Showing posts with label season 18. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Season 18 Episode 22: Red Nails Redux



Welcome back to the show, Cromrades! This week, we take a second look at Red Nails, ten years after visiting the lost city of Xuchotl for the first time. This story is widely regarded as a classic amongst the Conan tales. Do you enjoy it? Let us know!

Zap! Zap! Lightning Bolt! 

One Things

Jon: Peyton's Places

Josh: True Detective: Night Country

Luke: Game of Thrones Season 3 Rewatch

When we return, we begin a new journey. 




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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Season 18 Episode 21: Mailbag and The Northman!


Welcome back, Cromrades! We return with a long-awaited and much merited 'mail bag' at the start of the episode. From there we tackle a discussion of on Mr. Robert Eggers' 'The Northman.' Do we like this movie? NAY! We love it! So, if you love it to, please join us for a bit of a discussion, and we hope you stick around for the next episode wherein we put the final 'Red Nails' in the coffin of Season 18!!! Stay tuned!

One Things

Jon: Presidential movies... Go down the rabbit hole!

Josh: Bust out The Fantasy Trip - Melee and Wizard Pocket Box during your lunch break!

Luke: True Detective - Night Country. To be continued, we're sure :)


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Saturday, January 27, 2024

Season 18 Episode Zubteen: Jim Zub Returns to talk Conan Comics

Greetings Cromrades! We are so excited to bring you the return of Jim Zub to the show. In the time since we last spoke, Jim has been a part of a high flying launch of Titan Comic's Conan the Barbarian monthly series. If the numbers are any indication, we're guessing most of you are already reading it. If you aren't though, tune in to hear from Jim about what you are missing out on. Plus, you can easily catch up with the first trade paperback, due out next month. Even more exciting, the upcoming return of The Savage Sword of Conan. King Conan has returned to conquer your local comic shop, so get your copy!!


Upcoming publications

https://titan-comics.com/c/1972-conan-the-barbarian-vol-1/

https://titan-comics.com/c/2020-the-savage-sword-of-conan/

Connect with Jim at his home base: https://www.jimzub.com/

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Outro: "Icon of Sin" by The Cimmerian. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work! 

Monday, January 8, 2024

Season 18 Episode 19: Hour of the Dragon, Part Two!


Welcome back, Cromrades, to the conclusion of our discussion on Hour of the Dragon! As always, we hope you enjoy the insights and observations we share during this episode of the podcast.  


Review: The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard ∞ Infinispace


One Things

Jon: Ed Brubaker's Captain America
Josh: Dungeons and Dragons B/X
Luke: Warhammer 40K


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Monday, December 18, 2023

Season 18 Episode 18: Hour of the Dragon, Part One!

Welcome back, Cromrades! Here we revisit Robert E. Howard's "Hour of the Dragon," which you may also know as "Conan the Conquerer!" This is REH's only novel-length Conan story, so we only get through about the front half of the book! It's a heck of a tale, and we hope you join us for this episode alongside the second episode that will drop in coming weeks!

One Things

Jon: Rock tumbling is a hell of a fun hobby to get into!

Josh: B/X D&D! You may have to search a bit on the secondary markets if you want something with a bit of patina, but you can snag digital copies of these classic rules sets for a song!

Luke: The first bit of the classic 'Gaunt's Ghosts' series by Dan Abnett!


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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Season 18 Episode 17: Beyond the Black River

 

Welcome back, Cromrades! Today, we join Conan as he ventures into an area of colonization, where native peoples are being hectored by imperial forces and pioneers. Essentially, we're joining him in Texas circa the late 1600's or the mid- 1800's. As such, we've invited Ben Friberg to join us. He's a friend of the show, a Texas historian, chronicler of Robert E. Howard Days, and crafter of ice cream and we're delighted he stopped by the pod to dissect, "Beyond the Black River". So, hop in a canoe and join us, won't you?


Show Notes

Places you can find Ben on the web: 
https://thetexian.blogspot.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-texian/id1448328854
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNKyEIUmg2ygwy8pvOeMRqg

One Things

Luke: Feeling that Deutschland vibe and making and eating Spätzle
Josh: Top notch book collectin' with the new Valancourt John the Balladeer collection
Ben: Chasing that white whale of Melville by reading "Moby Dick"
Jonathan: Shouting cowabunga and thinking about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


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Outro: "Comanche Moon" by The Black Angels. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work! 

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Cromtober 2023 Episode 2: The Underwater World of H.P. Lovecraft

 Welcome back, Boils and Ghouls! Your three-headed podcast hosting ogre has selected a couple of delightfully frightful tales for tonight's Cromtober recording! They are of the nautical horror bent, set in demon-haunted New England: Dagon, and The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft! We discuss all manner of horrific details regarding these two thematically linked stories beside a Cromtober fire on a lonely and darkening coastline. 

