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Conan the Barbarian Pencilled Piece (Apparently Intended Originally for Conan the Barbarian #1)

Artist: Barry Windsor Smith (Penciller)

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Conan the Barbarian Pencilled Piece (Apparently Intended Originally for Conan the Barbarian #1) Comic Art

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Title:	Conan the Barbarian Pencilled Piece (Apparently Intended Originally for Conan the Barbarian #1)
Artist:	Barry Windsor Smith (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,856
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	5/9/2010
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This is an extremely interesting (all-pencil) piece which was apparently intended for the inaugural issue of Conan the Barbarian. Or, more accurately, this piece was excised from that particular issue. This was communicated to me by the seller (who is a very nice, knowledgeable as well as reliable person). There is, in addition, powerful documentary support in the form of the following extract from Roy Thomas's Foreword to the recently published "The Barry Windsor-Smith Archives: Conan, Volume 1" (which also saw print in the first issue of "The Conan Chronicles"), as follows:

"As for Barry, he seems to have literally frozen up, not drawing either hero or story as well as Stan and I both knew he was capable of doing. At one point he even drew Conan planting a haymaker punch on a winged demon; that became one of several panels that, as de facto editor, I had him cut out and replace with new art."

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robert frey
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/9/2010

very interesting and very cool.

Mark Levy
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/9/2010

Great piece of history!

. BRAUNY
Member Since 2007

Posted on 5/9/2010

Very cool! Thanks for sharing the art and the story behind it!

Colorado Kid
Member Since 2007

Posted on 5/28/2010

Not sure why Roy Thomas viewed this art as "frozen". To me, it looks like awesome vintage BWS!

Alex Johnson
Member Since 2006
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Posted on 2/5/2011

This is fun stuff.

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