Wednesday, July 21, 2010

One Good Thing And One Bad Thing About Conan The Cimmerian #22



GOOD THING: Truman has been building to this adaptation of Howard's own Iron Shadows In The Moon for a while now. As before, he does not disappoint, keeping Howard's text intact while adding precious few flourishes to better fit the story into the graphic novel artform.





BAD THING: The coloring is very odd at times, with only the heavy inks saving the details from being totally blended into the background.







The Final Verdict: A classic Robert E. Howard story, masterfully adapted for comics. This is a good point to jump on if, for some reason other than not liking sword-and-sorcery, you aren't reading this book.

2 comments:

  1. I like these colors. They suit Conan.

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  2. Oh, for the most part they are very good. It's just at times they tend to blend strangely... like Olivia (Conan's current female companion) looking like she's a part of the foliage she's lying on, the way her skin is colored.

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