Hello Zig Forums I come from /lit/, I want to get started on the Conan comics. I read the recent run (2019) made by Marvel but holy god it was utter shit and reads like a modern netflix show, I don't know if all the Conan comics are like this I've read many of R.E Howards work and I enjoyed them and want more from the Conan world.
There's the Dark Horse and the older Marvel runs each conatining a few hundred issues. Which one should I start with?
The main one was great, a secondary was alright
Willing to flood the shelves marvel made 4+ current titles and as usual, it went bad
I remember reading the older marvel book a lot back in high school. I've not looked at it since really but it might be worth checking out.
look into european conan comics, they retail the classic short stories and also have amazing art.
How many are in English. I remember seeing one that looked cool but wasn't translated.
Man I love the European comics problem is they take so long to get released in English. I’ve been waiting for a year for the Roman comics to come out in English and still no sign and Orcs and Goblins as well. Why are the French so anti English translations?
That’s like all comic runs, they just drag the shot out of anything same the moment it hits popularity. Like Spawn ducking hell should’ve just ended with Malebogia dead and that’s it.
Let me tell the art does not hold up.
I dunno, I only remember conan from childhood but let me tell you, it's kinda epic.
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Remember when he got a cartoon? Remember when he got an even worse cartoon?
>made by Marvel but holy god it was utter shit and reads like a modern netflix show
So you're retarded
When was the last time we got a good true Heroic Fantasy?
Start with What if Conan Caught Up With the Frost Giant’s Daughter by Alan Moore.
Anything by Roy Thomas is cool, especially his Savage Sword run.
>What if Conan Caught Up With the Frost Giant’s Daughter by Alan Moore.
google ain't giving me shit. what is that?
there are already a handful of them that have been released in english and can be bought via amazon
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I haven't read it but maybe Witcher?
Didn't they do a John Carter book too?
You know I've never played even the first game.
>You know I've never played even the first game.
It's based on books anyway. I don't think it matters.
Samurai Jack s5 was kinda epic for a short while until suddenly money ran out youtube.com
It was also kinda shit when the writing ran out.
yeah
I wonder if pulp fantasy/sci fi will ever make a comeback sometimes.
You know, the story of a lonesome warrior is something that the West has in the domain of comic that the East can only do in the form of reference like in Berserk. If they knew what's good for them they would definitely try to perfect the genre.
I mean you say that but I think it's a pretty universal ideal.
start by reading Conan the Barbarian old run, then there''s The Savage sword of Conan after that. Then if you wish, read King Conan, and after that it's pretty much pick and go from whatever.
I'd generally avoid the recent marvel Conan stuff, it's not great. Conan feels more like a parody of himself rather than the actual thing.
I could be wrong but I think it's a Western storytelling formula that Kurosawa first introduced to the Japanese. Before John Ford there hasn't been much of this sort of character in literature or anywhere.
>Conan feels more like a parody of himself rather than the actual thing.
You know when I first read proper Conan I honestly was surprised. I love the Arnie movie but Conan is far from the big wall of muscle portrayed therein.
Dude, mythology is loaded with this kind of shit.
>Dude, mythology is loaded with this kind of shit.
Yeah after I wrote the post I realized that mythology has some of that.
I just really want to see some good unironic adventure stories that aren't about spidnly little dweeby every mans.
Why not just read elric wither is just bootleg elric and theres many good elric comics like sailor at seas of fate
Best way to start is to not read this misogynistic filth
You're not a real woman
good idea actually, I forgot about his existence