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Post by Middoth on Aug 14, 2021 10:22:29 GMT
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 14, 2021 11:06:35 GMT
... Frank was bored around the last one [Conan the Buccaneer]: he really didnāt want to do them anymore so he just sort of copied one of his old Tarzan drawings and called it a day. Did you know heās gone back and repainted it since then? Itās funny that Frank became so famous for Conan: it was just a job to him and his Conan doesnāt look anything like Howardās Conan, not that Frank cares. ... FF: My interpretation of the feeling I get from it. Roy might have given me some ideas based on Howard, but heās all mine. Some of these goofy fans say I look like Conan! Thatās nuts! Look at those arms! Look at those scars! Yesh! [Laughs] Interesting interviews! Frank's Conan for Conan the Buccaneer must be one of his absolutely worst figure studies. With those narrow shoulders, Conan looks a degenerate hillbilly out of some Manly Wade Wellman story. His repainting of it was a definite improvement, and at the same time ended up being an excellent "self-portrait". Surely Frazetta must have read the Conan stories; he captured both setting and atmosphere. Not "nuts" at all. There is a photograph in some book, of Frank modeling himself for Conan the Adventurer, and he looks exactly like Conan in the painting, only slightly less muscular. Sinewy and rough. He was an incredible athlete and fighter spirit.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Aug 14, 2021 11:55:11 GMT
I was surprised to discover Red Sonja was a comic book invention, and had only the vaguest links to Robert Howard, who I've never read. But I think I'd prefer his Red Sonya rather than the comic one, and definitely more than the film version.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Aug 14, 2021 14:13:39 GMT
I will have to read some of his historical fiction. I wonder how much he actually knew about the period in which the Red Sonya story is set. It is set around the siege of Vienna in 1529, so I'd imagine he wouldn't know much, but he seems to have some basic knowledge, such as knowing about Hurrem Sultan. I suppose if you were a pulp writer at that time you would turn your hand to anything, if there was money in it. Did he write romance fiction? I'm guessing all you would need to do is to understand the basic requirements of each genre. Do you think editors had a list of guidelines for writers as to what was expected?
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Aug 14, 2021 14:31:16 GMT
Apparently his Pigeons from Hell is very good, but I have to say the title sounds silly. I don't know why an editor would use that title, and some of Howard's other story titles are well done, so what possessed him. Maybe it's because I'm British and my view of pigeons are of the type that poo on your car, and old people feed. Maybe they are exotic to a man from Texas. Perhaps someone should write Chihuahuas from Hades.
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Post by helrunar on Aug 14, 2021 16:49:42 GMT
Princess-- There's a very good film version of "Pigeons from Hell" which was adapted for Boris Karloff's Thriller series in the early 1960s. It's usually rated as one of the top three episodes of that outstanding series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMNiB993gSUSaluting, Helrunar
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Post by Dr Strange on Aug 14, 2021 17:43:28 GMT
Howard wrote all sorts, including Westerns and sports stories (mostly boxing, I think), but I don't think he was really cut out for writing romance.
You should try to see the film The Whole Wide World (1996) about the relationship between Howard and Novalyn Price. Howard is played by Vincent D'Onofrio, and Price is played by Renee Zellweger.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 14, 2021 18:23:19 GMT
Apparently his Pigeons from Hell is very good, but I have to say the title sounds silly. I don't know why an editor would use that title, and some of Howard's other story titles are well done, so what possessed him. Maybe it's because I'm British and my view of pigeons are of the type that poo on your car, and old people feed. Maybe they are exotic to a man from Texas. Perhaps someone should write Chihuahuas from Hades. I'm from north of Texas, but pigeons don't exactly carry menacing connotations here, either. Maybe this one would pair well with "The Dreadful Rabbits" by Gans T. Field (a.k.a. Manly Wade Wellman) under the "least scary titles" banner.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 14, 2021 18:50:22 GMT
In my Excel file it says Kentucky, but that can easily be changed, of course, if you decide to settle on Texas instead.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 14, 2021 18:58:38 GMT
In my Excel file it says Kentucky, but that can easily be changed, of course, if you decide to settle on Texas instead. No need to worry! Kentucky is farther north than Texas. However, I did tour Howard's home town of Cross Plains, Texas, once. Apparently they hold a Barbarian festival there.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 14, 2021 19:05:50 GMT
In my Excel file it says Kentucky, but that can easily be changed, of course, if you decide to settle on Texas instead. No need to worry! Kentucky is farther north than Texas. However, I did tour Howard's home town of Cross Plains, Texas, once. Apparently they hold a Barbarian festival there. I see. Kentucky is indeed further north than Texas, although not, of course, anywhere near Texas. North of Texas, however, are states like Oklahoma, Kansas, perhaps even Colorado.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 14, 2021 19:27:18 GMT
I see. Kentucky is indeed further north than Texas, although not, of course, anywhere near Texas. North of Texas, however, are states like Oklahoma, Kansas, perhaps even Colorado. True, and perhaps I should have said "north east of Texas." In fairness, however, I never said " due north of Texas." This reminds of a conversation I once had with someone who believed that Hawai'i was due south of Arizona. I took me a minute to figure out just how she had formed that perception.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 14, 2021 19:31:55 GMT
I see. Kentucky is indeed further north than Texas, although not, of course, anywhere near Texas. North of Texas, however, are states like Oklahoma, Kansas, perhaps even Colorado. True, and perhaps I should have said "north east of Texas." In fairness, however, I never said " due north of Texas." This reminds of a conversation I once had with someone who believed that Hawai'i was due south of Arizona. I took me a minute to figure out just how she had formed that perception. Are you saying Alaska is not south of Mexico?
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 14, 2021 20:51:09 GMT
True, and perhaps I should have said "north east of Texas." In fairness, however, I never said " due north of Texas." This reminds of a conversation I once had with someone who believed that Hawai'i was due south of Arizona. I took me a minute to figure out just how she had formed that perception. Are you saying Alaska is not south of Mexico? Are you saying there is not a perfectly rectangular sea in the middle of Mexico?
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 14, 2021 21:05:56 GMT
Are you saying there is not a perfectly rectangular sea in the middle of Mexico? It's like Mordor, but wet.
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