tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91022719943264058972024-02-06T20:40:55.916-08:00THE ROBERT E. HOWARD COLLECTORNews and Reviews of all things Robert E. HowardOld Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-13618037670750280312018-06-26T19:19:00.000-07:002018-06-27T00:38:24.917-07:00<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-65278526886479661022017-07-01T14:13:00.000-07:002017-07-01T14:19:39.133-07:00Blog ComaI haven't posted to this blog in years, and I am surprised it is still here. This blog is on a free hosting site. I always used the template that came with the blog tools, and never really learned how to have more control over that. I was a lazy blogger.<br />
My last Robert E. Howard project appeared more than six years ago. I have started several projects, but life has been slowing me down a bit lately and I have drifted to other interests. I have a new periodical coming out soon, called<b> <span style="color: red;">ILLUSTRATING ROBERT E. HOWARD</span></b>. The first issue will be available in black and white and color editions. There are two issues planned.<br />
I am also doing the tedious production chores for <span style="color: red;"><b>TARZAN THE GERMAN EATER</b></span>, which I hope to have out by Christmas, from Old Tiger Press.<br />
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This post is just to test to see if I can figure out which buttons to push. If this works, maybe I'll bring this blog back to life for a while and learn how to u<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"></span>se blog software as a social weapon.Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-47397443637062893932012-06-11T13:24:00.001-07:002012-06-11T13:24:34.603-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More photos from Glenn's 80th birthday. Top, with Rusty and Lou Anne, Bottom, with Rusty and Barbara Barrett.<br /><br />Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-59407732120508123992011-12-31T20:28:00.000-08:002012-01-01T14:29:00.268-08:00Glenn Lord - 1931-2011<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #20124d; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shortly before the beginning of the New Year, I found out that a long-time, Glenn Lord, had passed away earlier in the day. I was with Glenn just a few weeks ago, at his 80th birthday party. I will miss Glenn like he was a member of my own family. The photo with Rusty Burke was taken at Glenn's party in November. I wish I had more information to share at this time, but that is all I know so far.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the first time in the film history of Conan, an actor has come along who actually studied Robert E. Howard’s Conan for guidance, and that comes across in one of the most exuberant portrayals of a fictional character that we have seen in quite some time. Jason Momoa has <i>nailed</i> Conan, with a performance that is energetic, enthusiastic, and inspired. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No, the story is not taken directly from the pages of Robert E. Howard, though there are subtle spoken and visual references to Conan’s literary history.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">After watching this film, it is apparent that the producers set out with at least three goals:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Reintroduce the character to a new generation of film goers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. Get it right this time!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. Make an exciting and entertaining action film that would make the audiences crave more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have succeeded splendidly on all points, and then some. The most important thing about this film is that they chose the right man to get the job done. Momoa is a demanding, charismatic presence, and you would almost believe he was born to play Conan. His physical performance in the movie is flawless. His sword work is precise and deadly, his speed and co-ordination are not lumbering and slow like his predecessors, and for the first time in the history of the character, Conan is portrayed by someone that can actually act!