Join us, won't you? 

Art by Gou Tanabe

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Monday, October 2, 2023

Season 18 Episode 16: Jewels of Gwahlur



Welcome back, Cromrades! Here we revisit the Robert E. Howard story "Jewels of Gwahlur," another yarn in the Hyborian Age of Conan the Cimmerian. While it isn't our favorite Conan story, there are some interesting facets to discuss. 

Conan art from Sanjulian. Looks like a scene from The Jewels of Gwahlur. |  Comic art, Fantasy art, Conan the barbarian


CONAN The Jewels of Gwahlur and Other Stories – Buds Art Books

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One Things

Jon: Legacy DC Characters, and the ending of Irredeemable. 
Josh: Dragon Quest!
Luke: The Last House on Needless Street, by Katriana Ward. 


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Monday, September 25, 2023

Season 18 Episode 15: A Witch Shall be Born

Have you heard of the wickedness seeping out from the city of Khauran? The queen, her majesty Taramis, has seemingly gone mad or been possessed by a demon... They're even crucifying men in the dessert. I recently heard all the gory, delicious details from three fools performing in the street. You too can listen to them spin the yarn and decide is witches are afoot or if this is just another tale of a mad monarch...


One Things

Jonathan: Eeeeevvvill Superman as seen in Irredeemable by Mark Waid and Peter Krause

Luke: A tale of two reviews for Lord of a Shattered Land, one by Jason Ray Carney and one by Matt Holder

Josh: A tale of peak Superman, Action Comics #775- "What's so Funny about Truth, Justice, and the American Way?"


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Friday, August 25, 2023

Season 18 Episode 14: People of the Black Circle

 

Listen not to this episode if you fear the immaterial but destructive sound waves of the three podcasters of the Black Circle. If you are of steely stuff, then plug those headphones in and join The Cromcast as they analyze Robert E. Howard's novella, "The People of the Black Circle". Originally published between September and November of 1934 in Weird Tales, we get to see a new part of the world of Conan and a whole cast of amazing characters. Grab your copy of The Bloody Crown of Conan and prepare for a magic, death, and war!





One Things

Luke: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Jonathan: Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

Josh: Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien


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Monday, August 7, 2023

Season 18 Episode 13: The Devil in Iron & Lord of a Shattered Land with Howard Andrew Jones!

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week's show is a double-feature! We not only unpack 'The Devil in Iron,' but we're also joined by Howard Andrew Jones! HAJ happens to have a book of his own that has just dropped, entitled 'Lord of a Shattered Land.' You can buy it direct from Baen here!

Needless to say, this is a longer episode, as we cover not only REH's Conan, but also HAJ's Hanuvar. Plug in those headphones, 'cause this one is a ton of fun! 

If you are looking for some guide posts for 'The Devil in Iron,' you can check out this great article by HAJ and Bill Ward from some years back (and check the 'One Things' below).

If you want to get into some of HAJ's short fiction, and check out a ton of additional S&S that he has edited, then be sure check out this link here for Goodman Games' 'Tales of the Magician's Skull!'

One Things

Jonster: Stayin' pulpy with 'Fury from the Tomb' by S.A. Sidor!

Josh: Stayin' golden with a re-read of Tolkien's 'The Hobbit!'

HAJ: Getting into newer lit crit and fannish writing with Waltz and Byrne's 'Hither Came Conan!'

Luke: Reading an ARC of HAJ's 'Lord of a Shattered Land!'

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Friday, June 30, 2023

Season 18 Episode 11: Queen of the Black Coast

 

Hello Cromrades and welcome to another nautical episode here on The Cromcast. This is no ordinary sea tale though, today we ride the gusty seas with the one and only Queen of the Black Coast. Tune in for a tale of how love transcends all, for piratical fun, and for the finest winged ape you've never wanted to see. 



One Things

Josh: The highest form of gaming, chess

Luke: Reaper Minis, mini-figs to paint at the right price point

Jonathan: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a tip-top capper to the trilogy

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Season 18 Episode 10: Iron Shadows in the Moon & Mythos Talk

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week's show is a banger! Join us as we not only unpack 'Iron Shadows in the Moon,' but also get deep into a discussion of mythos! You can read 'Iron Shadows' here!

If you are looking for some guide posts, be sure to check out the recent episode from Weird Studies for their own discussion of 'mythos' and the third season of 'Twin Peaks' here!

One Things

Jonster with the Green Thumbs: All things gardening!!!!!!!!!!!!

