tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post6008329307175919747..comments2024-02-20T10:12:20.623+00:00Comments on The Blog That Time Forgot: What is this I don't evenTaranaichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-86602043958450756272010-05-24T19:13:24.650+01:002010-05-24T19:13:24.650+01:00Oh my god. What a bad drawing...Oh my god. What a bad drawing...Kikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070254713050025760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-74965041005537914102010-05-03T03:49:53.047+01:002010-05-03T03:49:53.047+01:00Indeed, Rick. Endeavouring to portray more "...Indeed, Rick. Endeavouring to portray more "realistic" barbarians is a noble idea, but flabby old men who look like they wandered out of a nursing home is not more realistic, it's just another type of unrealism.<br /><br />At least you could believe the Greek Gods we usually have being formidable warriors.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-45835671178897415022010-05-02T20:59:31.422+01:002010-05-02T20:59:31.422+01:00I'm at a loss. Is Geoff trying to be overly re...I'm at a loss. Is Geoff trying to be overly realistic, depicting the warriors not as physical, savage ideals but as the polar opposite? If that's the case, and Geoff's illustrating his take on what would likely be the actual dietary inadequacies, poor hygiene of the period as well as shortness of lives in such a setting, leading to really bad over-all health of the inhabitants.. well, this is still pretty extreme. Conan's alleged time period is often too idealized but this is so bad it's funny. It's certainly not in keeping with the visual diet we've come to expect. In that, and if that is the case, consider it a well point, depressingly made. Considering the fantasies that Darrow's indulged in the past I have to wonder why he needed to portray this image in this light? Perhaps this is penance? ...For us?<br />Some artists repeatedly portray Conan not just as a fantastic figure but also like a guy who has his own gym, physical trainer, personal chef (with awesome protein shakes), waxing studio and tanning booth, dentist, physician, etc.<br />This image is closer to a wandering merc, bandit and political rabble rouser who has none of that stuff.Rick Tuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427554955346329594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-72449259781936623812010-05-02T05:45:58.018+01:002010-05-02T05:45:58.018+01:00Hey, I like Kirby's covers! I will say, thoug...Hey, I like Kirby's covers! I will say, though, it DOES remind me a lot of them, and it is more appropriate for Cohen and his Silver Horde than Conan.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-51986620288913063542010-05-02T04:26:54.071+01:002010-05-02T04:26:54.071+01:00Strangely enough, replace Conan with the aging Coh...Strangely enough, replace Conan with the aging Cohen from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, including one of his buddies traveling about in a scythed wheelchair, and this would've been fitting indeed. It even LOOKS like one of the awful Corgi Discworld covers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-59750425787835609532010-05-01T22:14:07.799+01:002010-05-01T22:14:07.799+01:00See, that's the thing: it IS very nicely drawn...See, that's the thing: it IS very nicely drawn, but the actual depiction is just wrong in every way possible. I can't help but feel the colouring kills it too: so bland and weak.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-46793023191342987552010-05-01T17:00:22.485+01:002010-05-01T17:00:22.485+01:00that has to be one of the worst covers I've ev...that has to be one of the worst covers I've ever seen..Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-48065442006428826962010-05-01T14:56:47.491+01:002010-05-01T14:56:47.491+01:00That cover is just awful... so bad in fact that I ...That cover is just awful... so bad in fact that I almost like it. If a cat had been given a dagger and was depicted stabbing a flabby-breasted guy in the guts, it would have been perfect.<br /><br />But honestly, there's no realism to this thing. Conan looks like a colorform someone stuck on the battlefield.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-51452147394559883832010-05-01T02:47:14.361+01:002010-05-01T02:47:14.361+01:00Are you serious? This is the cover?
I haven't...Are you serious? This is the cover?<br /><br />I haven't looked at the Dark Horse site in a few months and yeah this guy can draw better than me, but I am seriously underwhelmed, this is just bad for so many reasons.<br /><br />And cats WTF?nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.com