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The plot is minimalistic, but sufficient for a film that was designed to tell a non-stop action packed adventure. In fact, the film moves along at such an accelerated pace that many people in the audience couldn’t believe 102 minutes had gone by when the credits started to roll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In addition to Momoa, the rest the cast all deliver the goods. Ron Perlman is always a joy to watch. Rose McGowen still made me want to drool in spite of the hideous makeup. Rachel Nichols, as Conan’s love interest, is a natural beauty who can also fight like a Cimmerian wildcat. Stephen Lang again proves that he is one of the best bad guys in Hollywood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The film opens up with a voice over by Morgan Freeman. It never hurts to start a film with such a class act.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’m not going to reveal any details of the story, or the very rare and minor budget limitations that aren’t really that apparent (or important). The film succeeds to entertain if the viewer wants to be entertained. If you go to the movie wanting to dislike it, why are you wasting your time?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’d have to give <i>Conan the Barbarian</i> both my thumbs up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are bound to be comparisons to other Howard based films, and that is sad. The original Conan movie, of which this is not a remake, was so far off base on every level that it was laughable. It has even been parodied (<i>Master Pancake Theater’s Conan the Barbarian</i> and <i>Conan the Musical</i>) and with good reason. John Milius had some sort of ridiculous vision of what Conan should be, and he tried to throw in everything but the kitchen sink. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Conan is a lumbering dumb ass, whose swordplay is slow and posing. While he’s showing off, swinging that big ole eighty pound sword around in circles, any real swordsman could kill him five times. And the acting? <i>What acting?</i> The follow-ups to the 1982 film, <i>Conan the Destroyer</i> and the almost Conan, <i>Red Sonja</i>, are in a class of pure garbage all by themselves. The 1982 film inspired dozens of imitations. Many of those were light years better than<i> Destroyer</i> or <i>Sonja</i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The film is also, for silly reasons, being compared to <i>Solomon Kane</i>. Why? Director Bassett stated that he wanted to introduce the character in his own way, then if the public bought it, he’d toss in some actual Robert E. Howard the next time around. The producers of the new Conan made basically the same statement, but what they did that Michael Bassett apparently couldn’t do was to give us a decent film. <i>Solomon Kane</i> plods along, like a bus making too many stops to get to a destination, and every single little detail must be explained in excruciating detail. No wonder no distributor in the United States was interested in the film. It is a bore. Cut 30 minutes out of its overlong running time, and it might have sold over here. James Purefoy comes across well as Solomon Kane, he just wasn’t given great material to work with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those who are actually silly enough to <i>worry</i> about the new Conan picture probably shouldn’t go to it. Expect a fun two hour romp, and you’ll love this picture. The action is fast, the women are beautiful, and the violence and gore are top notch. If you love blood and guts film, you’ll love <i>Conan the Barbarian 3D</i>. It is pure ear and eye candy for the demented, and a joy ride to everyone else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I saw this film at a special advance screening at The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas. Jason Momoa was in attendance. I will cover that event in a separate post.</span></div>Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-79766954314478096062010-12-14T19:31:00.000-08:002010-12-14T19:31:28.385-08:00A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK</b></span> IS NOW AVAILABLE IN A TRADE PAPERBACK. INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE BY CLICKING THE LINK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS BLOG PAGE.Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-78981015027189758112010-06-20T12:35:00.000-07:002010-06-20T12:35:40.546-07:00Coming Next Month<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">Almost every pulp had at least one ad for next month's featured stories. Here are some samples from <i>Weird Tales</i> and <i>Oriental Stories</i>.