I've been really enjoying your Conan content for a while. The love and dedication you have for this character is really apparent. We need to make sure Robert E. Howard's characters endure.
@@JimZub And that love / enjoyment transpires in the books and when you share your experience with us, so that's a win / win situation. Cheers to all the stories to come and the journey's you'll take us on
I was just reading about Robert E. Howard. Smart guy. Shame he took his life before his stories reached peak popularity. He basically created his own story genre.
I love that Jim gets the place of magic in Conan's world. So many people put too much weird fantasy into the Hyborian Age where really it's essentially a 'real' world where magic happens at times. The real difference between 'high' and 'low' fantasy.
Savage Avengers is awesome ! And to those who are affraid of Conan being soften because it's marvel, no, he's really Conan even in Savage Avengers and that's what makes it so fun and cool to read
Jim Zub's take on Conan presents a return to the type of characters and stories that we all used to know and love. His Conan is maybe the best thing that happened to our beloved character after Dark Horse almost ruined it with Brian Wood's ABYSMAL Queen of the Black Coast, probably the absolute low for the entire series. Of course, before Zub, there was even better run from Jason Aaron (The Life and Death of Conan,) but Jim is also on the right track and has my full support.
I just read it before I watched this, it's a great volume (although the first issue takes a half beat to feel like Conan, but it definitely does by the end). Thanks for an excellent interview!
@@mbern4530 oh okay. Yeah there needs to be some all out adult swim conan anime style thing where its violent with magic. All the tropes. It'll be great
@@JoshuaGonzalez-sr7xy They are making the Netflix show so hopefully that turns out well. I think the witcher is getting an animated show to go with the live action one so I'm hoping that happens with Conan as well.
Great interview - I'd really gone away from Conan comics for a long time but this makes me want to check them out. Jim knows his stuff! (I used to own the complete run of Savage Sword years ago - I miss the old B&W mags!
Ya Boi Zack should make a video about these videos because who could imagine a Marvel writer coming out and speaking to a RUclips channel and explicitly trying to make sales by doing so.
does the Jim Zub stuff start with issue 13? I remember hearing a few years back that there was a great, new Conan book out. I'm looking to buy it, and there are 2 volumes by Jim Zub in 2018, but they start at issue 13. Is this what I'm looking for, please?
I was reading the Death Dealer books based on the iconic character Frank Frazetta created. And I was thinking that the Death Dealer books are set in pre-Atlantian Times. The Death Dealer could exist in the Conan Universe. In fact, I often imagine the prisoner of the horned helmet does exist in the Conan Universe. Since it was Frank Frazetta who defined the look of Conan in the first place. The Owners of the Robert E Howard Estate and the Frank Frazetta's Estate should get together and allow a crossover story where Conan meets Gath the Death Dealer. Two of the biggest badasses in all of history fighting monsters and demons in an epic crossover would be amazing. Forget KingKong Vs. Godzilla. That movie is lame that is meant to only appreciate the Chinese market. I want Conan of Cimmeria and Gath of Baal. That is an epic crossover that would be even more awesome staring the two greatest Badasses of all time
All Conan fans were scared that Conan would completely be changed when Marvel took over, that Conan would be updated to reflect woke sensibilities regarding "toxic masculinity etc." to the point where Conan would be a character that was no longer recognizable. Glad to see that hasnt happened due to the involvement of the Conan property owners and that Zub has the freedom to just bring some great sword and sorcery action adventures to the fans.
People wanna get into Conan? Here’s where you start - grab the three volume Del Rey collection: The Coming of Conan, the Bloody Sword of Conan and the Conquering Sword of Conan. They’re fully illustrated, contain all the stories Howard wrote and essays by Conan scholars. Also, check out “The Cromcast”, a podcast dedicated to pulp fiction, with a focus on Howard.
I agree that is where you go when you already know what you are getting into, and you are ALREADY COMMITTED to take the deep dive. But expecting anyone to go from zero to that deep dive just like that, is a big ask. The comics however, are a great gateway to that.
As far as I can tell from jim zub there are directors and actors interested in the idea of making a Conan film. Why not get a small group of investors to put up 20 -30 million then approach the actors and directors and offer them a small initial salary and a percentage of future profits. Then make a good relatively cheap film, there's plenty of Conan tales that don't require a cast of thousands or would be special effects heavy. Once the film's finished then your offering the distributors and film companies a completed film and If it's half decent you'll make your money back plus probably a significant profit.
Robert E. Howard didn't created Red Sonja. Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith invented her for Marvel comics in 1973. Howard created Belit, the Queen of the Black Coast who only lasted one story. She was later fleshed out in the comics.
