tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31595286459523505672024-03-23T10:15:45.893+00:00Red Sonja: She Devil with a SwordDarius Whiteplumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17950956139088139753noreply@blogger.comBlogger803125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-20482369859550872472023-02-05T14:00:00.005+00:002023-02-05T14:01:33.572+00:00Red Sonja Pearl's Before Swine<p> So Dynamite have (as of Feb 2023) ended all Red Sonja series, but have decided to launch an Indiegogo campaign for a cosplayer and "influencer" writing a one off book called Pearls before Swine. Up until now, the writer Ani Mia has wrote two stories, both Bettie Page stories,and now gets a Sonja book, citing her hero Gail Simone...Jesus fucking Christ...is the Horny Sandra write the only person to write Sonja?....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtfPm0Nr0HfqdNF6kfgAU4RbX3EkiKs9H7-UqVCDH1TWLB094wJUTKIhiBlGivxTt7CZ_FtYA3Gr8TGLo7keNJ2JKRqwaQRL1gBP0E1smWmolAV0RnOmTr_fDDKY81XuQB4ZW08hHwF2Lns7srcrzkbj8jdMI5L0K3CZ5Wvm8ysRcz8HBwhrPKoFA/s1043/qtu6suyysxt5hz6ccqt8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtfPm0Nr0HfqdNF6kfgAU4RbX3EkiKs9H7-UqVCDH1TWLB094wJUTKIhiBlGivxTt7CZ_FtYA3Gr8TGLo7keNJ2JKRqwaQRL1gBP0E1smWmolAV0RnOmTr_fDDKY81XuQB4ZW08hHwF2Lns7srcrzkbj8jdMI5L0K3CZ5Wvm8ysRcz8HBwhrPKoFA/s320/qtu6suyysxt5hz6ccqt8.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Ani Mia cosplay cover.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WyYlHWb9D-gJgSchqBilg6euHa1-n4JGEJxGIJszOFsDjrBj5l---WD0PY68HApzbm6cZr29J5_VwdQ2WMcW06FPKqYGyKYxdvZwXJUP2iiHSwzDORI-1TSVjSmJq6yLePpr4St4qH7zi3UgN-pfhRomGe_aL03lSxL2KPAuuvMVpQ-jNPwCJ-BC/s695/tzip80p07nbyy9bbu9ea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="695" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WyYlHWb9D-gJgSchqBilg6euHa1-n4JGEJxGIJszOFsDjrBj5l---WD0PY68HApzbm6cZr29J5_VwdQ2WMcW06FPKqYGyKYxdvZwXJUP2iiHSwzDORI-1TSVjSmJq6yLePpr4St4qH7zi3UgN-pfhRomGe_aL03lSxL2KPAuuvMVpQ-jNPwCJ-BC/s320/tzip80p07nbyy9bbu9ea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Some other cosplayers..<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifz7HSMBKpFyMC-idC72Se--eB1prS2c6OMlRKCVbT-gwTyAkh0VUuIVwDVmDoWpBF-qUsLisqsl3u_mlYb64YXKe4qdB_ANd-h2C4_3qBdw3pDshQ3220AELaBAMm7b5vC5L5-XrxcS7JAz9wAIK5XjDMXyHUwtWo0S3Ivt8g4M2H4jHnlfaYin3p/s695/yen97q4zuvvkrzxbka0q.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="695" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifz7HSMBKpFyMC-idC72Se--eB1prS2c6OMlRKCVbT-gwTyAkh0VUuIVwDVmDoWpBF-qUsLisqsl3u_mlYb64YXKe4qdB_ANd-h2C4_3qBdw3pDshQ3220AELaBAMm7b5vC5L5-XrxcS7JAz9wAIK5XjDMXyHUwtWo0S3Ivt8g4M2H4jHnlfaYin3p/s320/yen97q4zuvvkrzxbka0q.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>At least the art looks nice, but well, good way to celebrate the 50th anniversary, with a crowdfunding comic.</p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-46243131448506442022022-06-25T19:48:00.002+00:002022-06-25T19:48:47.926+00:00Homeopathic Sonja<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SvUOTEo9Mnbqm_qHlGkMY_iLI-ZVsGea2q0C2CR7EEAeyzJMqQjWvtOx03xu_b5b9ML16-yKeKWWF5TvE7d0Zg6RrM4v1pzzuBLLvuWOkP4V7qiHwkRkbVHHg6RzD7JM9pYaJuoTtFrj0W2h7BASU60pYz5T11VeXc01JfHoZ0Zc36-ZasL3FBMO/s3056/Samurai%20Sonja.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SvUOTEo9Mnbqm_qHlGkMY_iLI-ZVsGea2q0C2CR7EEAeyzJMqQjWvtOx03xu_b5b9ML16-yKeKWWF5TvE7d0Zg6RrM4v1pzzuBLLvuWOkP4V7qiHwkRkbVHHg6RzD7JM9pYaJuoTtFrj0W2h7BASU60pYz5T11VeXc01JfHoZ0Zc36-ZasL3FBMO/w416-h640/Samurai%20Sonja.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Surelly,
there must be a point when it is so diluted, that it is not Sonja anymore. If
any woman with a metal bikini and a sword can be Sonja, is there any point for any
character to continue to be called Sonja? What about a Nubian she-warrior from
the bronze age? Will she be named Black Sonja? An Egyptian Queen from any of the
Ptolemaic dynasties, will she be Sonja-Ra? And what will you call a vampire-hunting
girl: Vampironja? Or maybe Sonjarella? When you wash away the distinctive
personality and traits from a character, and leave only a name, you’re not
creating a symbol, nor a myth. You are not saying that she is so recognizable
that she is the embodiment of all strong, fighting women throughout time. Just
as you need more than a loincloth and a sword to build a larger-than-life
character like Conan, and won’t do with a blue leotard and a red cape to equal
Superman, or any random twelve tasks to make a Hercules out of your characters,
so Sonja cannot be reduced to a pair of metal encased tits and a phallic sword.