</span><br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0Pyga4Ow35XseY_l-Cfw1WtoLVH2IOK-5MT-dnIfJUm6Z-xiQ_txoQ6EOVEFs6BeQ-g3kWLAS_7-xy1reLOdNPE5tUKrsJaHCV5LZIgiI26CTtnmyKmLBsA8qrtucYLguedvg3X_1oE/s320/SKULLSINSTARSFUTUREISSUE_WT.jpg" /></a></div>Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-71128790091167544542010-06-07T18:43:00.000-07:002010-06-07T18:43:30.705-07:00Uncanny Tales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The Canadian pulp, <i>Uncanny Tales</i>, reprinted Howard's "Always Comes Evening," which originally appeared in <i>The Phantagraph</i> in 1936. Wartime Canadian pulps are extremely rare. This was the final issue of <i>Uncanny Tales</i>. This copy was scanned from the Richardson collection.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECBcShDDLkWFTQdIab7zsJ626P61jzwBI2X3NwrsGrq29rzL8o1dbmRPT5PvBGgrT5A7EfQUjYUGMrpEYy1sgDAdvwBgkbDosxvSlXtw3-_jLWrdqIrHB0U5YcxK6U8Stl4XGCsuTw2g/s1600/marvel+talesb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>I've got a day or two to kill before Howard Days this year, and I'm going through some old scans looking for items of interest. Here are the two covers for the July-August 1934 issue of <i>Marvel Tales</i>. These are ancient scans, from the Darrell Richardson collection. These were probably included in the recent auction of a small part of the Richardson collection.<br />
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P. Lovecraft's Tribute to Robert E. Howard<div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Fantasy Magazine</span> was a highly respected early fanzine published by super fan and future Superman comics editor Julius Schwartz. In the September 1936 issue, the magazine published H. P. Lovecraft's memorial piece on Howard, with supplemental comments added by Otis Adelbert Kline, E. Hoffman Price, and Jack Byrne, the editor of <span style="font-style: italic;">Argosy</span> magazine.<br /><br />Here are scans of the original publication of the article.<br /><br />Publisher Schwartz died in 2004, at age 88.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgnXruvzbQjsouW7EyNSsJYiP7HJtdgrgnTx5sj2-bnNpZ5WEh0sKrHf7pO3b7g-cLPpASF9LWxhzk2sPvNaTEvuXxoZ2W0XL87a8pR_9hqSLMtLf9X40poxGYJG5d42oqBgiVcTTy04/s1600-h/InMemA.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgnXruvzbQjsouW7EyNSsJYiP7HJtdgrgnTx5sj2-bnNpZ5WEh0sKrHf7pO3b7g-cLPpASF9LWxhzk2sPvNaTEvuXxoZ2W0XL87a8pR_9hqSLMtLf9X40poxGYJG5d42oqBgiVcTTy04/s400/InMemA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427591310763622818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDAsXTDUaLIsB6cLdlNAPRs0paHTmj-y0veOwExb9uEYWgUVv2lHvQfxU6SPtztWnl25Lilx9FCntmvvRJ3VJsQW9PPlcTXndCwsyG_6uYITR87ipt31RQI3ATUN5XMn1Y8mpU1bcDHU/s1600-h/InMemB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Hopefully, he won't make me take this picture down when he sees it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Right, from left to right, a local fan whose name I don't remember, the McHaney Monster, Paul Herman, Damon Sasser, some old guy I don't recognize , Dave Hardy, Glenn Lord, and Todd Woods.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span>Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-75347840692524146362010-01-14T21:17:00.000-08:002010-01-15T18:04:46.186-08:00Where Have I Seen That Before?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXRD52VWK7TeiOFdDdgpCN-WlcESLh5f7Gp58AeyHrDD0t949XAnU7E9z75Dv6_p6u2hZc0kS6iORvWxORn-2E3bTjtI6LyA4paefqVCZReqcRgH3f7N2J-9ii-nIKSgaAoeDmFkuQKg/s1600-h/QRGcover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXRD52VWK7TeiOFdDdgpCN-WlcESLh5f7Gp58AeyHrDD0t949XAnU7E9z75Dv6_p6u2hZc0kS6iORvWxORn-2E3bTjtI6LyA4paefqVCZReqcRgH3f7N2J-9ii-nIKSgaAoeDmFkuQKg/s400/QRGcover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426839188488207586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKuy2YjA4CHcV7cfI4SIVm1ZSXrhTx6Z6sQBkLHzLY3XS0sxAx33ajqvRxKUy3KHCOXqbAtK9WcTvdeGZ-dekLQOjAdaJ50jyyTg964caWh8AqLbbUalzXv0IKEoozNRH4kQD_JkH_Uws/s1600-h/REHupa+220+cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKuy2YjA4CHcV7cfI4SIVm1ZSXrhTx6Z6sQBkLHzLY3XS0sxAx33ajqvRxKUy3KHCOXqbAtK9WcTvdeGZ-dekLQOjAdaJ50jyyTg964caWh8AqLbbUalzXv0IKEoozNRH4kQD_JkH_Uws/s400/REHupa+220+cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426839185509490706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">When