@@rockbottom2822 Among many other fierce female warriors, Robert E. Howard also created Red Sonya of Rogatino - the original character that Roy Thomas adapted into Red Sonja for Marvel Comics.
A thing that really sucks about the original Howard stories is how Conan is an unbeatable Marry Sue, especially against human opponents, its basically often stated that normal humans can't even fight him, cause Howard thinks that growing up in the wild makes you a superhero...
How do these people possibly believe they can write a better story than the original author is beyond me. REH has a 80 year fan base, they panned the this Conan movie cause it was a crap story. Just use REH stories, their short, action packed, and have more depth of character than any thing I've seen come out of Hollywood in ages.
The people who dislike this video don't know what is best in life
Reading pulp fiction is what is best in life.
They think it's drinking soy and canceling people on twitter :p
I've been really enjoying your Conan content for a while. The love and dedication you have for this character is really apparent. We need to make sure Robert E. Howard's characters endure.
Nearly finished reading the Conan saga and it is based as hell.
Jim Zub really is too nice and too humble for the "mainstream" comic industry
I appreciate the kind words. Working on properties that meant so much to me while growing up and getting to build new stories for them is a thrill.
@@JimZub And that love / enjoyment transpires in the books and when you share your experience with us, so that's a win / win situation. Cheers to all the stories to come and the journey's you'll take us on
I’ve been dabbling into some Conan and it is great. Kurt Busiek’s run is where I started and it was great.
I was just reading about Robert E. Howard. Smart guy. Shame he took his life before his stories reached peak popularity. He basically created his own story genre.
Be sure to check out our "Ultimate Conan The Barbarian Retrospective". This is covered in detail there.
I will, thanks
Conan is amazing!!!
I love that Jim gets the place of magic in Conan's world. So many people put too much weird fantasy into the Hyborian Age where really it's essentially a 'real' world where magic happens at times. The real difference between 'high' and 'low' fantasy.
Savage Avengers is awesome ! And to those who are affraid of Conan being soften because it's marvel, no, he's really Conan even in Savage Avengers and that's what makes it so fun and cool to read
You are the man that gave us the best ending for Samurai Jack, you got my vote...
Thanks for the support!
Jim Zub's take on Conan presents a return to the type of characters and stories that we all used to know and love. His Conan is maybe the best thing that happened to our beloved character after Dark Horse almost ruined it with Brian Wood's ABYSMAL Queen of the Black Coast, probably the absolute low for the entire series. Of course, before Zub, there was even better run from Jason Aaron (The Life and Death of Conan,) but Jim is also on the right track and has my full support.
Thanks for this. Conan (with Arnie) was the second movie I ever saw on VHS as a kid.
haha, yeah it was one of the first movies I remember seeing too, guess that shows how good the underlying story and themes are.
I just read it before I watched this, it's a great volume (although the first issue takes a half beat to feel like Conan, but it definitely does by the end).
Thanks for an excellent interview!
I wonder what you think of the The Cimmerian by Ablaze. It's quite interesting.
They're actually by Glenat, Ablaze merely translates and reprints. Will cover them in due course!
great interview- and enjoying the Conan run at Marvel. keep it up!
They should make a Conan The Barbarian animated TV show.
There was one in the 90s, but it was aimed at children.
@@mbern4530 oh okay. Yeah there needs to be some all out adult swim conan anime style thing where its violent with magic. All the tropes. It'll be great
@@JoshuaGonzalez-sr7xy They are making the Netflix show so hopefully that turns out well. I think the witcher is getting an animated show to go with the live action one so I'm hoping that happens with Conan as well.
@@mbern4530 oh nice.
See our interview with Fredrik Malmberg - this is adressed there, towards the end.
Conan rules I wish he and midnight edge would make a HeMan episode
We've made a few. All are in the Conan and other Barbarians playlist.
Don't forget Lion-O. Almost as iconic as Conan but for furries.
Conan is the Manliest of all comic book characters. Entirely perfect for Midnights Edge!
Groo was manli-er.
You got Jim Zub?? Amazing!
My local comic store hasn't been stocking Conan. They will have to order it.
I loved Into The Crucible
Conan and Venom are the only Marvel properties I'm enjoying anymore. I only started to get Conan due to Andre and Yo Boi Zack.
Great interview - I'd really gone away from Conan comics for a long time but this makes me want to check them out. Jim knows his stuff! (I used to own the complete run of Savage Sword years ago - I miss the old B&W mags!
I had all the Savage Swords as well! The golden era of comics
@@olydon Good times! I think I got most through Mile High comics in the US.
Ya Boi Zack should make a video about these videos because who could imagine a Marvel writer coming out and speaking to a RUclips channel and explicitly trying to make sales by doing so.
