The Colossal Conan Author: Kurt Busiek | Language: English | ISBN:
161655228X | Format: EPUB
The Colossal Conan Description
- Series: Conan
- Hardcover: 1264 pages
- Publisher: Dark Horse (November 26, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 161655228X
- ISBN-13: 978-1616552282
- Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 8.9 x 3.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 13.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Oh. My. God. This … this book is just … massive. I thought the "Hellboy: Library Editions" were impressive, but … wow. Hither came Conan. This is like 3 or 4 Library Editions bound together. When Dark Horse named this "The Colossal Conan" they weren't fooling around.
Collecting all 51 issues (51 issues!!! That's issue #0 - #50. A thousand-plus pages!!!) of Dark Horse's acclaimed "Conan" series in an oversized format, this is the single largest comic collection I have ever seen. It weighs almost 14 pounds. You are going to have some serious Conan-sized muscles after working your way through this thing. On the back, editor Philip Simon calls "The Colossal Conan" "A wizard-walloping volume." That's about the best description I can think of. This isn't a collected edition. This is a tome.
And yeah, these are good comics. Great comics. "The Colossal Conan" isn't impressive on size alone. Just take a peek at those writers: Kurt Busiek. Timothy Truman. Mike Mignola. And then the artists and colorists: Cary Nord. Tomás Giorello. Thomas Yeates. Greg Ruth. Eric Powell. Rafael Kayanan. Paul Lee. Leinil Francis Yu. Joseph Linsner. Ladrönn. Tony Harris. Paul Lee. Dave Stewart. Richard Isanove. JD Mettler. Tony Shasteen. José Villarrubia.
That, my friends, is a roll-call of talent.
When Dark Horse resurrected Conan in 2004, Robert E. Howard's most famous creation was in pretty sad shape in comic book land. The Marvel series had fallen victim to the excess of the 90s, and Conan was a parody of his former self. Grown to Hulk-like proportions, with ridiculous Fantasy armament and non-existent plotlines, there was little to recognize.
I have been a fan of Conan the Barbarian since I could read. Robert E. Howard's books still grab my attention and keep it to this day. I have collected Conan in many different comic book titles over the years. I began by reading the Marvel comics and when The Savage Sword of Conan started being published I collected them all. I loved the large magazine formats but wished for full color. That does not mean that I disliked the Ernie Chan drawings or any of the other artists tat did the black and white work. I liked it so much that when Chronicles of Conan came out I collected those as well. More recently, when Dark Horse began their Conan run, I was completely blown away with Carey Nord's beautiful full color artwork. His stuff looks almost painted and to date, is my favorite art of all the myriad Conan comics and Trades. When I heard that Dark Horse was releasing those in a large format hardcover I was very excited. Of late, I have stopped buying the monthly comics and started collecting Deluxe Edition, Absolute, Slipcase, and Omnibus editions of many different titles. At first I figured that it would not only give me more meat to sink my teeth into at one time, but that it would also save space. That just is not the case...not only do I have a huge collection of monthly titles, but now I have PILES of huge oversized beautifully made hardcovers that strain my bookshelves almost to their breaking point. This book specifically really made my eyes pop when I got it. The sheer size of it is nothing short of GIGANTIC. It is thick and heavy and just plain huge. The artwork looks amazing on these pages. The paper quality is very very high grade, and these drawings look beautiful on these pages. There are a couple cool extras and a whole lot of story.
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