I opened the latest mailing of <span style="font-style: italic;">REHupa</span> last month, I looked at the cover and got this really weird feeling that I'd seen it someplace before. I forgot about it, and a few days ago, while looking for something on my shelves, I realized why it looked so familiar to me. Four years earlier, I'd used the same piece of art and the same font on a book I did and quickly forgot. I printed half a dozen copies of it and handed them out for Howard Days in Cross Plains during that amazing gathering in 2006. In the fall of that year, I discovered that I'd accidentally had it up for sale for a couple of months on lulu.com, and it had sold about a dozen copies. I suppose it is certainly going to be a collectible, but it is certainly not a good reference book. The title was <span style="font-style: italic;">The Fiction of Robert E. Howard: A Quick Reference Guide</span>. It was an update of the bibliography that had been published in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Howard Review</span> # 13, and like its predecessor, it was in serious need of a proper proofing.<br />The font type was Auriol, and I came across it while researching projects on the legendary artist J. Allen St. John. It was the creation of the artist Georges Auriol and made its first appearance in 1901. It was highly influential on St. John's now famous lettering style, so familiar on a number of books published in the early quarter of the twentieth century by the Chicago based publisher A. C. McClurg. McClurg even paid St. John to do his lettering on cover paintings by other artists.<br />His most recognizable work is the logo used by <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span> magazine from the Howard era up until just a couple of years ago. Fans of the original <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span> were no doubt overjoyed when the current watered down lame version of the magazine finally stopped using the classic logo.<br /><br />I have used the font myself on several St. John and Robert E. Howard projects.<br /><br />I love Roy G. Krenkel's art. The source for my full color cover art was a limited edition art print done in conjunction with the publication of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Road to Azrael</span>. The <span style="font-style: italic;">REHupa</span> cover appears to be from the 3 color endpaper for the book. As a very serious Krenkel fan, I think that cropping a great piece of art like this is much akin to doing a pan and scan version of a cinemascope movie. The original artist's vision is completely mutilated. Fortunately, few will see this, unless you count the copy that one particular REHupan will no doubt have up for sale on eBay before the toner is even dry.<br /></span></span></span>Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-18481043143780407992010-01-03T18:38:00.000-08:002010-01-03T19:15:36.709-08:00The Illustrators of ROBERT E. HOWARD - WEIRD TALES - Installment 4 - Curtis C. Senf<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLSaoz_92ujLEcsNWONZiHXTWGVAiwBTc31WVBGw3JDvL9yQ3ndPiJ2B0WexaK1TFyxyeKpPMpdxiO4iN_ZXecloO_UZtQ4xtG16WsLTlpMbv-txaAqV-aWlpr0wP2EiMMiui06nDQDs/s1600-h/wt12-31blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLSaoz_92ujLEcsNWONZiHXTWGVAiwBTc31WVBGw3JDvL9yQ3ndPiJ2B0WexaK1TFyxyeKpPMpdxiO4iN_ZXecloO_UZtQ4xtG16WsLTlpMbv-txaAqV-aWlpr0wP2EiMMiui06nDQDs/s400/wt12-31blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422717454692121266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnxMZ2LjiTG4McMPwttkDOyxLWbpNWHm2x3RNRyYOBxP_rShNbZGOBwIqxgSwhQ4XFfEvptDomeLl4p5I4jYBh38MVbH_5lipDTMnSw1RENaTTE1Iys9AvP1bv0ne5UQBmWmi3_cFV9c/s1600-h/wt8-28blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnxMZ2LjiTG4McMPwttkDOyxLWbpNWHm2x3RNRyYOBxP_rShNbZGOBwIqxgSwhQ4XFfEvptDomeLl4p5I4jYBh38MVbH_5lipDTMnSw1RENaTTE1Iys9AvP1bv0ne5UQBmWmi3_cFV9c/s400/wt8-28blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422715640998506994" border="0" /></a><br />Curtis C. Senf did his first Howard illustration for the cover of the August 1928 issue for "Red Shadows." (the interior illustration for that story was by Hugh Rankin)<br /><br />This was followed by<br />"The Children of the Night," in the April-May 1931 issue<br /><br />"The Footfalls Within" September 1931<br /><br />"The Dark Man" December 1931 (Cover and interior)<br /><br />Senf worked for <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span> from the Spring of 1927 until the summer of 1932. He did the majority of the covers during that period.Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-71329353576521856362009-12-18T20:57:00.000-08:002010-01-03T18:26:49.342-08:00The Illustrators of ROBERT E. HOWARD - WEIRD TALES - Installment 3 - Hugh Rankin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Hc1AHFUEOZ1GO2qpY_c0XwrS9zmO28rVyYPfSXJUNPoNOE87KlDxaeV3u5SF_l1DHjgDpQJ98K4hmPVqIjT0hB7OSQbPdmWmfIsQEMcA5W6jyG-wtNHCFm6hQaGNYCorDxnNBKE1OWM/s1600-h/MIRRORSTUZUNTHUNEblog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Hc1AHFUEOZ1GO2qpY_c0XwrS9zmO28rVyYPfSXJUNPoNOE87KlDxaeV3u5SF_l1DHjgDpQJ98K4hmPVqIjT0hB7OSQbPdmWmfIsQEMcA5W6jyG-wtNHCFm6hQaGNYCorDxnNBKE1OWM/s400/MIRRORSTUZUNTHUNEblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422705452833715170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvkblY1H4ZZsAfBSnzVuWLd-EEkLznuzwqne_Sbj15VQ6XzabEWeu5il8dfIfUZxJ90T3mPbDY4JTKowK3msRtVayhqcC2V7jcF6JGR2qPbYXLxeRfdF9aKFk-DqEB38eEPkRUIzmK98/s1600-h/ValleyOfWorm-bw-wt2-34.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgxW16eYhcoeBjnMO8V7kJFV_oD_mXGwJ713VoB8s2zU3lMdNk_8J_wE1lJPvFeOK_gOdvuAOPKN65beiHHCpzxqOwbmvKgJCCdyutsl-QFHYnbKiH-qlI838wQt7lQVroQNJR8MK_pU/s400/REDSHADOWSAD_BW_WT7_28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416816438718881874" border="0" /></a><br />Hugh Rankin was introduced as the new interior artist for <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span> in July 1927. Rankin did his first illustration of a Robert E. Howard story in the March 1928 issue. The story was "The Hyena." At one point, Howard stated that Rankin was his personal favorite of all the artists that illustrated his work in <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span>.<br />He also signed some of his work with the name Doak.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Those illustrations were done in a style different from his familiar one. Unfortunately, a lot of the work Rankin did for <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span> was so poorly reproduced that his abilities were not always apparent.<br />Rankin continued to work for <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span> until the mid-thirties.<br /><br />Rankin's second Howard illustration was for "Red Shadows," the first Solomon Kane story, in the August 1920 issue. This was followed by his illustration for the Howard poem, "The Harp of Alfred," which was featured in the September 1928 issue.<br /><br />Rankin's other Howard illustrations were for:<br /><br />"Skulls in the Stars" January 1929<br /><br />"The Shadow Kingdom" August 1929<br /><br />"Skull-Face" Part One October 1929<br /><br />"The Hills of the Dead" August 1930<br /><br />"Kings of the Night" November 1930<br /><br />"Rogues in the House" January 1934<br /><br />"The Valley of the Worm"<br /> February 1934<br /><br />"Shadows in the Moonlight"<br /> April 1934<br /><br />"Queen of the Black Coast"<br /> May 1934<br /><br />"The Devil In Iron"<br /> August 1934<br /><br />"The People of the Black Circle"<br /> Part One September 1934<br /><br />"The People of the Black Circle"<br /> Part Two October 1934<br /><br />"The People of the Black Circle"<br /> Part Three November 1934<br /><br />"A Witch Shall Be Born"<br /> December 1934<br /><br />"Beyond the Black River" Part One<br />May 1935<br /><br />"Beyond the Black River" Part Two<br />June 1935<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">As "Doak"</span><br /><br />"Rattle of Bones" June 1929<br /><br />"The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" <br /> September 1929<br /><br />"Skull-Face" Part Two<br /> November 1929<br /><br />"Skull-Face" Part Three<br /> December 1929<br /><br />"The Moon of Skulls" Part One<br /> June 1930<br /><br />"The Moon of Skulls" Part Two<br /> July 1930Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-88130338475497472112009-12-13T12:54:00.000-08:002009-12-13T14:52:01.195-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a3YB8Z2Vjj-GXoIEfYQ4e9jnNuGEz4tLfvfhTIdbcmijmfg1Xq2D0CLxeR7xjmJssEmMDK8qSSyc0MiP2tDNss76539-q117irkvjWcatcqBD_NnthKFBlXvS5cpLxzuhUul7Q7qySk/s1600-h/lost+race+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8a3YB8Z2Vjj-GXoIEfYQ4e9jnNuGEz4tLfvfhTIdbcmijmfg1Xq2D0CLxeR7xjmJssEmMDK8qSSyc0MiP2tDNss76539-q117irkvjWcatcqBD_NnthKFBlXvS5cpLxzuhUul7Q7qySk/s400/lost+race+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414847502589974194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">The