It's comics by Crom!
Between 2000 and 2002, the fantasy and fiction magazine Fantasy Factor (Фентъзи Фактор) was published in Bulgaria, thanks to founder and writer Ivan Atanasov (Иван Атанасов).
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The illustration above is an advertisement for Fantasy Factor (FF) Comics (a.k.a. Boogeyman Comics) and the text translates to something along the lines of "The Techo Clan: Coming soon - new Bulgarian comics", with The Techo Clan representing a group of artists involved in making the comics. Petar Stanimirov (Петър Станимиров), Pavel Bayraktarska (Павел Байрактарски), Satanasov, and Ivaylo Panaiotov (Ивайло Панайотов) were all involved in some way, shape, or form.
The first comic, Conan - The Wrath of God, was published in 2000 with Ivan taking on writing duties and Simeon Asenov (Симеон Асенов) in charge of the artwork, and features a cover that looks vaguely familiar!
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They followed that up with the two part Conan - On Top of the World, two more 24 page comics which were apparently a continuation of their 2000 offering. Again the story was written by Ivan Atanasov but these two featured the artwork of Pavel Bayraktarska and the storyboard and colors of Ivaylo Panaiotov!
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Between 2000 and 2002, the fantasy and fiction magazine Fantasy Factor (Фентъзи Фактор) was published in Bulgaria, thanks to founder and writer Ivan Atanasov (Иван Атанасов).
Considering that only a dozen issues were actually published it's quite obvious that Ivan was a pretty serious Conan fan, having included not one, not two, but three full length all original Conan comics as a supplement to the magazine!
The illustration above is an advertisement for Fantasy Factor (FF) Comics (a.k.a. Boogeyman Comics) and the text translates to something along the lines of "The Techo Clan: Coming soon - new Bulgarian comics", with The Techo Clan representing a group of artists involved in making the comics. Petar Stanimirov (Петър Станимиров), Pavel Bayraktarska (Павел Байрактарски), Satanasov, and Ivaylo Panaiotov (Ивайло Панайотов) were all involved in some way, shape, or form.
The first comic, Conan - The Wrath of God, was published in 2000 with Ivan taking on writing duties and Simeon Asenov (Симеон Асенов) in charge of the artwork, and features a cover that looks vaguely familiar!
In the archive section of Ivaylo's website IVOP Comics I happened upon all of the illustrations from what appears to be the final installment, and I'm reposting it below in it's entirety. It's a wee bit NSFW (violence, nudity, and a small portly fella with pink wings) so consider yourself warned!
Very nice artwork and colors, but it looks a little on the high fantasy side for Conan. On a related note, I see that Ivaylo's still got a little bit of Crom in his bones, as evidenced by some of the other illustrations he has on display on his website...
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Fun stuff Ivaylo! That's it for today but come back soon and check out a bunch of original Conan novels from Bulgarian publisher Elf!