Comments on: Mighty Writing Thews http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2010/02/09/mighty-writing-thews/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mighty-writing-thews Tom Richmond- Cartoonist and Humorous Illustrator Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:26:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2010/02/09/mighty-writing-thews/comment-page-1/#comment-58125 Jon Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:44:45 +0000 http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/?p=7637#comment-58125 Those are the volumes with Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales) and Gary Gianni illustrations too. Those are the volumes with Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales) and Gary Gianni illustrations too.

]]> By: Warren http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2010/02/09/mighty-writing-thews/comment-page-1/#comment-58121 Warren Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:51:48 +0000 http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/?p=7637#comment-58121 What you said. I came to Conan pretty late in the game, by way of HP Lovecraft, if you can dig that. HPL and REH were contemporaries and corresponded regularly. Howard wrote some stories in the vein of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. They were fun enough that I decided to look into his other stuff. I'm glad I did, and I was glad when I stumbled across the Del Rey editions as well. But you didn't mention that they're illustrated! (Lightly so.) I'm really not much of a fantasy aficionado, but for me the Conan series is to books what Godzilla movies are to film. Not exactly Kurosawa, but a heckuvalotta fun. What you said. I came to Conan pretty late in the game, by way of HP Lovecraft, if you can dig that.

HPL and REH were contemporaries and corresponded regularly. Howard wrote some stories in the vein of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. They were fun enough that I decided to look into his other stuff.

I’m glad I did, and I was glad when I stumbled across the Del Rey editions as well. But you didn’t mention that they’re illustrated! (Lightly so.)

I’m really not much of a fantasy aficionado, but for me the Conan series is to books what Godzilla movies are to film. Not exactly Kurosawa, but a heckuvalotta fun.

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