic Con Retailer's Breakfast, courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors, Dark Horse confirmed the Bleeding Cool story that Brain Wood and Becky Cloonan are the new creative team on Conan They will be adapting the classic Queen Of The Black Coast story. Dark Horse also announced that Brian Wood's The Massive will appear[...]

I'd forgotten about Project Superior. Here's the back wall of Brian Wood's office. As photographed by Brian Wood.

We know that he'll be announced at the new Conan writer from Dark Horse Comics, with Becky Clonan on art But, as promised, looks like he'll be announcing a shed load of Marvel work as well. Including what appears to be a Wolverine book, team up up with X-Men wunderkind Quentin Quire Just the person you[...]

 And  I was actually so stunned that the Wood/Cloonan Dark Horse Conan news didn't chart top-3 that I had to go back and check it twice  That's gonna be big. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Fear Itself 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 Variants Indicate The Changing Weather Of Marvel Nine steps for Thor… All Crisis Events Removed From DC Continuity[...]

At least if you read the headline to this, you do. Because, yes, Bleeding Cool understands that Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan are the new Conan creative team to be announced by Dark Horse at the New York Comic Con. Wood's recent Northlanders series makes him a shoo-in And So., you know, act surprised You never read Bleeding[...]

Unscripted, reality CC. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaGL2KZv5jA[/youtube] This week, we take part in promoting Conan the Barbarian in 3D with a T-Shirt and ticket giveaway And in reference to the upcoming Conan the Barbarian movie we discuss customer's favorite comic book movies In our new segment, Ultimate Fanboy regular customer Joe Thunder praises James O'Barr's The[...]

Welcome to five character posters for the upcoming Conan movie Out on the 19th of August in the USA and Canada, the 24th in the UK. And a wide one. But watch out when they start to move… Men swing their weapons Women pose with theirs Welcome to five character posters for the upcoming Conan movie[...]

Bleeding Cool pointed out how Conan O'Brien had been trying to make a comic book character, The Flaming C. Well, now it seems Bluewater are making this American talk show host and comedian into a comic book. Part of their Fame series, this will likely be the rather bland, lightboxed photos with narrative captions taken from non-controversial[...]

New Conan Images 2 NYCC Cosplay Scandal 3 Batman XXX Porn Video Trailer 4 DC Remove Twenty Foot Swear Word 5 Iconic Covers For DC Comics 6 Marvel Cancels Young Allies With #6 7 Cover To LOEG 1969 8 Man Sees Dalek In Tree Trunk 9 Bill Murray Dressed As Pete Venkman 10 Banning Neonomicon #2 11 VIDEO: Michael J Fox Playing Marty McFly Again 12[...]

He's also working on Nova covers and an X-Force one shot in the near-future. Roy Thomas – he's looking to write a non-Conan Robert E Howard adaptation for Dark Horse, although there aren't many left that haven't been published – and he's adapted most of them! So… any stories from WizardWorld? There's been lots of coverage about[...]