Or should not. Dynamite keeps whoring Sonja, and id doing so she’s on a par
with the times. Originality is no longer something to be cherished. Neither is
continuity, as it smells too much of conservatism. The times are for
institution-bashing and quality-smashing drible. Homeopathic drible, where you
dilute so much what could work that it is not there anymore.</span></p>A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-14582083566707285692022-01-23T13:18:00.003+00:002022-01-23T13:18:46.798+00:00New Upcoming Series, Immortal Red Sonja<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhwQMnB41ssnI-h_pmfnWLKLsUzztxkci_T7IfoU3WWddr9g97C44y6U1pPe5f6PNxy1Ismb68PMW131a-L_RqzbFwycjfMaHG-MuUXCK3DwYjzBou98AcLwKdBKdhBvzfS67IxqX6U4Zp6AgWCXZ4IXwI6wx-jG6yAUsj2Sv6FS6l7CaO_kd_4Ktt=s1821" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1821" data-original-width="1199" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhwQMnB41ssnI-h_pmfnWLKLsUzztxkci_T7IfoU3WWddr9g97C44y6U1pPe5f6PNxy1Ismb68PMW131a-L_RqzbFwycjfMaHG-MuUXCK3DwYjzBou98AcLwKdBKdhBvzfS67IxqX6U4Zp6AgWCXZ4IXwI6wx-jG6yAUsj2Sv6FS6l7CaO_kd_4Ktt=s320" width="211" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ3jjfA4k4yD7kli7pWuI-T9xxDeQiw4OUH43HvLKVkd3CSu0zjUXyhkmfxmTnc7Zbdn6h1yFbgGcb2lxB55k9-JChesIL9NmQNcIOiEO1F3RdZAqT6W6JH_krd23vT80ON3h2LwUXTEajsCBMD6E_nvGTy9P4o2XsDrWqEdJ-6Mm_LdNsgzxUHa-v=s1821" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1821" data-original-width="1199" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ3jjfA4k4yD7kli7pWuI-T9xxDeQiw4OUH43HvLKVkd3CSu0zjUXyhkmfxmTnc7Zbdn6h1yFbgGcb2lxB55k9-JChesIL9NmQNcIOiEO1F3RdZAqT6W6JH_krd23vT80ON3h2LwUXTEajsCBMD6E_nvGTy9P4o2XsDrWqEdJ-6Mm_LdNsgzxUHa-v=s320" width="211" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDMx-yv2faxgEQdpBTBagadtaTkTRWBBXkkV8swlCQjYwQQFqrmlb4RFJexo58tULX3fTXrjwjcdopj53oSPVoXohE8zmOlhT7fB7ferd_THMm6QIVbl-18p9Oo9Q-pAfPt7lSIrORirky1urBgJNmv9z6on_KKU2xLsx7Fs6GmDPykdXqbcrdvyio=s1821" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1821" data-original-width="1199" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDMx-yv2faxgEQdpBTBagadtaTkTRWBBXkkV8swlCQjYwQQFqrmlb4RFJexo58tULX3fTXrjwjcdopj53oSPVoXohE8zmOlhT7fB7ferd_THMm6QIVbl-18p9Oo9Q-pAfPt7lSIrORirky1urBgJNmv9z6on_KKU2xLsx7Fs6GmDPykdXqbcrdvyio=s320" width="211" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ73r8sdtmqYB322LkMDE0Zbicy6-dwu1sZGtwIxw5lRg_K9wvuD5sn1mpx7QnMIctA00juQFVa67ceeYxyCQ8VusQg4WbFc9daFNNKFK36RtL9kexuW404Go621KOcXSXUOqN88PSez3KyiQlmEGZ6umLlThZYzSO2QKKnefPJ3ZHgxqkcTAXO3db=s1821" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1821" data-original-width="1199" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ73r8sdtmqYB322LkMDE0Zbicy6-dwu1sZGtwIxw5lRg_K9wvuD5sn1mpx7QnMIctA00juQFVa67ceeYxyCQ8VusQg4WbFc9daFNNKFK36RtL9kexuW404Go621KOcXSXUOqN88PSez3KyiQlmEGZ6umLlThZYzSO2QKKnefPJ3ZHgxqkcTAXO3db=s320" width="211" /></a></div><br /> On the one hand, I have to say I'm happy at seeing Sonja back in her original outfit, on the other hand, its quite clear Dynamite have no idea what to do with Sonja, and now are just, for lack of a better term, whoring her out to whatever writer they can get, as most of the budget most go on cover artists. <p></p><p>So in this newest series, we are getting a younger Sonja, who has donned a cursed chain mail shirt (a short story was published in one of the previous series in 2020/2021, I've lost track) that she cant remove. So she travels to Britain, to see Merlin and the Green Knight..... Red Sonja.... in....Camelot.</p><p>I.....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I give up.... </p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-59647091566783008272021-08-07T15:10:00.001+00:002021-08-07T15:10:32.570+00:00Blah blah blah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gdQI224MHTdn-voWWbudc_plvCMef4vcK8CSWBY-vTMWbImHa2UVuq2MQiNfkH38zd3gQ51-AL85iIyk4qbMErnS6nIR5VHSIvIiGKVrY3wbUZmXOWXry-2dYxI6rM9zLCrNpltktvY/s500/MirkaAndolfo%25282017%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gdQI224MHTdn-voWWbudc_plvCMef4vcK8CSWBY-vTMWbImHa2UVuq2MQiNfkH38zd3gQ51-AL85iIyk4qbMErnS6nIR5VHSIvIiGKVrY3wbUZmXOWXry-2dYxI6rM9zLCrNpltktvY/w400-h266/MirkaAndolfo%25282017%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mirka Andolfo in 2017</span></i></div></i><p>This past Wednesday the first issue of Dynamite’s <b>ELVIRA MEETS VINCENT PRICE </b>hit the stands. As is usual with Dynamite, tucked in the end of the book is a short promotional interview with creators that are handling current or upcoming properties for the publisher. In this case, the short interview is with Mirka Andolfo, concerning her upcoming run on <b>RED SONJA</b>:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xJraI_VZsHIbiz42N0rOyWUmXzdmrWd3C_Kil_kT6qHESb4T4xkVEEhlFenqb61k2nmMRV95EcbcYtEL1YGlBYQSAjxCy3BE5Uof0o9vJ7ExI9sAhyVqT1fRZnUajSujB80XbaEg2tY/s2048/Elvira+Meets+Vincent+Price+001-022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1332" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xJraI_VZsHIbiz42N0rOyWUmXzdmrWd3C_Kil_kT6qHESb4T4xkVEEhlFenqb61k2nmMRV95EcbcYtEL1YGlBYQSAjxCy3BE5Uof0o9vJ7ExI9sAhyVqT1fRZnUajSujB80XbaEg2tY/w260-h400/Elvira+Meets+Vincent+Price+001-022.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><p>Neither the interview nor the interviwee are much forthcoming about what to expect from this new series besides what was already known. Nor do them wet one’s appetite for the series; on the contrary, Andolfo doesn’t come out looking very knowlegeable about Sonja, deferring the arcane minutiae to her partner in writing Luca Blengino, by whom, I confess, I’ve never read anything.</p><p>A little more worrisome is Andolfo’s preoccupation in singling out Gail Simone’s take on Sonja. It needn’t be that worrisome if, as stated, Andolfo was doing her own version of the character. However, on reading this interview (I know it is a short one, and not really an interview but just glorified promo-copy) one gets the ideia Andolfo has not such a strong grasp neither on the character of Red Sonja, nor on what she intends to do with it. And if she seeks enlightenment from Simone’s utterly uninteresting run, it doesn’t bode well for the near future.