Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Old CONAN


I was searching them interwebs for something totally unrelated to CONAN when I came across these two photos. I love the artwork in the top photo. It's from the cover for CONAN THE LIBERATOR. What's going on in the artwork is fairly standard Sword & Sandal stuff. My only complaint is how old Conan looks. He looks like he's in his 50s. While below is a figurine of Conan who doesn't fare better in the age department. Am I missing something? Was Conan supposed to look like an old man?


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, that picture has him on a throne, so obviously it's from his later years, after he became king. (I don't know Conan's full "life story", but as far as I can tell, once he became king, he stayed that way for the rest of his life- and he didn't die young).

Anonymous said...

Yeah, it's true, the Conan stories for those who haven't read them go back and forth between young and older Conan.

PEPLUM cinema said...

Yeah, I know about King Conan but why make him look that old when he's older...lol