----- Original Message ----- From: "jesse white" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 12:55 AM Subject: [rehfans] Conan's Appearance
> Hello, now that the smoke is starting to clear > following the pronouciation posting I made, I wanted > to ask you others if you bear any "pet-peeves" about > visual representations of Conan. We have all seen > hundreds if not thousands of images of him, but I > personally can't think of any one presentation that > fully does it for me. > > What we know about Conan is that he is tall, and > muscular, that he has a shock of square cut black hair > and smouldering blue eyes, that his skin is burned > bronze/brown, that he is scarred, and that he often > dresses differently from story to story (as the local > style suits him), but often uses a shagreen scabbard. > (I would love to see a painting of Conan in the > Kozak costume he is described as wearing in the Devil > in Iron for an example of one of Conan's different > costumes) > > I am interested in specifically what people like > and dislike about extant visual representaions of > Conan. For instance, Margaret Brundage used to > render Conan with quite short hair as did Roy Krenkel. > Perhaps this haircut was their idea of long hair, or > perhaps I am incorrect in thinking that Howard > described Conan as having long hair. Just from my > memory now, I can recall that Howard used the word > "mane" alot, which may not mean shoulder length long.. > I personally don't like the short hair pictures of > Conan myself. > One other small issue that I don't like are the > presentations of Conan with hoop earrings. Several > artists do this, from Frazetta to Windsor Smith. I > personally don't recall Howard ever describing Conan > with pierced ears, although he didn't emphatically say > otherwise. > My thought was that Conan is essentially > utilitarian; his hair is cut squarely, he doesn't > covet any particular personal articles, and uses what > is at hand to serve him best. He also wrestles with > men and apes quite alot(!), and I just can't see these > points adding up to describe a man that likes to adorn > himself with large hoop earrings.(LOL) > > Anyways, what do you think? > -Jesse > > Purely from a comics point of view I thought Neil Adams' few stories fit my visualisation of Conan the closest Terry
