Rogues in the House & Other Stories (Chronicles of Conan, Book 2) 
asked by h2o on October 31, 2006 1:18 PM
In the early 1970s, Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian exploded on to the comics scene. Writer Roy Thomas teamed with a young artist named Barry Smith, and together the two mapped out some of the most stirring and memorable Conan adventures to come along since those written by Howard himself. Over the course of their 24 issue run together, Thomas and Smith defined Conan for a generation of comics readers, and now those stories are collected here in a series of trade paperbacks. Featuring completely remastered color and text corrections, and containing material not available for nearly thirty years, these books are the perfect companions to the upcoming all-new Conan series from Dark Horse.
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I thoroughly enjoyed every story in this
collection. Well-written and loaded with
adventures that grab you and won't let go
until the very end. Great reading for those
of us who are Conan fans.
collection. Well-written and loaded with
adventures that grab you and won't let go
until the very end. Great reading for those
of us who are Conan fans.
reviewed by heavymetal on November 6, 2006 4:29 AM
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Anybody who likes Conan will enjoy these reprodutions of the original Marvel comic series. My only complaint is that they did not reprint the covers.
reviewed by blueoasis on November 29, 2006 12:46 AM
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In my review of the first volume of these editions collecting the Marvel Comic series from the early seventies I mention how much I disliked the new digital coloring. Well, the second volume takes that a notch lower. I really hoped this volume would at least look as good as the last, bearable if not great. However this volume featuring the stories that first hooked me into collecting comics rather than just reading them goes from bad to horrible and all because the colorists took so many liberties that they muddled to beautiful line art into an over-wrought mess. It's so bad that upon trying to read it I just gave up after a few pages.
What were the colorists thinking? I'm not trying to insult hard work here. However, my disappointment as an artist who can't see why this was done this way is left with nothing but questions for both the colorists and the editors who allowed this to see print. I expect better from this company which I've admired for almost 20 years for risk taking and quality production when it was possible. I can think of no reason for this level of work.
What were the colorists thinking? I'm not trying to insult hard work here. However, my disappointment as an artist who can't see why this was done this way is left with nothing but questions for both the colorists and the editors who allowed this to see print. I expect better from this company which I've admired for almost 20 years for risk taking and quality production when it was possible. I can think of no reason for this level of work.
reviewed by tsu on November 29, 2006 3:58 AM