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the character has been around since hisdebut in the pages of pulp magazine Weird Tales, most people will be familiar of Conan the Barbarian as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in John Milius'adaptation, a deeply weird film that is at times both brilliant and problematic.
Obviously, Robert E. Howard's creation has made its way into multiple media, including comics that were originally published by Marvel in the earlys until in, Dark Horse acquired the license to publish the character.
Last year, Marvel reacquired the rights and started new runs featuring the Cimmerian,
We have had over eighty years of Conan from the original author to the many other storytellers who have put their own spin on the character, and for something that is subtitled "The Life and Death and Conan", it's pretty ambitious.
However, having written the likes of Thor and his creatorowned comic The Goddamned, Jason Aaron is born to write Conan the Barbarian, Born on the grim battlefields in Cimmeria to later in life, becoming king of Aquilonia, a lot has happened in Conan's life as explored in these six issues, whilst at the same time building up to his supposed death.
Despite being a continuing story of a witch determined to spill Conan's blood to awaken her dark lord Razazel, each issue feels like its own episode where Conan goes from one adventure to the next.
Each of these stories is classic swordandsorcery antics for the barbarian, where he can go from defending a village who hates him despite the greater threat of giant snakes, to being a oneman crew of a ship battling pirates and monsters.
Aaron is no stranger to writing angry men who slashes his way through any threat that opposes him and although some may read this as being alltoo familiar to the writer, it is still entertaining as hell, Crom damn it.
As the primary artist of Conan the Barbarian, Mahmud Asrar has a literally bloody good time in illustrating the various locations of the Hyborian Age, where Conan no matter how old he is has to cleave his way to survive, leading to gloriously gory action sequences.
As impressive as Asrar's art is, Gerardo Zaffino steals the show in issuewith his grittier style that does not shy away from the gore, but is telling an intimate story of a king who frustrated with tax problems and is in need of adventure, with the company of a lion.
This issue alone showcases why Conan remains a compelling figure who can more than just a topless muscled man who can hackandslash, Aaron's Conan is a perfect gateway for new readers wanting to read some swordandsorcery comics as this first volume honours the history of the Cimmerian, whilst taking him into new directions.
Great graphics and a compelling storyline that follows Conan through several stages of his life, from a young barbarian first setting out from Cimmeria to a seasoned warrior and king and beyond.
Aaron does an excellent job mixing in bits and pieces of Conan canon to anchor the story in something that feels authentic, Jason Aaron excels when writing about badasses, And Conan is pretty much the ultimate badass, Maybe my expectations were too high for that reason, but I found this to be just good, not great,
Its nowhere close to Aarons Thor run, Southern Bastards or Scalped, but its certainly fun sword amp sorcery, without much meat on its bones.
Its basically just a series of short stories of Conan overcoming insurmountable odds, So, its Conan.
And the one through line this volume has is a story about a blood witch that gets a few panels here and there.
Its the most interesting aspect of this collection, but it ends in a cliffhanger, . . Back to bloody basics great book containing Conan the Barbarian issues, Conan is back with Marvel now Disney, but the great work done in Dark Horse comics is well and truly on display,
This is Conan how he is supposed to be, Going from adventure to adventure, battle to battle, fighting to the death, Yet even he cannot out run his own demise forever a death was promised and it intends to collect no matter how many years later.
See Conan in various stages of his life fighting, not just surviving but thriving, Called many names but never civilised atleast not twice or tamed,
A great collection of stories from birth to death, with many adventures from between, A must have for any Conan fan, Cover gallery of all the covers including variant covers either displayed on full page oron a page picture, Great artwork, great story and as I expect from Conan action at its bloody best, Conan the Barbarian returns to Marvel for the first time since the's, Jason Aaron dishes outsolo issues of blood and dismemberment across Conan's life connected by an overarching story, Aaron's story does continue into volume two, so don't expect any resolutions with the Crimson Witch yet,
Mahmud Asrar's detailed art is a good match, Gerardo Zaffino's scratchy, muddled art feels abrasive and out of place in the midst of this, BY CROM, THE GREATEST SWORDANDSORCERY HERO RETURNS TO MARVEL! From an age undreamed, . . hither came Conan the Cimmerian, blackhaired, sulleneyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.
. . Robert E. Howard's creation returns to comics, in an epic tale as only MARVEL could bring you! Conan's travels have brought him to the far reaches of the unkown, from his birthplace in Cimmeria to the kingdom of Aquilonia and all in between.