Robert E. Howard was the most badass writer of the 20th century
does the Jim Zub stuff start with issue 13?
I remember hearing a few years back that there was a great, new Conan book out. I'm looking to buy it, and there are 2 volumes by Jim Zub in 2018, but they start at issue 13. Is this what I'm looking for, please?
I was reading the Death Dealer books based on the iconic character Frank Frazetta created. And I was thinking that the Death Dealer books are set in pre-Atlantian Times. The Death Dealer could exist in the Conan Universe. In fact, I often imagine the prisoner of the horned helmet does exist in the Conan Universe. Since it was Frank Frazetta who defined the look of Conan in the first place. The Owners of the Robert E Howard Estate and the Frank Frazetta's Estate should get together and allow a crossover story where Conan meets Gath the Death Dealer. Two of the biggest badasses in all of history fighting monsters and demons in an epic crossover would be amazing. Forget KingKong Vs. Godzilla. That movie is lame that is meant to only appreciate the Chinese market. I want Conan of Cimmeria and Gath of Baal. That is an epic crossover that would be even more awesome staring the two greatest Badasses of all time
All Conan fans were scared that Conan would completely be changed when Marvel took over, that Conan would be updated to reflect woke sensibilities regarding "toxic masculinity etc." to the point where Conan would be a character that was no longer recognizable. Glad to see that hasnt happened due to the involvement of the Conan property owners and that Zub has the freedom to just bring some great sword and sorcery action adventures to the fans.
People wanna get into Conan? Here’s where you start - grab the three volume Del Rey collection: The Coming of Conan, the Bloody Sword of Conan and the Conquering Sword of Conan. They’re fully illustrated, contain all the stories Howard wrote and essays by Conan scholars.
Also, check out “The Cromcast”, a podcast dedicated to pulp fiction, with a focus on Howard.
I agree that is where you go when you already know what you are getting into, and you are ALREADY COMMITTED to take the deep dive. But expecting anyone to go from zero to that deep dive just like that, is a big ask.
The comics however, are a great gateway to that.
They need to make 'The Hour of the Dragon' into a film and stick to Howard's script, not that hard to do!!
Agreed. And it was a shame the animated version of “Red Nails” fell through. That looked so good.
Seems like a nice guy, and I give him full props for mentioning Final Fantasy, but I'm not giving money to Marvel for any reason.
As far as I can tell from jim zub there are directors and actors interested in the idea of making a Conan film. Why not get a small group of investors to put up 20 -30 million then approach the actors and directors and offer them a small initial salary and a percentage of future profits. Then make a good relatively cheap film, there's plenty of Conan tales that don't require a cast of thousands or would be special effects heavy.
Once the film's finished then your offering the distributors and film companies a completed film and If it's half decent you'll make your money back plus probably a significant profit.
Oops got jim mixed up with Fredrick Malmberg
Robert E howard did some others i like kull the shadow kingdom soloman kane red sonja but conan is the best one.
Robert E. Howard didn't created Red Sonja. Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith invented her for Marvel comics in 1973. Howard created Belit, the Queen of the Black Coast who only lasted one story. She was later fleshed out in the comics.
@@rockbottom2822 Among many other fierce female warriors, Robert E. Howard also created Red Sonya of Rogatino - the original character that Roy Thomas adapted into Red Sonja for Marvel Comics.
Red Nails is where she is from I believe! Fantastic story that we're making into an animation but pulled the plug
@@jeffhardy3117 Valeria was introduced in "Red Nails". Here's the story behind Red Sonja: ruclips.net/video/IH6rYTcppmo/видео.html
My bad ! Howard wrote some of the best female characters in fantasy.
Conan the barbarian comics are bad-ass yeah I fully marble lost her edge with him but ever the dark horse one I like that
I am one, of the 4,110.
Interesting
Damn, I really don't like savage avengers.
But : long live Conan !
kali ma shakti de. Will forever be burned in my memory as well.
I bought the new marvels but thought they ended at 12?
No, #13 is when Zub took over and it actually got good.
I hope you jump back on with #13+. Issue #19 arrives in March.
@@JimZub working on getting all the issues I’ve missed this week.
Conan is way too based and hyperborean for modern sjw culture.
A thing that really sucks about the original Howard stories is how Conan is an unbeatable Marry Sue, especially against human opponents, its basically often stated that normal humans can't even fight him, cause Howard thinks that growing up in the wild makes you a superhero...
Because it does.
How do these people possibly believe they can write a better story than the original author is beyond me. REH has a 80 year fan base, they panned the this Conan movie cause it was a crap story. Just use REH stories, their short, action packed, and have more depth of character than any thing I've seen come out of Hollywood in ages.