I enjoyed Conan issues #0-1, was bored by #2 (story too familiar), and then even more bored by issue #3 --- issues #4-5 I skimmed through but didn't buy. The cover art rapidly degenerated to a new low in mediocrity with #3-4, and the interior art seems rushed. I find myself totally not caring about the Hyperborean storyline at all, and think the Hyperboreans look ridiculous with their pushed-in noses and gray skin (like shriveled apes). The gurnakhi (giant soldiers) are silly. I thought devolved humans were the product of evolution in REH's writing, not sorcery---it smacks of Saruman creating his Uruk-Hai orcs in LOTR. Did anyone else notice that that one time they are actually (accidentally?) referred to as "grishnaki" later in the comic? Grishnak being the name of an orc leader in LOTR...
I had high hopes for this comic when it debuted, but am no longer finding it inspiring or even particularly well done... it's now strictly "by the numbers" stuff. I dread the upcoming artist fill-in issue with Gary Ruth from FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND --- his art in that comic does nothing for me, and probably will do even less for Conan and his world.
Is anyone else growing disenchanted with the Conan comic or am I just being too picky?
I had high hopes for this comic when it debuted, but am no longer finding it inspiring or even particularly well done... it's now strictly "by the numbers" stuff. I dread the upcoming artist fill-in issue with Gary Ruth from FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND --- his art in that comic does nothing for me, and probably will do even less for Conan and his world.
Is anyone else growing disenchanted with the Conan comic or am I just being too picky?