Illustrators </span><span style="font-size:130%;">of</span><br /><br />ROBERT E. HOWARD -<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">WEIRD TALES</span> -<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Installment 2 -</span><br /><br />G. O. Olnick</span><br /><br /><br />G. O. Olnick was another of those early <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span> artists that wasn't good enough to stick around for long. He only illustrated one Howard story, "The Lost Tribe," which appeared in the January 1927 issue.<br /><br />"The Lost Tribe" was Howard's fourth story to be published by the magazine, and marked the first appearance of Bran Mak Morn.<br /><br />I couldn't find out much about Olnick. He did almost all of the interior illustrations for the magazine from the August 1926 issue through the April 1927 issue. In that issue, <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span> used Olnick for the last time. Curtis C. Senf, who had done the covers on the March and April issues, took over as the interior illustrator as well.<br /><br />If I find out any more personal information about Olnick, I'll add it to this post at a later date.Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-8911566084124357392009-12-12T19:04:00.001-08:002009-12-13T12:52:00.615-08:00The Illustrators of Robert E. Howard: Weird Tales<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2OH7vppcjFas5t84yb8PpI32HVPoFl9SMpDh3j2g7qLu28jNBigHJk7M7-XR_SnOBeo8IFhEn-8iz368bYjJcLFTUc8B2nTKCUi3TZV0voT9qTWwthmxFTQQorWraYN1defga7nPqyE/s1600-h/Weird+Tales+April+1926.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2OH7vppcjFas5t84yb8PpI32HVPoFl9SMpDh3j2g7qLu28jNBigHJk7M7-XR_SnOBeo8IFhEn-8iz368bYjJcLFTUc8B2nTKCUi3TZV0voT9qTWwthmxFTQQorWraYN1defga7nPqyE/s400/Weird+Tales+April+1926.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414561278944544802" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"></span></span><br /><br />I've dug out an old project from a few years back tentatively titled<span style="font-style: italic;"> The Illustrators of Robert E. Howard</span> and have decided to finish it up in time for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Howard Days 2010</span>, where the focus is on Howard illustrators.<br /><br />I haven't decided whether this will be a color or black and white book, but while I work on it, I'll be posting some rough samples here.<br /><br />I'll begin by covering the artists who illustrated Howard's work for <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Installment One - E. M. Stevenson, Wolfshead, </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Weird Tales</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> April 1926</span></span><br /><br />The first time a Howard yarn was illustrated was in his third appearance in <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span>, "Wolfshead."<br /><br />Howard had his first cover for "Wolfshead," done by E. M. Stevenson, a forgotten artist who failed to make a mark in the <span style="font-style: italic;">weird</span> genre.<br /><br />Howard had to rewrite “Wolfshead.”<br /><br />In January of 1926, he got a desperate letter from Wright:<br /><br />“...I hope you have a carbon copy of "Wolfshead." If so, will you please forward it to me at once by special delivery?<br /><br />“The reason for this request is this: — Every bit of copy for the April issue is set except <span style="font-style: italic;">The Eyrie </span>(which I hold off until the last minute) and "Wolfshead"; and so far the artist has not sent me the manuscript of "Wolfshead." He sent me the black and white art heading last week, and today I wired him to rush the manuscript to me, as the cover (I enclose an engraver’s proof) is on the press and I cannot possibly substitute another story for it now. I do not know that he has lost it, but it should have been in my hands last week, and I haven’t got the ms. to give to the printer. If it should turn out to be lost, and you haven’t a carbon copy, then Lord help us! The artist (E. M. Stevenson, of New York) has done so good a job on the "Wolfshead" cover that I have commissioned him to do the June and July covers for us.