Dark Horse News!

I’ve never been one to post about new Conan releases from Dark Horse because they get good coverage elsewhere, and by people who are much more proficient at writing than I’ll probably ever be.  Not that I always agree with what’s being said but…hey, if someone at DH were to throw me a bone not only would I keep it on the DL, but I’d be willing to say ridiculously positive things about their weakerofferings too!  It’s true that I try to keep things pretty upbeat and positive when I post around here, so I suppose that I (the pot) shouldn’t be calling other critics (the kettle) black.

Since I tend to post a substantial amount of comics related material, I’ve been thinking about giving Dark Horse a little better coverage than I have in the past (apologies in advance to those over at DH that just read this and threw up a little).  Soooooo, what’s been shaking on the Dark Horse front of late?

Well, the Wood/Various-Artist Conan the Barbarian is at issue #12 now and people have been raving about it...there's no middle ground here it seems, either you love it or you hate it.  Personally I'm in the latter camp and Dark Horse hasn't pocketed any of my doubloons because of it...

But from what we've seen of Mirko Colak (who’s taking over art related duties for issues #13 and #14) I'm going to set aside by disdain for Brian “if he only could” Wood and start picking these up…as long as someone at Dark Horse pinky swears not to bring Mr. Wood back for any future Conan runs.

If you haven't seen these, then bask in the glory of these teasers by Mirko ft. Dave Stewart on colors...





Now that’s so frick-frack-patty-wackin’ delectable (you paying attention DH?  I’m upping the ante on my vocabulary just for you) that I could easily just ignore the words and still enjoy this comic wholeheartedly!  Yeah Mirko!  He's been posting some additional Conan panels on his blog too...check 'em out!

Expect great things from Mirko in the future (although probably at Marvel or DC working on some superhero comic that I won't give a crap about).

That brings us to Dark Horse’s other current Conan offering, which I expect I’d be enjoying right now since two more issues have been released...but only into the hands of a select few.  Who's bright idea was it to associate it with some dilithium-crystal-powered retina-scan-enabled credit card with a built in laser pointer that nobody wants?



Finally, the most exciting news of all...MTV Geek is reporting that Dark Horse has announced a May 29th release date for "King Conan: Hour of the Dragon".  All is forgiven!

In the words of the mighty Dark Horse:

"King Conan has faced many threats to his throne in Aquilonia—but none more deadly than a traitorous alliance backed by the resurrected sorcerer Xaltotun, at whose command mountains crumble!"

And there's pictures!



With names like Timothy Truman, Tomás Giorello, José Villarrubia, and Sanjulian being thrown around, this is sure to be a winner! 

Thanks to Mars Singh El-Ton over at The International Robert E Howard Fan Association for the heads up!