</p>A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-74720915459528945382021-07-21T18:35:00.000+00:002021-07-21T18:35:31.092+00:00A wish that may be coming back to haunt me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3pwWvWMGlXnbDn_WhflFH-L49DjYK97Xotx127gLqJ_lRKqA-1AW97AEZQhj-by9rV3C4gqWh4nbt0jDVy3IzC71nyOPFusXuUDufDSSTR9kk92aONAcpfB-93heOnefH9lG3G7_Nf4/s1366/Mirka+Andolfo+-+Vol6%25231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3pwWvWMGlXnbDn_WhflFH-L49DjYK97Xotx127gLqJ_lRKqA-1AW97AEZQhj-by9rV3C4gqWh4nbt0jDVy3IzC71nyOPFusXuUDufDSSTR9kk92aONAcpfB-93heOnefH9lG3G7_Nf4/w264-h400/Mirka+Andolfo+-+Vol6%25231.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><p>Back in 2016, while reviewing the dismal <b>SWORDS OF SORROW</b> event, I expressed the wish that Italian artist Mirka Andolfo <a href="https://redsonjashedevilwithasword.blogspot.com/2015/08/swords-of-sorrow-red-sonja-jungle-girl.html">could one day secure at leat a six-issues run on <b>RED SONJA: SHE-DEVIL WITH A SWORD</b> after Simone had left the title. Or, at least, a couple of one-shots</a>.</p><p>Well, that wish will be granted <a href="https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/pressrelshow.html?display=37852bae-f0d4-eb11-80c4-b083fed06a4f">coming September</a> when the first issue of Dynamite’s volume 6 of Sonja’s continuing run hits the stands. However, I must say I receive this news with mixed feelings. What had engraciated myself to Andolfo was her artwork on <b>SWORDS OF SORROW: RED SONJA & JUNGLE GIRL</b>, something that apparently will be confined to the book’s variant covers in this upcoming run, with the art duties falling upon Giuseppe Cafaro, an Italian artist whith whose work I’m not at all familiar (he’s done some work with Guilherme Balbi in <b>SACRED SIX</b> #4, and got credited as <i>Guiseppe Cafro</i>). And, although I’ve enjoyed reading <b>MERCY</b> and <b>UN/SACRED</b>, that is not the kind of writing I would expect for a Sonja book.</p><p>Moreover, it seems Dynamite invited Andolfo to create her own version of Red Sonja which, as good as it may yet prove to be, is <i>one version too many</i>, after the <b>SONJAVERSAL</b> overdose of regurgitated pseudo-Sonjas. What one would expect now was for Dynamite to settle on a version of Sonja – really, <i>any one</i> version – and start exploring all the nuances that made her what she is. And create stories that explore what what she is makes her do. Not to keep re-imagining a character that bares only the minimum of resemblance to Howard’s or Thomas’ creation. Adding insult to injury, I don’t in the least appreciate the new look of Sonja, as per Andolfo’s issue 1 cover (above). Although I do very much appreciate the old look on Andolfo’s virgin incentive variant cover (below).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbAdnMHe34vbl6ZIJrIe3W7nw2DotU4s-Ut1OGhUZNRTnDVbLFnllqEvoLl4OIek-wca5iosIDDTJntm7bfoW7gO3e_2EOlKv7KJreJevJxy6QxamD-wEqDHkKlvA9kzZLP86ktDF4ns/s1574/Mirka+Andolfo+-+Vol6%25231%2528virgn+incentive%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1574" data-original-width="998" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbAdnMHe34vbl6ZIJrIe3W7nw2DotU4s-Ut1OGhUZNRTnDVbLFnllqEvoLl4OIek-wca5iosIDDTJntm7bfoW7gO3e_2EOlKv7KJreJevJxy6QxamD-wEqDHkKlvA9kzZLP86ktDF4ns/w254-h400/Mirka+Andolfo+-+Vol6%25231%2528virgn+incentive%2529.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br />Last, and maybe not leastly, the idea of exploring Sonja’s maternal side doesn’t bid anything good, and brings to mind Fleischer’s <a href="https://redsonjashedevilwithasword.blogspot.com/2010/08/red-sonja-richard-fleischer-1985.html"><i>RED SONJA</i> (1985)</a>. Although I feel it tackles what is perhaps the least interesting aspect of the Sonja character – maternity, or adopted maternity – I recognize that, if done well, one can derive from it a rich vein for new and complex stories. However Andolfo would have to be able to completely avoid comparisons with Kazuo Koike’s manga<b> LONE WOLF AND CUB</b> (1970-1976), that by now is an instantly recognizable classic of the genre. Which seems to be a rather tall order. But enough carping before the fact. I wished for it (more or less) and will now anxiously await to see what it delivers.<p></p><p> </p>A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-43694630359759834652021-07-18T21:19:00.002+00:002021-07-18T21:19:47.962+00:00R.I.P FRANK THORNE (1930-2021)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIsu7b_RRGogBWZ6wFBwRtsIxKXd8BynMaR94lPlJz-khHV6ayR0UyVj1A71HdPdHvW5qTuxuJX_DPL6a9acBeaHJMW10Avjp4u3Fd85aL-YKkO7BY_nz0YJQtMOQkZlxd5s-DpMHUvA/s880/Frank+Thorne+as+Thenef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="853" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIsu7b_RRGogBWZ6wFBwRtsIxKXd8BynMaR94lPlJz-khHV6ayR0UyVj1A71HdPdHvW5qTuxuJX_DPL6a9acBeaHJMW10Avjp4u3Fd85aL-YKkO7BY_nz0YJQtMOQkZlxd5s-DpMHUvA/w388-h400/Frank+Thorne+as+Thenef.