<br /><br />If you receive a sudden wire from me, you will know that I have heard from the artist and that he has mislaid or lost the ms. (something that has never occurred on W. T. so far); but to hasten matters, I will be grateful if you will rush the carbon copy to me any Way, at once. Will you do this?”<br /><br />Howard didn’t have a carbon for the story. He had to rewrite the story from memory. The original turned up a few days later. Howard got an extra ten dollars for doing the rewrite, and Wright also informed him that he was doubling his word rate.<br /><br />Stevenson only did four other covers for <span style="font-style: italic;">Weird Tales</span>, and he was gone, as the magazine started to develop a visual identity and found artists who were both more talented and more suited to the needs of the magazine.Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-2461453529273332142009-11-15T21:41:00.000-08:002009-11-15T21:52:13.316-08:00Texas Fans of Robert E. Howard - September 2009In September of 2009, several members of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Texas Fans of Robert E. Howard</span> met in Houston for a long overdue visit with Glenn Lord.<br /><br />Here are a few photos.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChXxWVVSlKHZZ0RUDS2jMRUAG6UaXAAEhKqVkH7dnKvhjTwyfe4eXulfuW6p6KMxo5lFisDl0oiuRd2HWsYNA9SO19XPKTSeIMWMCOvMct-YyShEx4EWu7V_yJHtt7X5LIoc8iX1hQtI/s1600/R1-+7A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChXxWVVSlKHZZ0RUDS2jMRUAG6UaXAAEhKqVkH7dnKvhjTwyfe4eXulfuW6p6KMxo5lFisDl0oiuRd2HWsYNA9SO19XPKTSeIMWMCOvMct-YyShEx4EWu7V_yJHtt7X5LIoc8iX1hQtI/s400/R1-+7A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404573889189451154" border="0" /></a><br />Mrs. Lord, Todd Woods, Paul Herman, and Glenn Lord.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTdhUEjvmeYoet6QxBPr7NaGVg_oWk_Q_IB-F9Nb26JVCjMGnhqPDCwMzaDJc1xlluvEnA6mZoNmtoB8pLSEzhm_Yv-Ig1vKCqZ5OODOzw0QxaVN9sgJHO67D8hrIBKN3PTevR5O2RNw/s1600/R1-24A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTdhUEjvmeYoet6QxBPr7NaGVg_oWk_Q_IB-F9Nb26JVCjMGnhqPDCwMzaDJc1xlluvEnA6mZoNmtoB8pLSEzhm_Yv-Ig1vKCqZ5OODOzw0QxaVN9sgJHO67D8hrIBKN3PTevR5O2RNw/s400/R1-24A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404573887125050114" border="0" /></a><br />Joe's Crab Shack, Houston.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EJ56iubc9_LEFXLV9aCoLLoDv284Z_L1wS-phRZRhvceFj7R2nnM_6Gj6UjS4bixWQHvCW9qxs5qHqYgHfbRyvGHNKTpxiYfwt-mfssY14iTPdaeSHSvOLOTUBvpjO7T3rnl5-ygsy8/s1600/R1-22A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EJ56iubc9_LEFXLV9aCoLLoDv284Z_L1wS-phRZRhvceFj7R2nnM_6Gj6UjS4bixWQHvCW9qxs5qHqYgHfbRyvGHNKTpxiYfwt-mfssY14iTPdaeSHSvOLOTUBvpjO7T3rnl5-ygsy8/s400/R1-22A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404573881193537586" border="0" /></a><br />The Entrance to Joe's Crab Shack.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiALWqRTdf_adr9DnKw_2SKItzjEaN0qu9XUHdR8kHh9bOxCbOhvsQmgFI7gWCyaoqBMIXCEQ9pGXQhlNhgirBVxi8N4tE6Xk2HyjEs-NcFDi4PlMfHwuKbX44zoHldAfbHN43zL7yfwU/s1600/Houston.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiALWqRTdf_adr9DnKw_2SKItzjEaN0qu9XUHdR8kHh9bOxCbOhvsQmgFI7gWCyaoqBMIXCEQ9pGXQhlNhgirBVxi8N4tE6Xk2HyjEs-NcFDi4PlMfHwuKbX44zoHldAfbHN43zL7yfwU/s400/Houston.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404573876951682882" border="0" /></a><br />At one of many tables, clockwise: Paul Herman, Damon Sasser, Dave Hardy, Glenn Lord, and Todd Woods.Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102271994326405897.post-64056860285682018862009-11-08T19:22:00.001-08:002009-11-08T22:59:43.200-08:00Halloween at the Dog and Duck<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VqL06jSmRmxEnBRMvxgUY_wEEFYcWkRUPkipLtgekCQfp3wXjnTkyV72PYyUoTbYdyMo_0PcwbzbtJp360PWStKZ3YFCk-euYESUCg0ZIKKyIHiQPkcmBOGIfrFdz4thYgRDK0VMS7s/s1600-h/FINLAYCOVERflat.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VqL06jSmRmxEnBRMvxgUY_wEEFYcWkRUPkipLtgekCQfp3wXjnTkyV72PYyUoTbYdyMo_0PcwbzbtJp360PWStKZ3YFCk-euYESUCg0ZIKKyIHiQPkcmBOGIfrFdz4thYgRDK0VMS7s/s400/FINLAYCOVERflat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401991052850573554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Halloween at the Dog and Duck</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"> was published October 2009 to commemorate the first annual Halloween gathering of The Robert E. Howard Fans of Texas. The 40 page booklet contains all the Howard verse published in </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Weird Tales</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"> magazine. The booklet was given to the attendees, and was published in a limited edition of 36 copies.