Never Far Away

Every time I thought of doing a blog post, I started, but never finished it. Then I'd start another, not finish. Then another. Eventuall...

Robert E. Howard's Conan - Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of

I feel a bit like an apostate. I've not been keeping up with REH news and events for a while, though I still pop in at the Robert E. How...

Bite-Sized Blog: On Conan, REH and The Times In Which He Lived

“Crom!” It was an explosive imprecation from Conan’s lips as he started up, his great fists clenched into hammers, his veins on his temples ...

The Encyclopaedia Is Changing

So that's been quite a while since my official announcement, and there's been precious little information about what's going on....

On the plus side...

Well, just as I thought I was out, they drag me back in .  Actually, no, I have no-one to blame but myself for going back to the Conan Movie...

OH CROM DAMN IT.

CROM DAMN IT ALL. Universal Pictures has made a deal for The Legend Of Conan , an action film that will star Arnold Schwarzenegger in one ...

Dark Horse Animates "Queen of the Black Coast"

This series just isn't for me . If it wasn't already clear in comic form, then it's clear as day in animated form, with its extr...

King Conan Rumour Mill of Pain, Part 94

Thank you, one and all, for the veritable avalanche of emails, messages and pokes about this marvellous piece of ''news'' f...

Solomon Kane Conflicts with the Original Stories, Part Two

Predictably, everything is draped in late Gilliam, and the action is meticulously humorless — as Howard was himself. The site of a "fa...