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New and sealed! 12\" x 17\" and over 190 pages! This is PUG\'s version of an Artist Edition.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN - COLOSSAL EDITION is an Artist\'s Edition-style oversized 12 x 17 book that features 190+ pages of full-size scans of the original comic art pages pulled from throughout the original classic run of CONAN comics and magazines. Gathered into one beautiful hardcover for the first time ever, explore the timeless works by legendary Conan artists John Buscema, Barry Windsor-Smith, Gil Kane, and a host of others in the most vivid detail possible!
We’ve got big sections featuring possibly the three most key CONAN artists (no offense intended to the other greats!): JOHN BUSCEMA, GIL KANE, and of course BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH. We’re showing the original art in the super-high-quality I was just rambling on about, and we’re also presenting each artist’s work in chronological order so you can watch Winsdor-Smith or Buscema grow and evolve as they work, regardless if their next page was fromConan the Barbariancomicsor the black-and-whiteSavage Sword of Conanor any other CONAN magazines.
We’ve got the entirety of “Devil-Wings Over Shadizar,” a key story in the evolution of Windsor-Smith as an artist (and a great story on its own!). We’ve got Buscema inked by a host of other talented artists, and you can see what each one brings to the table. We’ve got mind-blowing covers and interior pages from Kane. And, my friend, if you’ve never seen the original art from the cover of “Frost Giant’s Daughter” by Windsor-Smith, you’ve never seen the art…and trust me, youshouldsee the art because it’sbreathtaking.
Then we’ve got a huge selection of pages by a host of greats, from Neal Adams to Alex Toth; Howard Chaykin to Jim Lee; and everybody in between. The Sienkiewicz cover with the gun? Yep, it’s there, in full color.
Designer IAN CHALGREN is pulling out every stop to make this book a glorious presentation—and a wonderful object. We got CHRIS RYALL (a great writer/editor on his own, and the author of the upcomingMighty Marvel Calendar Bookfrom Abrams ComicArts) to put these pages in historical context. And ROY THOMAS himself—writer of so many of these classic stories, and the guy who got CONAN comics going in the first place—to compose an all-new introduction.