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Frank Thorne passed away this last March the 7th, a passing barely mentioned amidst the daily death tolls of the pandemic. It was a shock to find about it here, in this blog of ours, the sad notice glimpsed on the sidebar from another blog. I wanted to write something about him. Not quite an obituary, as I dread them more and more; nor an eulogy, something more personal than I felt entitled to; and definitely not an essay, as cold and pedantic as it would be unworthy of all the pleasure and enjoyment his <i>ouevre</i> has brought me all through the years. And so I kept it all to myself, the memories of my favourite stories, of those happy moments of my life when I was holding his books on my hands, immersed on those fabulous worlds that he was generous enough to share with us. Because, in the end, that’s all it ammounts to: not the speeches, the great hommages, the knowledgeable essays, but the way one becomes part of the life and memories of another. And Thorne, mainly through his art on the Red Sonja stories, long before I found, and read, and loved <b>LANN</b>, and <b>GHITTA</b>, and <b>THE IRON DEVIL</b>, became part of me. Even before I knew his name was Frank Thorne, before I’d even glimpsed his glorious photographs dressed as the wizard Thenef with his buxom models. His art gave me pleasure. It became part of me. </p><p class="MsoNormal">And so the world moves on, life moves on, slightly different because his art made it so. Different. Somehow, better. There’s no more you can ask for. </p><p class="MsoNormal">So, I said it. It just felt wrong to return to this blog without thanking him for all the happy hours of reading and dreaming, and partaking of his wild wild world. Rest in peace, sage Wizard.</p><div><br /></div>A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-10935451808491249712021-03-08T18:24:00.001+00:002021-06-01T05:43:15.954+00:00RIP Frank Thorne<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSXgeVF_ypW0snVAxilnm3EJ5ENWycRI2nV-P5om3U-hvLnyxcsmiz_zYJ70OG8YwWxq1JYOI2Yvmnn8ixN8wTZZdYipqStT4rdq0vAV-m2h938pz2rVMhjDsZ5SybptopjX3vJF5OH8/s750/tumblr_opdq7xWrG81sd6bg0o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSXgeVF_ypW0snVAxilnm3EJ5ENWycRI2nV-P5om3U-hvLnyxcsmiz_zYJ70OG8YwWxq1JYOI2Yvmnn8ixN8wTZZdYipqStT4rdq0vAV-m2h938pz2rVMhjDsZ5SybptopjX3vJF5OH8/s320/tumblr_opdq7xWrG81sd6bg0o1_500.jpg" /></a></div><br /> Frank Thorne passed away yesterday (7/3/21) aged 90, along with his wife. Sad time for Sonja fan's.<p></p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-75673587635912534352021-03-07T09:44:00.001+00:002021-06-01T06:35:46.066+00:00Upcoming Linsner Covers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgIB5OQ2B8ifJviRG9kU8QR8CkvEMCPfE8Nye5aFYaZwfsdGgFWxqwDqxtKjMXXmQ9sFkhdwhAZD6vCIdsWcUb4uRGdqJ5vIGrdbqDXyqNp6p63_Fw7cFnF2_84xO_V_HJRdvYr4DP7E/s1566/STL180325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="1032" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgIB5OQ2B8ifJviRG9kU8QR8CkvEMCPfE8Nye5aFYaZwfsdGgFWxqwDqxtKjMXXmQ9sFkhdwhAZD6vCIdsWcUb4uRGdqJ5vIGrdbqDXyqNp6p63_Fw7cFnF2_84xO_V_HJRdvYr4DP7E/s320/STL180325.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl9Yg0fqb_9Wdkk4m7ir_RNbDeaohf4hVpiz2Ew3qJ8ZwyzDO1iYtHsxKBscgjNkskYbXuGTv5FgbivDYu6ozNvjVWKdraHp1olEZr2JP5IAp1Rkmeqq1O-qmKMEdSNMH8EQm6FiDMFw/s911/STL186002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl9Yg0fqb_9Wdkk4m7ir_RNbDeaohf4hVpiz2Ew3qJ8ZwyzDO1iYtHsxKBscgjNkskYbXuGTv5FgbivDYu6ozNvjVWKdraHp1olEZr2JP5IAp1Rkmeqq1O-qmKMEdSNMH8EQm6FiDMFw/s320/STL186002.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-73934849463477945002021-01-18T21:53:00.005+00:002021-01-18T21:53:38.389+00:00Red Sonja #25 Linsner Cover Art<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlF6xa95feD917wzHlF92ODekkogo2BW4GmP9sXNq2OCspuxPCnztABEETwcepL0AY4kIZnIfh92S8VhuhP-O9pIzzGuvVQzMpvjNifmjprDFbToerhhTbZEunwXZGiLtHQLn92ppZe1A/s1566/STL180083.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="1032" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlF6xa95feD917wzHlF92ODekkogo2BW4GmP9sXNq2OCspuxPCnztABEETwcepL0AY4kIZnIfh92S8VhuhP-O9pIzzGuvVQzMpvjNifmjprDFbToerhhTbZEunwXZGiLtHQLn92ppZe1A/s320/STL180083.png" /></a></div><br /> So nice to see Sonja in her original garb, and Linsner's art is lovely to behold.<p></p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-23159742631594858272020-12-29T10:21:00.001+00:002020-12-29T10:21:13.802+00:00Greg Hildebrandt's Red Sonja<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJEcWPsyoOfkqbD36M8oKGVBACghyIF_e_ktsSg9aHKTn3wWaY1fYO6Eww0EOgNL0e0Hd2rLC662UFAhDTT4Gs4u9OPvtF6GMyMvVjacBBZNNShKfVjHLpGL5lPqwlKek8SQ2O6Ikuu0/s1567/c586ff406b3c1dbb0647fb74b4c27093_original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJEcWPsyoOfkqbD36M8oKGVBACghyIF_e_ktsSg9aHKTn3wWaY1fYO6Eww0EOgNL0e0Hd2rLC662UFAhDTT4Gs4u9OPvtF6GMyMvVjacBBZNNShKfVjHLpGL5lPqwlKek8SQ2O6Ikuu0/s320/c586ff406b3c1dbb0647fb74b4c27093_original.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPDqiY31yc1m3cRUSIN9Jl8nC2o-bsPdxpa6UsdQsmX4n7dQDjS3UB9BY4tXOAr_2T0rB90LZV77R09XUUVS92iHQFR8eq2FhxCTjCTx4NY1sGy_dEvMckI1fUsNYpGpDcJtdM3QpdOw/s680/45dace413dd416b71630c0a4f57d7d28_original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPDqiY31yc1m3cRUSIN9Jl8nC2o-bsPdxpa6UsdQsmX4n7dQDjS3UB9BY4tXOAr_2T0rB90LZV77R09XUUVS92iHQFR8eq2FhxCTjCTx4NY1sGy_dEvMckI1fUsNYpGpDcJtdM3QpdOw/s320/45dace413dd416b71630c0a4f57d7d28_original.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Another Kickstarter, though this one actually tempts me. A rerelease of Red Sonja #1 (the Frank Thorne series) with a Star Wars homage cover, just a shame Kulan Gath is in the background...<p></p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-12920421675966360152020-12-12T09:47:00.006+00:002020-12-12T09:47:58.000+00:00New Series<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2P-Bkr0Xf4FO-bNACW0qkx8GgbZRiukK1hlTBltXIS6wTPYFYXvzzV3f1yTV0ozI4pDGWuh96iwJkIy6X3cPydRRy9W_PuSHKJmoP0CiP2DsRUQOWgSQwY1o91Bcuw_SN-e6bZA1y-o/s1566/130204554_2029359833865927_3669813788267631231_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1566" data-original-width="1032" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2P-Bkr0Xf4FO-bNACW0qkx8GgbZRiukK1hlTBltXIS6wTPYFYXvzzV3f1yTV0ozI4pDGWuh96iwJkIy6X3cPydRRy9W_PuSHKJmoP0CiP2DsRUQOWgSQwY1o91Bcuw_SN-e6bZA1y-o/s320/130204554_2029359833865927_3669813788267631231_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /> Oh wow, oh joy, oh man, dimension hopping, we haven't seen that before, eeeee!<p></p><p><br /></p><p>Kill me now...please...</p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-82146206535615933002020-12-08T22:17:00.003+00:002020-12-08T22:17:49.828+00:00Oh dear...