Cover Art: Becky Cloonan

Cover Art: Massimo Carnevale

Conan The Barbarian returns to comics on February 8^th, 2012 as he faces off against the Queen of the Black Coast at Dark Horse Comics.

In this sweeping adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s fan-favorite “Queen of the Black Coast,” Conan turns his back on the civilized world and takes to the high seas alongside the pirate queen Bêlit, setting the stage for an epic of romance, terror, and swashbuckling. This is Conan as you’ve never seen him, with the combination of one of Robert E. Howard’s greatest tales and the most dynamic creative team in comics!

Conan The Barbarian #1 is written by Brian Wood with art and cover by Becky Cloonan, and colors by Dave Stewart. Also included is a cover by Massimo Carnevale.

Conan The Barbarian #1 is 32 pages of exciting pulp adventure for $3.50.

Cover Art: Becky Cloonan

o A perfect jumping-on point for new readers!
o A bold, fresh take on the Cimmerian.
o “Queen of the Black Coast” is the most-requested Conan adaptation!

For more information on Conan and Dark Horse Comics, visit http://www.darkhorse.com/.

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Most people in the industry know that my best friend is Denys Cowan.

Denys is one of the greatest comic book artists that the business has ever seen. He’s the artist a lot of other artists look at and as to underscore that fact he’s been nominated for not one but two Eisner awards for best penciler.

He has worked for every major publisher out there. He’s one of the few artists that commands respect from both Marvel and DC without pissing one or both off.

That’s rare.

There’s not a major publisher out there that would not consider it an honor to have a Denys Cowan project under their imprint.

Denys is really hard to impress when it comes to comics.

Me?

I like what I like but I don’t have the depth of knowledge about comic books like Denys does.

Both Denys and I both think the new DC 52 are just wonderful comics.

I’ve got a less than stellar history with DC comics. That said, they are and have always been my favorite comic book universe since I was a kid.

It’s not just nostalgia I’m thinking about. I feel that way because I think DC comics has done some great creative stuff in the last 20 plus years. The second silver age was 90% DC in my opinion.

Denys looks at comics from a much more artistic point than I do, but we are both fans of the New 52.

So, are Denys and I on crack? Is the New 52 as good as we think?

WEDNESDAY: Mike Gold

We continue our visit backstage at NBC‘s FEAR FACTOR as Joe Rogan talks about the stunts he’d like to try, and how he still misses NEWS RADIO. Plus SHERLOCK 2 fails to save the Box Office but wait – here comes Tom Cruise.