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The contents are:</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Song of the Bats first appeared in Weird Tales, May 1927</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Ride of Falume first appeared in Weird Tales, October 1927</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Riders of Babylon first appeared in Weird Tales, January 1928</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Remembrance first appeared in Weird Tales, April 1928</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Gates of Ninevah first appeared in Weird Tales, July 1928</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Harp of Alfred first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1928</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Easter Island first appeared in Weird Tales, December 1928</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Crete first appeared in Weird Tales, February 1929</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Moon Mockery first appeared in Weird Tales, April 1929</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Forbidden Magic first appeared in Weird Tales, July 1929</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Moor Ghost first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1929</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Dead Man’s Hate first appeared in Weird Tales, January 1930</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">A Song Out of Midian first appeared in Weird Tales, April 1930</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Shadows on the Road first appeared in Weird Tales, May 1930</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Black Chant Imperial first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1930</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Song of A Mad Minstrel first appeared in Weird Tales, February-March 1931</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Last Day first appeared in Weird Tales, March 1932</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Arkham first appeared in Weird Tales, August 1932</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">An Open Window first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1932</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Autumn first appeared in Weird Tales, April 1933</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Moonlight on a Skull first appeared in Weird Tales, May 1933</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Soul Eater first appeared in Weird Tales, August 1937</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Dream and the Shadow first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1937</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Which Will Scarcely Be Understood first appeared in Weird Tales, October 1937</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Futility first appeared in Weird Tales, November 1937</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Fragment first appeared in Weird Tales, December 1937</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Haunting Columns first appeared in Weird Tales, February 1938</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Poets first appeared in Weird Tales, March 1938</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Singer in the Mist first appeared in Weird Tales, April 1938</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Ships first appeared in Weird Tales, July 1938</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die first appeared in Weird Tales, August 1938</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Recompense first appeared in Weird Tales, November 1938</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Ghost Kings first appeared in Weird Tales, December 1938</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The King and the Oak first appeared in Weird Tales, February 1939</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Desert Dawn first appeared in Weird Tales, March 1939</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The Hills of Kandahar first appeared in Weird Tales, June-July 1939</span>Old Tiger Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213166162878592191noreply@blogger.com0