Hellboy creator Mignola to write Conan special

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Current Conan writer Busiek has decided to amicably move on from the title to pursue other ventures after an award-winning run of over two years on the title. “I’m absolutely thrilled that Dark Horse got Tim Truman for Conan,” said Busiek in a Dark Horse press release. “And I’m not just saying that because I suggested him. I’ve been a fan of Tim’s work since he did Scout, way back in the Pleistocene Era, and I think he’s terrific at rough heroics in a brutal, corrupt, decadent world, which suits Conan beautifully. Heck, if it had been a choice between Tim and me, back when Dark Horse started the series, I’d have picked Tim.”Mignola’s short run on the title came about when editor Scott Allie was seeking out Busiek’s replacement. Mignola suggested a bizarre and haunting adaptation of Howard’s “The Hall of the Dead” as well as encouraging Dark Horse to hire Truman as the permanent replacement.“Truman really has the same sensibilities as Howard,” commented Mignola in a Dark Horse press release. “His stuff has that gritty, tough, action-adventure feel, but he also knows the bigger-than-life pulp-era monster stuff that comes from the old-fashioned supernatural literature. You can tell he learned that from reading writers like Howard as opposed to from reading superheroes.”After Mignola’s chilling adaptation of “The Hall of the Dead,” Truman and Cary Nord, Conan artist, pick up plot threads laid out by Busiek, Mignola, and Howard himself, building up to one of Howard’s most famous tales, “Rogues in the House.”“Being asked to write Conan was a real surprise—quite literally, the fulfillment of a childhood dream,” commented Tim Truman. “Conan is one of the very few characters that I’ve ever been fannish about. I’m an unrepentant, unreconstructed Robert E. Howard fanboy and have been since I was twelve years old. Howard’s Conan marked every important character that I’ve ever done—Grimjack, Scout, Hawkman, Jonah Hex.” Regarding his plans for the series Truman commented, “I want to maintain the level of wonderful literacy and humanity that Kurt Busiek brought to the character and series, while adding my own naturally darker and more intense spin on things. I want to keep the humanity and character interactions, while at the same time injecting even more of Howard’s poetic, dime-novel darkness into the mix. Luckily, we’re entering a phase of Conan’s career, chronologically, where it will fit really well.”Award winning Ex Machina artist Tony Harris will be the exclusive cover artist on the regular monthly beginning January 2006.Visit Dark Horse for more information on Conan, Hellboy, and other available titles.

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Terry AllenDec 10th, 2005 - 15:59:25

I'd like to thank Kurt for a very enjoyable ride over the last three years or so . I know many REH fans were worried_ what_ Conan we would get after the pretty awful final Marvel years but he managed to allay most fears even before the first issue hit the stands by chatting to many of us in various places with his thoughts and plans .

We finally got Conan back to his roots and he managed to fill , IMO , Roy's shoes so well that poor old Tim has a hell of a job to follow . Never having read any of his stuff I wish him well , at least he's a fan .

Disappointed of course that Kurt's leaving so soon . I was looking forward to the long haul following his Conan for many more years to come.

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