Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Warning! Comic Book Geek Reference:

From the golden age of illustration is this Harold Nelson 'editorial cartoon' of sorts looking all the world like he channeled a Mike Kaluta Conan the King cover from decades into the future. Can't you just see the Conan the King masthead looming behind this guy?

Harold Nelson — A.D. 1918 — 1918

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7 comments:

  1. E.G.PalmerMay 18, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    The cover of Savage Sword of Nelson #1?

    I kid, but,what's that from? Is it an allegory for world war 1? It says A.D. 1918 at the bottom.

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  2. Thomas Haller BuchananMay 18, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    E.G., WW I was my interpretation, which is why I called this an 'editorial cartoon', but I have no idea what the context was for this image. It was from a book on pen & ink, with no explanation.

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  3. FaffMay 19, 2011 at 3:53 AM

    By Crom! Conan would be proud to have this adorn a scroll of his adventures. Seriously very cool drawing.

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  4. Thomas Haller BuchananMay 19, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    Peter, one of these days I'm gonna drop some logo type behind this guy, unless someone beats me to it.

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  5. The Astral GypsyMay 19, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    Just heard the sad news that Jeff Jones has passed away.

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  6. Thomas Haller BuchananMay 19, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    Yes, I just heard that too. Very sad.

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  7. Joe AckermanMay 25, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    is that Elric? the helmet makes me think it could be Elric.

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