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“I live, I burn with life” | Reviewing Conan the Barbarian by Kurt Busiek & Cary Nord Omnibus

November 28, 2020 by John Galati Leave a Comment

This omnibus collects a series that claims to be a fresh retelling of classic Conan the Barbarian tales. A concept I was a little apprehensive about at first. I think my recollection of Conan was like anyone else’s: muscles, blood, swords, chainmail bikinis, evil sorcerers, more muscles, and maybe a bloody ax if it happens to be nearby.

Do we need more of this? I wondered as I lifted the cinderblock of a book. Are there no lawyers left in the world?

But on the other hand, if you cleaned up Conan, what would be left? What if gratuity is all that made it fun? The truth is, we’ll never know these answers, because “cleaning up” was not their approach here. And neither was making the thing I remembered. [Read more…] about “I live, I burn with life” | Reviewing Conan the Barbarian by Kurt Busiek & Cary Nord Omnibus

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Conan the Barbarian Comics Reading Order!

January 16, 2019 by Dave 3 Comments

For the longest time, my understanding of Conan the Barbarian was the 1982 feature film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the hunka hunka manly barbarian. It’s only as I’ve gotten deeper and deeper into comics that I even realized Conan was a consistent part of Marvel Comics from 1970 through 1990, with creative talent like Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, and John Buscema (among many others) crafting an in-depth comic book universe for the character. [Read more…] about Conan the Barbarian Comics Reading Order!

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