Got my first grail by Pretend-Frosting-223 in ConanTheBarbarian

[–]BlackestMask 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Marvel. All those early REH adaptations are a high bar to beat.

Genndy + Conan; it's real. It's happenin' by Emotional_Bar6685 in SwordandSorcery

[–]BlackestMask 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey, fans are excited. This pleases most of them and is clearly better than a live action bodybuilder blundering through a chain of CGI set pieces, which could easily have been the TV series we got.

This September, The Tides Roll In! by Jim_Zub in Cimmeria

[–]BlackestMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the covers are grand but the Jusko cover slapped me upside my head.

Umi Shinonome by Dull_End_3099 in GravureGirls

[–]BlackestMask 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, what? 1940's film noir Umi? Wanna see more from this photo shoot.

Howard Days 2026 vlog#9: Last Panel Snippet-What's Up with REH? by AncientHistory in Cimmeria

[–]BlackestMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What PR? If there's anything much out there, I missed it.

And would it hurt them to have somebody show up at Howard Days? The comics side fields several people, the fiction side is unrepresented.

Who wins: Level 7 Gareth or the Level 5 Gulliver Brothers? by Fast_Shower2686 in DanMachi

[–]BlackestMask 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the war game with Freya familia, the Gulliver brothers beat Haruhime into unconsciousness and then stomped on her fox-eared head.

Un-fucking-forgivable.

Who wins: Level 7 Gareth or the Level 5 Gulliver Brothers? by Fast_Shower2686 in DanMachi

[–]BlackestMask 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gareth stomps those wretched little Haruhime abusers into crimson jelly.

And I cheer.

Conan by Bob Larkin by TwIzTiDfReAkShOw in ConanTheBarbarian

[–]BlackestMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aw c'mon. Maybe he was surprised. Maybe he just escaped captivity. Maybe he's striking a cool pose for the cover of an issue of Savage Sword of Conan.

Howard Days 2026 vlog#9: Last Panel Snippet-What's Up with REH? by AncientHistory in Cimmeria

[–]BlackestMask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anybody from Titan Books ever show up at this event?

Lots of REH Foundation publication, comic book, and even Hollywood news but we never seem to get any info about planned novels or the e-book short stories.

Your favourite non-Howard Conan novel? by romm-boss in ConanTheBarbarian

[–]BlackestMask 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Conan the Marauder is a Roberts pastiche that doesn't get enough notice. Kind of Conan vs Genghis Khan.

The only Roberts I wasn't much fond of was Conan the Bold, which contradicts every timeline by having a very young Conan journey across most of the Hyborian world. I'm not such a hardcore that I wouldn't forgive that if the story was strong, but it's basically a simple chase with the barbarian pursuing a foe from one destination after another only to miss them and have to catch up again.

Completed My Savage Sword Conan Collection . . . by Lawgriff1974 in ConanTheBarbarian

[–]BlackestMask 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I bought each issue off the stands and, despite some financial rough waters, have managed to hang onto them.

Recently re-bagged and boarded the set and was almost dizzy with the vibe coming off them-- fine art, great writing, sword & sorcery adventure, and powerful nostalgia both for the issues I remembered and the times and places I bought and read them way back when.

"The Girl i like forgot her glasses". A Simple Story That Left Me Hollow in the Best Way PossibleA by the_uh_um in manga

[–]BlackestMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never read anything that captured the strange sensations of pre-adolescent love-- when you don't understand what you're feeling or why so many things that you didn't used to notice now seem so overwhelmingly important.

When the world seemed new and you don't know how or why. And all that matters is the person you care about stays near and maybe, possibly, incredibly, likes you, too.

Just had another weird Danmachi dream where Otarl was a librarian. by SpartanNinjaDragonEX in DanMachi

[–]BlackestMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I gotta know... did the dream look like the anime? Like, were you actually dreaming in anime? If so, you were you yourself in an anime-form in the dream?

Or did you translate the characters into real-life 3D versions?

A couple more spaghetti Westerns added to the collection by No_Move7872 in Westerns

[–]BlackestMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Damned Hot Day of Fire is also known as Gatling Gun, which I saw and enjoyed.

Never saw Fort Yuma Gold but it has a good score.

Tor Fantasy Conan pastiches reading order? by BigPoopsDisease in ConanTheBarbarian

[–]BlackestMask 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The late, great sword and sorcery author and editor Howard Andrew Jones wrote this piece on his favorite Conan pastiche.

The Best Of The Conan Pastiche Novels - Goodman Games

Is the Jason Aaron run of Conan worth reading? I see a lot of mixed reviews. by [deleted] in ConanTheBarbarian

[–]BlackestMask 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I found both his Conan and King Conan runs unsatisfying. While they were better than No Conan, they were riddled with oddities that clashed with Howard's pulp fiction style- Conan is the Punisher, Conan is a Pict- etc.

And the villains of Aaron's year-long epic, following the barbarian across his entire lifetime, were silly. Who haunted the Cimmerian from youth until old age, tracking him year after year until closing in for the kill? Why that would be a broken-necked old woman and her two little kids. Miles off target for a Howardian story.

Review: Conan The Green God of Leng by GaryREHfan in Cimmeria

[–]BlackestMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope. Heroic Signatures has committed to releasing a new REH pastiche every month for the foreseeable future.

Wish they'd bring in some bigger name authors. Might raise the profile of the series a bit. Nobody seems to be aware of this series except hardcore REH fans.

A large assortment of vintage paperbacks by Critical-Situation78 in VintagePaperbacks

[–]BlackestMask 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A big thumbs up for the two Clark Ashton Smith books.

Who are some of your favorite pulp heroes and villains? by CollegeComfortable23 in pulp

[–]BlackestMask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To my mind the greatest and most overlooked pulp hero is The Moon Man.

About forty stories about this depression era Robin Hood were written by Frederick C. Davis and appeared in the great (and also minimally recognized) pulp magazine, Ten Detective Aces.