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May 28, 2006

Inspiration Sunday: Conan the Adventurer #1

This book is another one of those forgotten gems from the 90's glut. Written by Conan mainstay Roy Thomas and illustrated by Rafael Kayanan, this book hit my 14 year old head like a steel chair, due in large part to Kayanan's violently detailed art.

The coloring on this is, for the most part, hideous, but it still does a decent job of separating shapes. I'd love to see Kayanan's black and whites on this, though. Or better yet, maybe some day down the line Dark Horse will reprint these with new coloring, collecting all of the issues into one nice big graphic novel.

On to the art:

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Posted by Schamberger at May 28, 2006 09:24 AM