Greetings from Nara Park. The deer here are as friendly as ever.
Tokyo, Nagoya, Nara and Osaka. Our vacation in Japan continues. It’s been a great time to engage much-missed experiences and discover new ones. Our friends are on a 2-day temple retreat over the weekend while Stacy and I enjoy exploration and amazing meals in one of Japan’s most vibrant cities.
This whole trip has been a gift, but it’s time to give all of YOU a gift as well…
Battle of the Black Stone Prelude – FREE
Last weekend was Free Comic Book Day and Titan released our CONAN: BATTLE OF THE BLACK STONE prelude issue to shops but, if you missed it, I’m happy to point you toward the FREE PDF DOWNLOAD now available from Titan’s website and Amazon Kindle!
Jonas Scharf‘s line art is sublime, Jao Canola‘s colors are intense, Richard Starkings‘ letters sing, Jeff Shanks‘ essay is enlightening…and the story is pretty good too. 😉
Please share that download link far and wide, my friends. I want to get it in the hands of as many people as possible as we ramp up for more Conan adventures through 2024 and beyond.
Nerd Chatter
During the Calgary Expo I chatted with Chris Doucher from GeekNerdNet and the interview is now available on his site. We cover Conan aplenty and conventions.
Current + Upcoming Releases
- D&D Young Adventurer’s Guide: Artificers & Alchemy – released April 16th.
- Conan the Barbarian #10 – released April 24th.
- Savage Sword of Conan #2 – released May 1st.
- Conan: Battle of the Black Stone #0 – released May 4th.
- Conan the Barbarian #11 – releases May 22nd.
- Conan the Barbarian Vol.2: Thrice Marked For Death – TPB releases June 11th.
- Conan the Barbarian #12 – releases June 26th.
Upcoming Appearances
| Jun 7-8, 2024 | Howard Days | Cross Plains, TX, USA |
| July 25-28, 2024 | San Diego Comic-Con | San Diego, CA, USA |
| Aug 1-4, 2024 | Gen Con Indy | Indianapolis, IN, USA |
| Aug 16-18, 2024 | Fan Expo Chicago | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Aug 22-25, 2024 | Fan Expo Canada | Toronto, ONT, CANADA |
| Oct 17-20, 2024 | Gamehole Con | Madison, WI, USA |
Links and Other Things
• Gale Force Nine is crowdfunding The Adventures of Conan with dice-rolling action and asymmetrical gameplay. I haven’t had a chance to play it yet, but the previews look solid and I’m eager to give it a try. There’s still 4 days left if you want to get in on the ground floor on this one.
• Conan the Barbarian letterer and all-around amazing creator Richard Starkings is crowdfunding Elephantmen: Yvette, a new 48-page special issue and the campaign has some fun extras worth checking out. Richard talks more about Conan connections here in this Facebook post.
I hope your weekend is going well!
Jim
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Makeshift Miracle
Hey,
So disappointed that I never got to see you when you were in Japan, especially since you stopped in Nagoya.
Ah well. Hope you had a blast here.
Is there any plan for a volume 3 of Stone Star?
The trip has been a lot of fun. Much needed downtime from an intense writing schedule.
Max and I hope to tackle more Stonestar at some point, but I’m not sure exactly when.
Glad that you enjoyed your time here.
Hopefully you’ll get the time for Stonestar sometime soon, but understand that other stories might take precedence.
Stay safe and enjoy!
Greetings from Yokohama! I was actually looking forward to seeing you at Howard Days in June (my name should still be on the program / G. Lord symposium) but unfortunately I had to cancel the trip.
Will your travels here in Japan take you again to Tokyo or Yokohama?
Dierk