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlnBJjaW3Id1adJ7vJweWgdchEIbceCZVPbtBhJ8djpcAPYQHizLWTjkdO8OY2pwRAJ1fMWNmdbY5-pzUmGrvvsBmy1w8i8w2I9m4fUgKDyw1khlvwd4HXs-NADRUiIWLvlRTWQBvJ4Y/s910/RSValentines202001011ALinsner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlnBJjaW3Id1adJ7vJweWgdchEIbceCZVPbtBhJ8djpcAPYQHizLWTjkdO8OY2pwRAJ1fMWNmdbY5-pzUmGrvvsBmy1w8i8w2I9m4fUgKDyw1khlvwd4HXs-NADRUiIWLvlRTWQBvJ4Y/s320/RSValentines202001011ALinsner.jpg" /></a></div><br /> So yeah, this is a thing...<p></p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-29887037587194280572020-11-24T11:57:00.004+00:002020-11-24T12:01:33.468+00:00Finch's Cover Revealed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPszZj6KNgXzpX9Mf4_ODp2lbazvA-tte_ZXzoUDUkz8aQ1ScMIq9uy48kbtWj8s2Ldkly3ibdjh9uKZjXWCZ5xAbID601_c3SZIZearJ28FoXGU51fllecst8mes5IyeD0ZZQv5nKqc/s900/Finch_Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPszZj6KNgXzpX9Mf4_ODp2lbazvA-tte_ZXzoUDUkz8aQ1ScMIq9uy48kbtWj8s2Ldkly3ibdjh9uKZjXWCZ5xAbID601_c3SZIZearJ28FoXGU51fllecst8mes5IyeD0ZZQv5nKqc/w426-h640/Finch_Cover.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p>And almost with no time left to breathe in between posts,
Dynamite has revealed the final version of this first official incursion of
Finch into the Hyrkanian world. The title to be graced by this wonderful Sonja
as slayer of Giants was also announced as being issue #1 of the upcoming <b><a href="http://redsonjashedevilwithasword.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-price-of-blood.html">RED
SONJA: THE PRICE OF BLOOD</a></b>, “<i>an early chapter of the She-Devil's
adventures, featuring a less refined and more bloodthirsty Hyrkanian heroine</i>”. </p><p>As fr the cover, it stands for itself in each of the four versions on offer. As does this regal, yet melancholy Sonja featured on it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW4Or2Ian3BDXmIoqGlrZO6c1vI3U3eD9ylCGXpajreaZULIGJJ220cQPz7rwFiHrP8Ei1NDIZhRdfZimaeC2ZPZUkEhPgEzZwdsZf2iuFAhWei6qWJ2jYwZi8uyhnKSyhhu4q4JbmWQ/s695/Finch_Covers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="695" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW4Or2Ian3BDXmIoqGlrZO6c1vI3U3eD9ylCGXpajreaZULIGJJ220cQPz7rwFiHrP8Ei1NDIZhRdfZimaeC2ZPZUkEhPgEzZwdsZf2iuFAhWei6qWJ2jYwZi8uyhnKSyhhu4q4JbmWQ/w400-h150/Finch_Covers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-55898730789543421022020-11-22T12:47:00.006+00:002020-11-22T12:50:37.286+00:00RED IN B&W: David Finch Cover<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAM-KIVCFqrBnERbkRh3i80sW0Gm2cG_vvjjKTH7sbfr5GDqwaohFrakvLAani4YXt1HfI-vukbk0SEd5g_-YiGXkq4O8ICBqkS_W9hMuINhU7zRnZgoesqWfZlozQA7tDLSjIvuiQuU/s1024/David+Finch+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAM-KIVCFqrBnERbkRh3i80sW0Gm2cG_vvjjKTH7sbfr5GDqwaohFrakvLAani4YXt1HfI-vukbk0SEd5g_-YiGXkq4O8ICBqkS_W9hMuINhU7zRnZgoesqWfZlozQA7tDLSjIvuiQuU/w400-h300/David+Finch+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Meanwhile, I found out Finch has posted a bigger reveal of his Red Sonja upcoming cover <a href="https://davidfinchart.com/red-sonja-cover-on-indiegogo/">in his own blog</a>... almost two monthes ago (shame on me!). The picture looks just as good in simple B&W. Let's wait and see what D'Armata will add to it.</p>A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-91568901782820674342020-11-21T18:58:00.001+00:002020-11-21T18:58:41.839+00:00RED ON RED: David Finch Cover<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQHa2DIDN5Nqvgr6XP9RcG4t9et5ltxoXygT42MEPA-RQPfDYC81yE5sYLwftD65PR6JnjOIvndiZDbNMaWz6TaTaSPL2n6yDt6Jnm40eSkcWD1m8wfQ6fIM4nPP_XleHUVVWYRLoG9Q/s1189/David+Finch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1189" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQHa2DIDN5Nqvgr6XP9RcG4t9et5ltxoXygT42MEPA-RQPfDYC81yE5sYLwftD65PR6JnjOIvndiZDbNMaWz6TaTaSPL2n6yDt6Jnm40eSkcWD1m8wfQ6fIM4nPP_XleHUVVWYRLoG9Q/w400-h240/David+Finch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In
keeping up with the Indiegogo theme, </span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dynamite</b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
is announcing the launch of an upcoming campaign related to a new comic
featuring our beloved Red. As is always the case with Dynamite’s self-congratulatory
hype, this “<i>new exclusive Red Sonja collectible comic</i> ” will feature a “<i>never
before seen take on the She-Devil With a Sword</i>”, but it is not forthcoming any
details. More interesting, however, is the glimpse of the gorgeous cover by
David Finch. This is a gloriously pretty Red Sonja, at the same time imperious
and delicate, and I hope once it’s finalized with colors by Frank D’Armata, the
cover won’t loose any of the raw impact it has in simple black ink over red. This
is the first cover by Finch for Red Sonja. By the look of it, it was worth the
wait.</span></p>A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-4428831550361277212020-11-14T21:39:00.002+00:002020-11-14T21:39:23.551+00:00Jim Balent Indiegogo Cover<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpzorWuyd4hTsjawD23dJhuMhEzV_8MlsfvSUAL9dK2G5-QW7Z25MW-FwJFlUAs2JZ096NQdZdv_1ErNl-Zpd0IXhEvw8rzKkze7xoQQVWjaLMnSBJX4clN-TJQknYpN73CvcCln7OLM/s1694/jmwpnlpaicufkgd075ug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpzorWuyd4hTsjawD23dJhuMhEzV_8MlsfvSUAL9dK2G5-QW7Z25MW-FwJFlUAs2JZ096NQdZdv_1ErNl-Zpd0IXhEvw8rzKkze7xoQQVWjaLMnSBJX4clN-TJQknYpN73CvcCln7OLM/s320/jmwpnlpaicufkgd075ug.jpg" /></a></div><br /> While Im on about Frank Cho's cover, I suppose I should mention Jim Balent's special $40 cover (if you live in the UK). I dunno...something feels off about the art.