Theagenes Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Here are a few entries from Oriental Stories - The Green Jade God - Dec. 1930 The King of the Jerawahs - Dec. 1930 The Merchant of Basra The Ball of Fire - Summer 1931 The Song of the Cakes - Autumn 1931 The Black Adder - Summer 1932 On these, I'd go with The King of Jerawahs and The Ball of Fire as they feature a recurring character. :thumbsup: Black Adder?! Sweet - I love Rowan Atkinson. Here are some of REH's yarns from Oriental Stories and Magic Carpet: The Voice of El-Lil Hawks of Outremer The Blood of Belshazzar The Sowers of the Thunder Lord of Samarcand The Lion of Tiberias Alleys of Darkness The Shadow of the Vulture Most of these are tales of the crusades and there's some good stuff here - BOOM! Studios recently did a comic adaptation of Hawks of Outremer. As I mentioned before Shadow of the Vulture is the first and only appearance of Red Sonya in her original format (before she became the Red Sonja of Roy Thomas). Alley of Darkness is a humorous boxing stories written under one of REH's pen names, Patrick Ervin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) Since we're showing off paintings of an oriental nature, let me take one more opportunity to plug my favorite modern illustrator again - Gary Gianni. Is this from the story " A witch shall be born" where Conan is crucified? In which case, the guy pouring wine watches as Conan bites the neck of a harrassing vulture. then makes the mistake of releasing Conan, who eventually takes over as leader of the reavers... Edited March 29, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 wow- any backstory on that awfully nice Gianni ? It's one of the plates from the second Wandering Star Conan volume. It's Conan and Olgerd Vladislav from "A Witch Shall Be Born." (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Is this from the story where Conan is crucified? In which case, the guy pouring wine watches as Conan bites the neck of a harrassing vulture. then makes the mistake of releasing Conan, who eventually takes over as leader of the reavers... You got it. Brundage chose a different subject matter from that same story: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 had a hunch it was 'the big guy'- yeah GG is glorious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) Is this from the story where Conan is crucified? In which case, the guy pouring wine watches as Conan bites the neck of a harrassing vulture. then makes the mistake of releasing Conan, who eventually takes over as leader of the reavers... You got it. Brundage chose a different subject matter from that same story: Yes, I got to the title but a bit late - it is one of the best issues of Savage Sword of Conan (#5) Edited March 29, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Yes, I got to the title but a bit late - it is one of the best issues of Savage Sword of Conan (#5) Not a huge Boris Vallejo fan, but that is a classic cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Not a huge Boris Vallejo fan Ne neither - he makes Conan look like Schwarzenegger , who was once described as "resembling a condom stuffed with walnuts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Not a huge Boris Vallejo fan Ne neither - he makes Conan look like Schwarzenegger , who was once described as "resembling a condom stuffed with walnuts." Hopefully Jason Mamoa will look a lot more like Conan in the new film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Is this from the story where Conan is crucified? In which case, the guy pouring wine watches as Conan bites the neck of a harrassing vulture. then makes the mistake of releasing Conan, who eventually takes over as leader of the reavers... You got it. Brundage chose a different subject matter from that same story: One of my favorite Conan stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Since we're showing off paintings of an oriental nature, let me take one more opportunity to plug my favorite modern illustrator again - Gary Gianni. (thumbs u I had the good fortune of seeing Gary at C2E2. I've known him for years and actually bought his collection of Silver Age books when he needed some dough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Yes, I got to the title but a bit late - it is one of the best issues of Savage Sword of Conan (#5) Not a huge Boris Vallejo fan, but that is a classic cover! I agree. One of his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 A quick revisit here... I just checked Bok's bibliography and this is listed as his first cover - as I continue to learn the pulp field, this certainly was a nice surprise. So two firsts of two greats! Margaret Brundage's first published cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 A quick revisit here... I just checked Bok's bibliography and this is listed as his first cover - as I continue to learn the pulp field, this certainly was a nice surprise. So two firsts of two greats! Margaret Brundage's first published cover. I've noticed that Girasol have published replicas of Magic C. and Oriental. Anyone know what they are like? I've also noticed Adventure House publish different replicas and are much cheaper! Is this reflected in the quality? Realistically, replicas are likely to be my only way in, so I'd really be grateful for any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonAndy-migration Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Girasol Publications have reprinted the full run of Magic Carpet and Oriental Stories. They are exact facsimile copies of the original pulps. It almost looks and feels like an actual pulp when you're holding one. The Adventure House titles are facsimiles as well but have a little lower printing quality so they are less expensive but don't have the look or feel of a real pulp. I'd recommend both but would lean more towards Girasol. I think everything should be available on Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) Thanks very much, that is very helpful - and may I say, welcome to the boards! Edited March 30, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 I just checked Bok's bibliography and this is listed as his first cover - as I continue to learn the pulp field, this certainly was a nice surprise. I knew it was one of Bok's early covers but I didn't realize it was his first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 This is Bok's last cover for Weird Tales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 This is Bok's last cover for Weird Tales. Powerful stuff. He seems to have been equally accomplished at black and white illustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Let's take a look at various ports of call in the pulp world. Complete Stories (June 1932) Cover by Gayle Hoskins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
