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Joe Jusko's 'Savage Sword' Covers

September 04, 2024 by Deuce Richardson

Joe Jusko painted some great covers for The Savage Sword of Conan back in the day. Here are a few of them.

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September 04, 2024 /Deuce Richardson
Joe Jusko, Savage Sword of Conan, Roy Thomas
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The Savage Swords (and Strange Sorceries) of Frank Brunner

February 22, 2024 by Deuce Richardson

Frank Brunner became a fantasy art legend in the ‘70s illustrating the likes of Conan, Elric, Red Sonja and Doctor Strange.

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February 22, 2024 /Deuce Richardson
Frank Brunner, Roy Thomas
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Jim Steranko: Living Legend

November 06, 2023 by Deuce Richardson

Jim Steranko is a true living legend. Artist, writer, rock n’ roll guitarist, stage magician, historian and publisher. A friend of Spielberg, Lucas and Coppola. Raise a glass of something expensive in honor of Jim's time thus far on this mortal coil. He's already lived the lives of at least three average cool dudes.

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November 06, 2023 /Deuce Richardson
Jim Steranko, Stan Lee, Roy Thomas
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The Savage Swords of Neal Adams

May 05, 2022 by Deuce Richardson

Admired by everyone from Frank Miller to Neil Gaiman, Neal Adams brought a ferocity, dynamism and grimness to his art not often seen then or now.

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May 05, 2022 /Deuce Richardson
Neal Adams, Conan, Tarzan, Roy Thomas
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Big John Buscema’s Conan

January 10, 2022 by Charles R. Rutledge

In a 1978 interview John Buscema said, “I hate [drawing superheroes] with a passion. I told Marvel, I’d like to do Conan exclusively. It’s the only project in comics that I’ve ever done that I really enjoy.”

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January 10, 2022 /Charles R. Rutledge
John Buscema, Roy Thomas, Conan, Hal Foster, Savage Sword of Conan
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Arak, Son of Thunder -- Forty Years On

December 30, 2021 by Deuce Richardson

Arak #1 debuted from DC Comics in September of 1981. Created and written by Roy Thomas, it introduced a sword-and-sorcery protagonist who would out-perform every other S&S comics title in the 1980s with the exceptions of Conan the Barbarian and Mike Grell’s The Warlord.

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December 30, 2021 /Deuce Richardson
Roy Thomas, Arak
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The Savage Swords of Gene Day

August 13, 2021 by Deuce Richardson

Gene Day—artist, author, publisher and cool dude in general—would’ve turned seventy today. He barely made it past thirty. While his talents and achievements were far-ranging, I’ll concentrate on his work for The Savage Sword of Conan tonight.

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August 13, 2021 /Deuce Richardson
Gene Day, Roy Thomas, Savage Sword of Conan
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That Time When Roy Thomas Influenced Conan the Buccaneer...

June 11, 2021 by Deuce Richardson

Roy Thomas is the Guest of Honor at Howard Days this year. That makes his second round as GoH, with his first being during the REH Centennial in 2006…an honor that few others can claim. What you may not realize is that Roy probably had an influence on the original run of Lancer Conans before Conan the Barbarian #1 was ever published by Marvel.

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June 11, 2021 /Deuce Richardson
Roy Thomas, Lin Carter, Conan
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Gardner F. Fox at 110

May 21, 2021 by Deuce Richardson

Gardner F. Fox was a true pulpster who could write a fine tale of swordplay and passion. He brought sword-and-sorcery to comics and he also authored some of the most bad-ass historical novels of the twentieth century.

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May 21, 2021 /Deuce Richardson
Gardner F. Fox, Roy Thomas, A. Merritt
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Barbarian Life: Volume One by Roy Thomas

November 22, 2020 by Deuce Richardson

Barbarian Life: Volume One by Roy Thomas is a fascinating history of how Marvel Comics’ Conan the Barbarian came to be. Stan Lee, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Michael Moorcock, John Jakes and others…all are discussed in its pages.

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November 22, 2020 /Deuce Richardson
Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, Glenn Lord, Gil Kane, John Buscema, Michael Moorcock, Gardner F. Fox, Conan
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