<p></p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-72316110700231408102020-11-14T21:25:00.001+00:002020-11-14T21:25:06.377+00:00Frank Cho Red Sonja Sketch Covers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDU13pFdOUzX1D8IyR1jQFANoXkQheovGvpZqbTxOTgk43UihnI64spOiX4b5Vfrt5bbymZn9PhYjEQZ-GEhv4M4t_I_zRUpL2SLhNeoY1XtQiSzdAtHcPGCGA3itzLvSGgKmi7Dlh9Zk/s1080/122791984_184797879882207_65973497627232481_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDU13pFdOUzX1D8IyR1jQFANoXkQheovGvpZqbTxOTgk43UihnI64spOiX4b5Vfrt5bbymZn9PhYjEQZ-GEhv4M4t_I_zRUpL2SLhNeoY1XtQiSzdAtHcPGCGA3itzLvSGgKmi7Dlh9Zk/s320/122791984_184797879882207_65973497627232481_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The wheatcakes outrage cover was made available on eBay and the price as of typing is at $720. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyxHNEvixRqRfBxKyoyjk9fzbDWCx2BDidf9Km7w4FLx_Pn0-gjhcdAZjaTU_kXu5RoGDFu-IawqJY0rucT7ZpfhZSSYG4BkFtvZIj2h6qUayZU7gF_8rtuZMtez2VwBr0hZ6L5WMC0w/s2048/RSChoBWDressed-scaled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyxHNEvixRqRfBxKyoyjk9fzbDWCx2BDidf9Km7w4FLx_Pn0-gjhcdAZjaTU_kXu5RoGDFu-IawqJY0rucT7ZpfhZSSYG4BkFtvZIj2h6qUayZU7gF_8rtuZMtez2VwBr0hZ6L5WMC0w/s320/RSChoBWDressed-scaled.jpg" /></a></div>The actual cover from the Kickstarter, it would have set you back $20, and if like me you live in the Uk, and further $20 for shipping....<p></p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-27585264124614320622020-11-07T00:15:00.004+00:002020-11-07T00:15:46.191+00:00Red Sonja The Superpowers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Sounds interesting. <p></p>TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-29107555235877457522020-05-31T16:15:00.001+00:002020-06-01T00:27:17.468+00:00Sexy Sonja Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Red Sonja is one of the sexiest comic book characters of all time, even as she's fast approaching the half-century mark. As such, she is frequent fodder for artists and fans alike, from fan-art to porn fanfiction. "Arion" is one of the most talented digital artists whose work can be found on Deviant Art and other sites. This wonderful rendering of an intimate Sonja and Vampirella may very well sum up everything Sonja fans feel summarizes any of the Dynamite crappy crossovers currently featuring these two characters.<br />
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Now, with a new <a href="http://redsonjashedevilwithasword.blogspot.com/2020/05/another-crossover.html">cross-over recently announced</a>, <b>MARS ATTACKS RED SONJA</b> (how silly can you get, <i>really?</i>) - it all seems to fall into place: all these phantasmagorias of comic book worlds, all these insipid and uninspired money-milking plots, all these irredeemable incongruences, are mere editorial porn. <a href="http://redsonjashedevilwithasword.blogspot.com/2018/06/whoring-sonja.html">Whoring Sonja over and over again</a>.<br />
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The image above can also be construed as porn (if you're so inclined, you can check the x-rated versions on the author's Patreon), as are many of the puerile sex fantasies Sonja inspires in many of its readers, and, I'm sure, many would expect as the only single positive thing that could come out of such cross-overs as <b>VAMPIRELLA/RED SONJA</b>, or <b>RED SONJA & VAMPIRELLA MEET BETTY & VERONICA, </b>not to mention the dreadful <b>SWORDS OF SORROW</b>, that even as pure porn woul be <i>boring</i>. But I digress. Yes, even the image above can be construed as porn. But it is <i>honest</i> porn. Kudos for that.A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-50606606454268829412020-05-25T21:24:00.002+00:002020-05-25T21:24:57.964+00:00Another crossover.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have nothing...TheMightyFliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494733296074122796noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-63914270817197693852020-05-13T12:27:00.000+00:002020-05-14T01:17:23.600+00:00Those were the days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was perusing the Conan issues from <b>MARVEL TREASURY EDITION</b> when I came across this ad in the interior backcover for MTE #19 (1978). And it took me back a few wonderful years. Although I only started reading Marvel comic books in the early 80s through the Brasilian translations from Editora Abril (before that I'd read the DC Comics that were published by EBAL, also a Brasilian publisher), these were the exact three titles I was reading when I first discovered Sword & Sorcery, Conan and Sonja. At the time, Abril’s superhero comic books were made up of collections of several stories that in American comics had been published in single issues. They were a little over the traditional digest size (being 19x13cm) and ran for 82 pages. They had titles like <i><a href="http://www.guiadosquadrinhos.com/capas/superaventuras-marvel/sam0301">Superaventuras Marvel</a></i> or <i><a href="http://www.guiadosquadrinhos.com/capas/herois-da-tv-2-serie/htv0302">Heróis da TV</a></i>. Conan and Sonja were usually featured in the pages of the former, alongside Daredevil, Doctor Strange, the X-Men or Kull. As they didn’t print the entire series run for each character, but only selected stories, a typical issue would be extremely varied; take for instance issue #5 from <i>Supervanturas Marvel</i> (one of my favourites, cover dated November 1982, which means I would have read it about six months later – that was the time it took before they could be sold across the Atlantic): you would have the two stories from <b>CONAN THE BARBARIAN</b> #8 and #10 (1971), the Doctor Strange story from <b>MARVEL PREMIERE</b> #8 (1972), and the Daredevil story from <b>DAREDEVIL</b> #166 (1980). The Portuguese language editions were coming out with over two years delay relative to the original American publication and sometimes, as was the case with SAM#5, with over ten years delay, which meant they had all this wonderful backlog of issues to choose from, something from which they took full advantage. Athough I guess some great stories went unpublished, I don’t recall many duds that were. Then, in 1984, Abril started publishing <i><a href="http://www.guiadosquadrinhos.com/capas/espada-selvagem-de-conan-a/ces0301">A Espada Selvagem de Conan</a></i> (<b>THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN</b>) in all its glorious black-and-white grandeur (although with some extra inking to hide some undully exposed breasts, if I recall faithfully). Be as it may, those were the three titles I was reading at the time I was fourteen, in a hapilly serendipitous way in the mid-eighties. And so it was a nostalgic rush I got from this advert with the unmistakable art of John Buscema. Those were the days, all right.A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-30354653974181020502020-04-12T11:14:00.000+00:002020-04-18T15:46:08.830+00:00Red Sonja: Birth of the She Devil: Lucio Parrillo<br />
