Archive for the ‘Kull’ Category
Kull and Conan are not the same. Kull is from Atlantis, was a slave, a pirate, and outlaw and then a king. Conan is from Cimerria. He was a thief, outlaw, mercenary and pirate, before becoming king. They are not alike. Any resemblance to yesterday’s Art Appreciation Moment of the Day, and today’s Kull entry by Atlua Siriwardane are purly coincidental, and anything said to the contrary, will be denied.
Don’t read this late at night…or a month after the last issue
My biggest problem with Kull is that so much of his mythos has been wrapped into the Conan mythos that telling one from the other is often difficult. This is especially true when it comes to the serpent cult, which has appeared in Conan comics from the 1970’s and in the Conan animated series. Strip off King Kull’s wardrobe, and feature him sneaking around the castle in his skivvies, and the line between the two – at least in this issue – is wiped away.
Long before Conan, Robert E. Howard created Kull of Atlantis (or Kull the Conqueror take your pick). The character wasn’t as well known, so when the Kull tale By This Axe I Rule was rejected by Weird Tales magazine, Howard reworked the character into the super famous Arnold Schwarzennegar Conan. Now Clayburn Moore has created a new statue based on Howard’s Kull of Atlantis.
In an unprecedented deal for a licensed character sculpt, Clayburn Moore was given full creative freedom to design the look of the piece himself by Paradox Entertainment/Conan Properties, owners of the copyrights to Howard’s characters. As a general rule, licensors place strict demands on character merchandise, requiring that licensees adhere to specific imagery or to a specific artist’s rendition of the character. But confidence in Moore’s ability to do justice to Howard’s vision resulted in the unusual arrangement.
The Kull of Atlantis statue will be available for pre-order on July 25, with the expected release date of January 2008. Kull will sell for $249.
More Kull pics after the jump.
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