Tuesday, September 04, 2007
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Posted by
Dara
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9/04/2007 09:41:00 PM
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Secrets of Conan
About 10 years ago, I bought a bunch of old, beat-up Marvel and DC books at a garage sale for a few bucks. Most of them currently adorn the walls of my office at work, adding a bit of color and excitement to an otherwise drab place.
But I kept Conan the Barbarian #8 (Aug. 1971, which makes it slightly older than me) at home so I could flip through the pretty, pretty Barry Windsor-Smith artwork every once in a while. And on a recent flip through, I was reminded of the "secret message" panel that I never noticed on my own, but had read about somewhere on the web. It's panel 2 on page 14:
And here's an enlargement of the "message" amidst the gold coins in the upper left corner:
"I must be mad to sit here drawing all these coins"
Sorry for the poor quality of the scans, but the issue itself is in pretty bad shape; discolored, brittle, and falling apart. But it's still pretty damn cool to look at.
--Dara (permalink)
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