lookwhoitis Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Conan trophy wall, that is awesome! but where is Thulsa Doom? Thanks for all the kind words guys. I love this piece. Thulsa is front and center. (thumbs u There was a time when Thulsa didn't look like James Earl Jones. In the comics Thulsa Doom's got a skeletal face. Crom smite me for an oaf! What i meant to say was Thoth-Amon, the Ram horned Stygian wizard! That is what I was thinking but my mead entranced mind pulled out the name of Thulsa Doom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Conan trophy wall, that is awesome! but where is Thulsa Doom? Thanks for all the kind words guys. I love this piece. Thulsa is front and center. (thumbs u There was a time when Thulsa didn't look like James Earl Jones. In the comics Thulsa Doom's got a skeletal face. Crom smite me for an oaf! What i meant to say was Thoth-Amon, the Ram horned Stygian wizard! That is what I was thinking but my mead entranced mind pulled out the name of Thulsa Doom. If you made that kind of mistake on the REH forums, you would have been nailed to the Tree of Woe. Just wrote a review of the new BWS Conan Archives for The Cimmerian: http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=12052 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhoitis Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Crom smite me for an oaf! What i meant to say was Thoth-Amon, the Ram horned Stygian wizard! That is what I was thinking but my mead entranced mind pulled out the name of Thulsa Doom. If you made that kind of mistake on the REH forums, you would have been nailed to the Tree of Woe. hahha, funny that I made that slip-up. In my mind's eye, Thoth-Amon is the main villain I remember from Conan. This is because most of my exposure to the Conan comics in my first incarnation came from King Conan / Conan the King. I had various CtB issues, but I collected and enjoyed the whole run of King Conan. I must not have had the Thulsa Doom issues... I found a nifty website in doing reasearch on this... it lists all Marvel U characters and gives info on them and also all their appearances: http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/thotha.htm http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/thulsa.htm In the Thoth-Amon i found this interesting tidbit attributed to John McDonagh: Further supplemental information by John McDonagh: "Actually, an odd connection exist between Thoth-Amon and Thulsa Doom. You see, when Oliver Stone (yes, THAT Oliver Stone) co-wrote the screenplay to the first Conan movie, he was the one who made Thulsa Doom the villain of the movie (although in Stone's original version it would have been set in the future). Why Stone did this is unclear; Thulsa Doom had by that point never appeared in any Conan stories, only in the Kull story Delacardes' Cat, the Kull comics (including an issue of Marvel Preview), and the pastiche story "Riders Beyond the Sunrise" (a completion of a fragment by Howard, completed by Lin Carter-which was adapted to Marvel Preview). Baen books reprints the original Kull stories. The final movie version of Thulsa Doom actually seemed to resemble Thoth Amon more than the original version of Thulsa Doom, who was an undead skull-faced villain. (This version also appeared in the comic book adaption of the film.) Sidebar: The toyline Masters of the Universe was supposed to have been a Conan toyline, but was changed at the last minute to a separate charachter. Interestingly, He-Man's main enemy, Skeletor was.......an undead skull-faced villain, just as the original Thulsa Doom had been. Hmmmm..... Interestingly, video game adaptions of Conan have used Thoth Amon, not Thulsa Doom, reinstating him as the main villain. Maybe now we know why Thulsa Doom did not trust Thoth-Amon; maybe he knew Thoth-Amon was mad at having been snubbed for the chance to appear in the movie! (Although a charachter called Thoth-Amon appeared in the sequel, he had a very minor role.) Using another charachter's villain for the movie adaption is admittedly an odd occurence (although animated series adaptions do this borrowing sometimes). " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TupennyConan Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Pictured here are three frequent posters in the Conan Comics thread: Theagenes, Tupenny, & lookwhoitis ~~ with KoR making a special guest appearance. This pic was taken just after the boys saw the original art for Skull Face & Others on display in the museum behind them. PS for those wondering what lookwhoitis has behind his back, it's safe to assume it's a bong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Neil, you were holding out?! Dude... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 You'll note that Tupenny is dressed as Frazetta's "Egyptian Queen" to help get him in the mood before we got to see a Fritz original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TupennyConan Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I'll be picking this up in Chicago. Many of you know I sold a CTB1 9.8 last month. I collect CGC 9.6's White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmeta Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I'll be picking this up in Chicago. Many of you know I sold a CTB1 9.8 last month. I collect CGC 9.6's White. (worship) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhoitis Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 my newest piece of Conan OA from SSOC 229 p43 Ernie Chan goodness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno McCoy Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Whoa, now that is one sweet piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno McCoy Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Cool Conan statue coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GL1 Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Cool Conan statue coming soon. Pretty Cool statue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Diggler Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 my newest piece of Conan OA from SSOC 229 p43 Ernie Chan goodness! SWEET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Diggler Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 I have one piece from Ernie Chan. It's a commission I had done a few years ago. Conan and Tigra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolitaireOne Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 I have one piece from Ernie Chan. It's a commission I had done a few years ago. Conan and Tigra. Nah, not Diggler... more like (thumbs u ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverweb Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Just got these back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmeta Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 VERY NICE!!! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 (edited) I just began a series for The Cimmerian on collecting REH fanzines, if anyone's interested: http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=13573 Edited April 19, 2010 by Theagenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 And speaking of fanzines, this was waiting for me when I got home today. This is the February 1936 issue of The Phantagraph, an early fanzine published by Donald Wollheim. It is extremely scarce! It has contributions by Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, but it is most noteworthy for being the first published appearance of Howard's essay, "The Hyborian Age." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzilla Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 And speaking of fanzines, this was waiting for me when I got home today. This is the February 1936 issue of The Phantagraph, an early fanzine published by Donald Wollheim. It is extremely scarce! It has contributions by Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, but it is most noteworthy for being the first published appearance of Howard's essay, "The Hyborian Age." Dats KEWL!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