As his fighting prowess allows him to carve his way through life, so too does it attract the forces of death! This allnew agesspanning saga forever changes Conan's destiny!
COLLECTING: CONAN THE BARBARIANConan is back at Marvel and it seems that they haven't held back on the violence and gore.
Conan slashes his way through a variety of enemies in a series of short stories that take place in different parts of the world at different times in his life.
There is a overarching narrative that ties these stories together, but other than the first story, it is only touched on in a few panels per story, so it feels like these stories are only loosely connected.
The art is nice, but Conan himself is not that interesting of a character here, He doesn't seem to have much personality or agency, Just bad stuff happens to him and he survives, There's no sense that there is anything he desires or strives for, This book was quite fun, Picking up in random events of Conan life when he was a cimmerian who was born in the battlefield to the far future when he became the King of Aquilonia.
Then focusing his adventures like in a battle in zamora, fighting with the picts against the ghost snakes near Black river, traversing the southern seas alone Conan the Pirate, or near the Red Tree Hill or fighting alongside the Turans.
This book shows all the savagery, blood, women and drinks that Conan is known for and shows Conan adventures at different points of life meanwhile tying it all together with Red doom and the children of the Crimson Witch.
Lets get the disclosure stuff out of the way first: I am a fan of Robert E, Howards Conan the Cimmerian. I have what I believe is a complete collection of the Howard, Carter, Sprague de Camp stories complete with the Frazetta artwork, I am also one of those who followed Conan to Marvel for iterations by Roy Thomas and others, Disney has now put Conan back in its Marvel Group courtesy of Dark Horse,
You do not need to know anything about Conan, Knowing something about the sword and sorcery genre might prove helpful, Jason Aaron is wellversed in both and this new approach to the Conan saga is valid and works well, This is the first collection in a series that reprises the arc of Conans “career” from his first battles to his rise to kingship in Aquilonia.
It is knit together with a cursed prediction of his death, We learn that an early encounter with a witch leads to a lifelong attempt on her part to kill Conan and use his blood to revive the catatonic god she serves.
Excellent art and a careful storyline make this one of the better revivals of this saga, It raises the bar on many Conan efforts and gives hope that it will end as good as its beginning,.Although Jason Aaron's stories meander like a Turanian marauder, the spirit of Conan is solidly intact with selfcontained adventures reminiscent of Robert E, Howards nonlinear approach. And the art is excellent as well, I was a huge fan of the Dark Horse run especially Busiek and Truman and I feel like the folks at Marvel took good notes.
Cant wait to read whats coming up, and The Savage Sword as well, Jason Aaron built his career out of writing comics about somber angry men waging war and destruction, so Conan was pretty much a perfect fit for him.
This book feels like the middle ground between Aarons Thor especially the early years, like God of Thunder and The Goddamned, Its a very solid and enjoyable read, and Aarons format of oneshot stories loosely connected by a few pages in the back of each issue seems to work better for him recently than writing one big story arc.
Still, I couldnt help but wish for something bigger as a Jason Aaron fan whove read a lot of his previous works, these stories felt a bit too familiar and safe.
Maybe this series will build towards some bigger, more daring storyline in the future, but for now its just another Jason Aaron book about a somber angry man waging war and destruction.
Сould be worse, right Plus the art is really nice, So yeah, definitely a worthwhile book, just temper your expectations if you're waiting for yet another Jason Aaron masterpiece, By Crom, what a fantastic read! Conan is a mirthless, invincible killing machine and I am here for it! Picture Wolverine or Hellboy, but high fantasy.
Each issue in this volume is a single tale from Conan's life, a scrumptious bite of battle, both of the wits and of the sword.
Each issue is also carefully tied into a larger story: the death of Conan, Hence, the title, I suppose, Jason Aaron writes the pants off this thing, brilliantly toying with numerous high fantasy tropes, The Life and Death of Conan is stuff you've probably seen before, but never packaged like this,
The details are really what makes Conan the Barbarian sing, Take, for example, the fact that each issue begins with a map of Hyboria, a portion highlighted to show where the following story will take place.
Listen: I'm an avowed lover of fantasy maps, so this was an easy win for me, But Aaron's dedication to using the map, calling out different locations, and sending Conan all over the world I dare say only Game of Thrones has been so satisfying.
And hey, if you're not a huge map nerd, there's also at least one fullpage image of a bloody, halfnaked Conan sitting on the bodies of his slain enemies like they were a throne.
So, you know: something for everyone here, Conan the Barbarian is easily the most surprisingly amazing read of the past year for me, Don't hesitate to give this a look, Приємна подорож у дитинство. У ті часи коли дивились мультфільми та серіали про Конана.
