Random Conan Awesomeness!

Joe Jusko stopped by earlier today to let us know that he's finished his Conan/Belit painting, and it's another gem! Preview below, now pay Joe a visit (and a compliment) on his deviantArt page (here), and check out the full size image!
 

Turns out it's for the cover for Joe's 2nd sketchbook, due out in the summer of 2011!!


I spotted another tiny picture of Jun Suemi's cover from one of the Japanese editions of Conan (Lancer) over on Banjin's Conan the Oblivioner blog, and it inspired me to once again see if I could get a closer look.  Finally...success!

Speaking of Banjin, I see that he has returned the favor by featuring Crom! on his blog today...how cool is that? Very cool!

Lionsgate has set a release date for Conan 3D, so round up your barbarian horde for an August 19th, 2011 bloodletting!

Lot's more movie info and pics here, there, and everywhere if you haven't been paying attention!  

On a related note, word came from screendaily.com that Paradox Entertainment has joined forces with Double Barrel Motion Labs to produce a Conan motion comic titled Conan: The Savage Tales, as a prequel to the upcoming Conan movie!

And finally, where the *$#*@!#* is the Solomon Kane movie? I just finished writing a big long rant wondering why it hasn't been released in North America yet (and then promptly deleted it, rather than subject you to my whining).  At this point, it still looks like we're going to have to continue to demand it in order to see it, or settle for Citizen Kane!

 

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What Has Joe Been Up To?

Crom reader and fellow blogger Mikeyboy sent us this very cool (and apparently brand spankin' new) Conan painting by none other than Joe Jusko yesterday!



I immediately headed over to Joe's deviantArt gallery to see if I could find out a little more about it, but I couldn't find it there...regardless, you should take a trip over there yourself and check out Joe's incredible Warlord of Mars paintings and of course his stunning Hawks of Outremer covers (if you haven't been paying attention)!

Thanks for the heads up Mikeyboy!  And does anyone out there have any info about Joe's new Conan piece that they want to share with us?  Joe?

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JOE JUSKO!

I keep a pretty close eye on the list of “followers”, mostly out of fear that I might scare off some of Reis’s loyal fans…when I saw the latest addition yesterday…well…I peed a little. Damn, I knew this was something to expect as I got older, but so soon? Ah, hell…when my wife starts asking about the smell, I can always blame the cat…

Tommy Salami, consider yourself dethroned as the follower with the coolest name at Crom! The new king is JOE JUSKO!

LEGENDARY fantasy and sci-fi artist Joe Jusko! I have no qualms about putting you on the same pedestal as Frank Frazetta and Boris as the BEST fantasy artist of all time! I’m Canadian, so perhaps this doesn’t hold as much water coming from me, but…Joe (can I call you Joe?)…you, sir, are an AMERICAN ICON! Any naysayers out there, go directly to Joe’s gallery on deviantART,or to The Official Website of Joe Jusko, and if you still don't agree, well then...it's not me, it's YOU!...

Joe, I’m “borrowing” a couple of your pictures from deviantART (so very sorry in advance)…

Stunning! I'm speechless. Now, dammit, go out and buy Joe’s Art Book, and then afterwards, send him all the money you have left in your wallet! CROM COMMANDS YOU!

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