Keeping with the covers theme, and particularly with the covers for <b>RED SONJA: BIRTH OF THE SHE-DEVIL</b> (2019), here is the set by Lucio Parrillo that comprised the main covers for that title.<br />
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They’re strangely (and almost certainly <i>involuntarily</i>) complementary to the Parel variants. Where <a href="http://redsonjashedevilwithasword.blogspot.com/2020/04/red-sonja-birth-of-she-devil-subacomic.html">those covers</a> were peacefull, almost restfull, with only traces of blood telling about violent combat, this set by Parrillo is full of violent action, battlelust, blood and gore. Parrillo’s Sonja is the full-bodied buxom warrior we all know and love, and his style perfectly evokes the classic Marvel covers by Joe Jusko and Boris Vallejo. By looking at them one never doubts that Sonja could fight an army on that metal bikini, and the sword cuts on her body fully attest to it. Parrillo also chose to emphasize the barbarian nature of Sonja (particularly in the cover for #4), what with all the skull necklace, heavy earrings and tribal face-paint. It is a magnificent set, marred only by Sonja’s pin-up expression on the cover for #3.<br />
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A. Sherman Barroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3159528645952350567.post-23360461056177859872020-04-11T12:05:00.001+00:002020-04-12T23:45:09.316+00:00Red Sonja: Birth of the She Devil, SubaComic Exclusive (Gerald Parel)<br />
Well, it surely must be old news by now, but SubaComic also offered variant covers for issues <a href="https://www.redhotcomics.co.uk/index.php/shop-by-brand/red-sonja/red-sonja-birth-of-the-she-devil-2-subacomic-virgin-variant-limited-to-500-copies.html">#2</a>, <a href="https://www.redhotcomics.co.uk/index.php/shop-by-brand/red-sonja/red-sonja-birth-of-the-she-devil-3-subacomic-virgin-variant-limited-to-500-copies.html">#3</a>, and <a href="https://www.redhotcomics.co.uk/index.php/shop-by-brand/red-sonja/red-sonja-birth-of-the-she-devil-4-subacomic-virgin-variant-limited-to-250-copies.html">#4</a> of last year’s mini-series <b>RED SONJA: BIRTH OF THE SHE-DEVIL</b>; however, for completism sake, here they are.<br />
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Just as it was the case with issue <a href="http://redsonjashedevilwithasword.blogspot.com/2019/05/red-sonja-birth-of-she-devil-subacomic.html">#1</a>, these variants are by French artist Gerald Parel, whose covers are pretty well known by Marvel readers. His take on Red Sonja is quite interesting, presenting us a more elfin she-devil, not as well-endowed or muscular as one would expect, but lithe and elegant as a feline. The use of color and light is quite striking, particularly in issue #2. As a set, the four covers present a quite bucolic, almost pastoral, interpretation of Sonja, as if Parel is more interested in the inner-state of the warrior right before or after moments of violence, than in the fight itself, thus relegating violence to a <i>necessity</i>, rather than a <i>taste</i>, in Sonja’s life. Be as it may, these covers make for interesting comparison to the main covers for the series by Lucio Parrillo.<br />
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I should be the one to talk, dragging behind me a host of perpetualy moribund blogs, but…truth is, it pains me to see this blog of ours being quiescent for so long. So, taking advantage of the recent publication of issue one of <b>KILLING RED SONJA</b> (written by Mark Russell and Bryce Ingman, with pencils by Craig Rousseau), I felt tempted to share this very short rant that was inspired by my perusing of said title, as a way to try to bring myself to contribute a little more to this blog from now on. Though time for me has been in very short supply for this past few years, it pains me to leave so much of my pleasure projects unfinished. And the <i><b><a href="http://redsonjashedevilwithasword.blogspot.com/search/label/RSCR">Red Sonja Chronological Retrospective</a></b></i> is one of them, one I’ll try to come back to, soon. Anyhow, here we go:<br />
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<b>KILLING RED SONJA</b> was advertised, just like <b>SWORDS OF SORROW</b> (2016) before it, as being a series <a href="https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513029017501011">“<i>that will affect the Sonja series for years to come!</i>”</a>, and, just like <b>SWORDS OF SORROW</b> before it, it probably will do no such thing. But this kind of recurring editorial hype made me think of the recent iterations of Red Sonja. Now, I have yet to read <b>KILLING RED SONJA #1</b>, as per the book’s own introduction we learn that “<i>the events of this series take place directly after Red Sonja #12</i>”, an issue (and a series – volume 5 of Dynamite’s run) that I also have not yet read (although I know Sonja is – again – Queen and apparently facing some demanding ethical choices). So, I intend to read the fourteen issues published until now before tackling this latest series; but one thing that struck me by merely browsing the book, was that Red Sonja appears only in its title. There’s nothing wrong with that – quite the contrary as, if well written, a story that revolves around Sonja, without she figuring in it but by influence – and a central motivational influence at that – can do much to illuminate and redefine the absent character. Redefine it in the reader’s mind, leading one to evaluate one’s personal connection and reaction to it.<br />
