Savage Sword Of Conan by Dark Horse

Savage Sword Of Conan by Dark Horse
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Off TopicI'm fired up about Dark Horse reprinting the old Savage Sword Of Conan stories. picked it up yesterday and I have to say they have done a fine job. reprint style is similiar to Marvel's Essentials but waaaaay cleaner.
I'm glad that they also included the Conan stories from Savage Tales, even though half of them were reprinted in the color stories.
one thing I wish Dark Horse would do is reprint the Hour Of The Dragon story in it's entirety - originally the first 4 parts were done in Marvel's King Size Conan and then they finished it up in Savage Sword. I'd love to see DH redo it with new colors.
until then I'm enjoying the hell outta re-reading these Conan stories that I haven't seen in 20 years.

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Buzzy Fret on Thursday, January 10, 2008
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I think Buscema was a very under appreciated artist at Marvel - everything he did was great - I'd rank him up there with Neal Adams, McFarlane, Art Adams and the Kuberts.
I liked the original artist - Cary Nord - a lot too. overall the art in the DH Conan has been pretty damn good. I have enjoyed the DH Conan but at the same time I've been buying the DH reprints of the Marvel Conan and they just seem to have more of the feel of the Howard stories.
have you seen the newest issue with Giorello's art?
Yar, that's a strange thing to do at 50, the gritty art keeps me coming back for more of that comic. I think there was only one artist that I didn't like so far, too cartoony, but the rest of them were nice and gritty.
the stories in Savage Sword are mostly adaptations of the original Howard stories but there are a few originals penned by Roy Thomas. Thomas was very good about his adaptations too - he was a big fan of Howard and tried to stay as true to the original as possible.
bottom line - the Marvel Conan stories just moves a lot faster than the DH Conan.
did you know that DH is going to end the current Conan title at #50 and then restart it again. I don't think they're going back to the beginning again though. have no idea why they're doing it either. I really like the work of the new artist - Giorello. hope he's on the new series too.