tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post1050438921496691533..comments2023-06-19T02:53:46.433-07:00Comments on The Crapbox of Son Of Cthulhu: Cerebus bi-weekly #1SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-66167721874292565832018-03-03T01:10:56.874-08:002018-03-03T01:10:56.874-08:00I don't think my Crapbox Conan Collection goes...I don't think my Crapbox Conan Collection goes back to the Barry Windsor Smith era, but if it does I will definitely give the art style a compare. I can easily see how I might mistake novels for the comics though, as early Marvel Conan captured a lot of the personality of Howard's barbarian hero. <br /><br />I'm hearing that it has gotten harder to find the telephone books. I hope that's truly not the case as finishing them is something I'd like to do one day soon. I know the ending isn't a happy one (spoilers), but I'd still like to see where he ends up.SonOfCthulhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-20186098932284679222018-03-02T10:57:33.853-08:002018-03-02T10:57:33.853-08:00Small correction: Sims wasn't parodying Robert...Small correction: Sims wasn't parodying Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian stories, he was parodying the early Marvel comic book run on the character by Barry Windsor Smith, right down to the art style - Sims' technique would get a lot better as he went on, but it's still a pretty fair imitation of Barry Smith's style. Sims wasn't the only one doing "serious" talking animal comics at the time - Stan Sakai had started Usagi Yojimbo and Eastman & Laird debuted Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984 - Cerebus even had a crossover with TMNT! - but it was a notably different take, as Cerebus was the only talking animal in his world.<br /><br />The latter volumes...yeaaaah. There are some good moments in there, but it gets really heavy and honestly long parts of it are quite a slog. Still, it's a really impressive achievement as a whole. I dare say nobody's ever done anything else like it.greyirishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613850313903205301noreply@blogger.com