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But,<i> alas</i>, that, at least to me, is the main problem with the concept: who is Red Sonja? Who is she really, for today’s reader? During her period at Marvel in the seventies and up to the mid-eighties of last century, and despite its highs and lows, Sonja was a recognizable character, thanks in large part to Roy Thomas’s writing. However, since being delt a cleansing ideological washover by Gail Simone, one can’t seem to fix a single identitary mark on our beloved Hyrkanian. Worse than that, Red Sonja seems nowadays to be just a trademark to be prostituted to any prospective market (that is, as long as such market conforms its trade to a prefixed normative ideological trench – and, remember, art in service to ideology is mere propaganda). And the first victim to this was any semblance of chronological timeframe. Sonja is all over time and all over space; she goes from mercenary to queen, to drunkard, to truck driver in New York, vampire hunter in Riverdale, turist in Drakulon, again queen, again mercenary, a prospective mate for Tarzan in Africa, a fugitive on Mars, without any of her experiences ever reflecting on her character.<br />
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When Roy Thomas, by reader demand, casted Conan into the 20th Century in <b>WHAT IF…?</b> #13 (1978), the whole story was told through the eyes of an out-of-place, out-of-time barbarian, that saw all the modern contrivances (cars, buildings, even people) with his own time’s mindframe. A mantle of what we would think of as superstitious thought covered our reality when seen with Conan’s eyes. It was nothing new, utopian writers had been doing it since Antiquity, and modern writers at least since Tomas Morus, but it was done <i>right</i>. Conan wasn’t even capable of comunication, as his language was long dead and he knew no English, and the idea of setting the climax at the inverted zigurath shape of the Guggenheim was true storytelling gold.<br />
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Being a kind of alternate tale, Thomas didn’t have to deal with how Conan woud have coped once back to his own Hyborean Age. But he didn’t need to. His story was so soundly logic, its treatment so right, that we readers could intelectually antecipate how Conan would frame that experience along those he had had before dealing with wizardry and magic. He wouldn’t have to mentally cope with concepts like future societies, democracy, technological advance, ecology, etc…<br />
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That is not an escape Sonja’s recent scribes can count on. Sonja always appears immersed on alien societies (sometimes <i>literallly</i> alien): she shares the language, she shares the uses, she shares the mores; she’s as adroit riding a horse as a Harley and, one would think, as adroit fighting street-gangs as doing cheerleading routines. She goes to outer space without ever grasping the meaning and import of that apparently simple feat, so familiar to SF readers before 1961 and Gagarin, but so epic and glorious for all others. And, an even worse offense, she has no trouble integrating her worldview into modern times or alien places. Above all, she seems untouched by any of her experiences. When she finds herself back on her own time, all of that has disappeared from her personal experience. As if her mind has been swiped clean with a magical sponge, the reverts back to an ersatz barbarian immediately after she has returned from a long stint on New York, Riverdale, or whatever Fantasyland or Planet she happens to have been transported to.<br />
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Nothing seems to have touched her. She learned nothing. She doesn’t even think of adding something to her world, to her time. Sonja seems to be imutable, and that is a sad thing in any character, but a fatal flaw when said character is no more than an empty shell from the start. Gone is the determined, fierce, scathing Sonja of Thomas and Thorne. What remains is a fanfiction creation, with such a lack of character density that she fits any and every story one cares to think up. <i>Hey</i>, one can imagine someone say in creative meetings on Dynamite’s offices, <i>what if somehow Sonja was transported to Tatoine by some evil wizard – why not Kulan Gath, we haven’t seen him for...what?, two, three issues?.. – and she ends up on the Death Star fighting with her sword against Vader’s lightsaber? Or better yet…with her own lightsaber? And what about she and Leia ending up on the clutches of Jabba? Wow, man, great idea. Is Amy Chu around?</i> And, if Disney is okay with that, it will be done, without caring for the nature of Red Sonja herself, or the demands of her character.<br />
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Ironically, in devoiding Sonja of a full personality (distinct from that of her successive writers), one subject only to the concerns of the story, and reducing her to a maleable form, capable of adapting into any kind of narrative story, it becomes impossible to write a story that will “<i>affect the Sonja series for year to come</i>”. For Sonja has nothing that can be affected. She is just a shape, just a form. She is now paradoxically reduced to what she was always derided for apparently being: a pair of tits in a metal bikini.<br />
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