Тепер про сам комікс. Неймовірність Конана, хтиві жінки, різанина, кров, кишки. Все присутнє. Зараз так рідко побачиш.
Хочу тепер такий омнібус. Different stories of Conan delaying the main plot supposed to lead to his ultimate demise, Good enough for Conan fans the character is true to form, Well written, Aaron's way with hints of humor here and there, The narration is a bit verbose, though, not Aaron's usual touch, Overall good but certainly not mind blowing,
On the other hand MahmudAsrar and Matthew Wilson shine throughout the book, Asrar draws an impressive Conan, a true survivor whatever the cost, not shying from bloody action, These two will make me follow the series, Not bad, not bad, not bad at all, Conan from birth to death, . . and I'm hoping against hope somehow somehow that he doesn't die, but, these authors are all about shock value these days, so, yeah, Conan gone and done, sorry.
Good stuff. The Dark Knight story was awesome,
I liked how each story peeps back to the present, I was expecting a full story instead of a collection of short stories, but all six of them were so damn good, five, Наразі неможливо осягнути жанр фентезі без Конана, важко прожогом назвати образ, який був би так рясно наслідуваний в літературній, кінематографічній та художній формах.
Та якщо ви живете в Україні і маєте бажання ознайомитися з походеньками легендарного кімерійця рідною мовою, то у мене для вас погані новини. Звісно, можна вчергове переглянути численні екранізації, помилуватися атмосферними артами від Френка Фразетти, Луїса Ройо чи Марка Шульца. Однак якщо пошукати літературні першоджерела тутечки журба й непозбувна бентега. На щастя, допомога підоспіла з боку мальописів, хоча й тут шлях Конана був тернистий і сповнений небезпек. Анонсований видавництвом Fireclaw Ukraine ще на Comic Con Ukraine, Конанварвар побачив світ аж наприкінціго, Збірка від Джейсона Аарона та Махмуда Асрара отримала підзаголовок Життя і смерть Конана дуже символічно для Fireclaw.
Післяроків поневірянь у Dark Horse права на легендарного кімерійця повернулися до Marvel, де за нього одразу ж взялися всерйоз і надовго, перевидавши
декілька легендарних класичних серій в омнібусах та розпочавши кілька нових, На основну серію, про яку ми сьогодні гутаримо, було запрошено знаного сценариста Джейсона Аарона та, не те щоб і новачка, художника з Туреччини Махмуда Асрара. На авторів було покладено надзвичайно великі сподівання та не меншу відповідальність, і, забігаючи наперед, вони їх повністю виправдали.
Аарону, хоч і у власний спосіб, вдалося відтворити той самий жорстокий світ Гіборійської ери, де немає місця сентиментам, сумнівам чи ваганням, світ, у якому поважають лише Силу. Читаючи мальопис про Конанаварвара, відчуваєш той самий щемкий захват, як колись школярем, який до світанку зачитувався пригодами Тарзана, Конана чи Джона Картера, поринаючи у світи Меча та Магії. Перша збірка містить шість історій, кожна з них автономна та має наскрізний сюжет, який хоча й дещо затягнутий, але загалом органічно вписується в загальну канву історій.
Малюнок Махмуда Асрара надзвичайно виразний, динамічний та стильний. Художник активно накачує історію кривавими та пафосними сценами, якими хочеться впиватися. Варто на мить прикрити повіки і вже стискаєш осклизле від крові руківя меча, ловиш переляканий погляд супротивника, стрімкий випад голова зі зміїними зіницями котиться неначе стиглий гарбуз. Робота Махмуда не є шедевром чи чимось неймовірним, але він надзвичайно тонко відчуває настрій твору та дух головного героя. Ось тут саме місце й час вклонитися колористу Метью Вілсону. Митець блискуче диригує настроєм головного героя, створюючи емоцію: то темну та хмуру, то враз вибухаючи червоною, застилаючою очі, люттю.
Конанварвар не є глибоким чи сповненим безлічі сенсів твором, але він чесний та прекрасний у своїй простоті. Цей мальопис сповідує красу тіла та грубої фізичної сили, захоплює подих і змушує мурашки під шкірою збиватися в купки та ховатися десь побіля гузна від споглядання такої кількості кривавого мясива, що навалено на сторінках коміксу. Якщо прагнеш героїчного олдскульного труфентезі, то най побє тебе Кром! Та ти мусиш поглинути цю страшну красу з металу, плоті та диких емоцій. .