Josh: Breath of the Wild... Get yer exploration of Hyrule on!

Luke: RPG podcasts! Check out Tale of the Manticore, by way of The Grognard Files. 

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

Season 18 Episode 8: The Rogues in the House

Today's Cromcast ventures into the home of Nabonidus, who knows what wonders and magic we may perceive. We are also joined by a friends fourth rogue, Matt John of the aptly named, Rogues in the House podcast!

Tune in for cartoonish violence and Scooby-Doo traps galore!


Be sure to find Matt on his usual channel with Rogues in the House

One Things

Matt: Has been toiling away with Elden Ring

Josh: Pines to be locked in the ice and avoid scurvy with The Terror by Dan Simmons

Jonathan: Compels you to travel to Indiana and shop at Von's Books

Luke: Is jamming along to American Scrap by The Huntsmen

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Monday, May 8, 2023

Season 18 Episode 7: The Pool of the Black One

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week we join Conan to sail the seas and explore a fantastic island where intrigue abounds! Hope you brought a jaunty hat and your cutlass!

If you are looking for a great review / lit crit piece on this story, we reference David C. Smith's take on this story from the 'Hither Came Conan' blog series on The Black Gate. You can check it here!


One Things

Jon: Frank Miller and JRJR's Superman: Year One! Not necessarily good, but it's a thinker for sure!

Josh: Apple TV's 'Ted Lasso!' A lot of laughs, and a lot of heart!

Luke: The incomparable scholar, Bobby Derie! See here for the CL Moore and REH essay from 'On an Underwood #5! Otherwise, you can check out many of the special pubs that Bobby does for Howard Days here! Finally, if you haven't sprung for it yet, you should absolutely snag a copy of Bobby's "Weird Talers". It collects many of the materials Bobby published on that blog!


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Monday, March 27, 2023

Season 18 Episode 5: The Black Colossus

Howdy, Cromrades. Today The Cromcast continues down their 10th anniversary trail by stopping in at the small kingdom of Khoraja where we'll come face to face with Natohk... or is that Thugra Khotan hiding under those mummy bandages? Tune in to hear about the first world war in Hyborea and the role that Conan plays in it. Dissect the role of the Yasmeela, the woman in charge or Khoraja and wonder at the cold open with us. All that and a big ol' mail bag!





Useful Reads about The Black Colossus

http://shareduniversereviews.blogspot.com/2015/11/short-story-sunday-09-black-colossus.html

http://www.howardandrewjones.com/sword-and-sorcery/the-coming-of-conan-re-read-black-colossus

https://www.blackgate.com/2019/07/01/hither-came-conan-deuce-richardson-on-black-colossus/

Email Grab Bag 

A chronology for Kull of Atlantis by listener Tom!

Paracosom explanation from Tom as well. 

One Things

Josh: Swiss Army Knives, the utility, the beauty, the history, and it all fits in your pocket

Luke: Pity the Beast by Robin McLean, prepare to have your notions of the west and masculinity challenged (at least that's what the cover says!). 

Jonathan: Venture Brothers from Adult Swim


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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Season 18 Episode 4: The Tower of the Elephant

Hile, Cromrades! We continue our season with another humdinger! For this episode we read the much lauded The Tower of the Elephant, and frame up the episode in a less conventional fashion using the old TSR Conan Role-Playing Game System from 1985! Join us, won't you?

Useful Reads about The Tower of the Elephant

Howard Andrew Jones and Bill Ward's Reread and Discussion

Waltz's Hither Came Conan Essay


One Things

Luke: Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay!

Jon: Promethea, by Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III!

Josh: Raiders, by Freedman and Crom!


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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Season 18 Episode 2: The Frost Giant's Daughter

 

"The clangor of the swords had died away, the shouting of the slaughter was hushed; silence lay on the red-stained snow. The bleak pale sun that glittered so blindingly from the ice-fields and the snow-covered plains struck sheens of silver from rent corselet and broken blade, where the dead lay as they had fallen. The nerveless hand yet gripped the broken hilt; helmeted heads back-drawn in the death-throes, tilted red beards and golden beards grimly upward, as if in last invocation to Ymir the frost-giant, god of a warrior race."


Here we are, on the Road of Kings, and things have taken an icy turn. The Cromcast goes back in time to an earlier adventure with Conan in the frozen lands of the north as we analyze "The Frost Giant's Daughter". This is an epic and mythical feeling story but also one that contains unsettling material which we try to unpack. Join us won't you, for a trip to the land of Ymir!

One Things

Luke - Warhammer 40K and his new Redempter Dreadnaught, paint, fight, win. 

Josh - STAR WARS, specifically, Andor and the feeling you get when you want to wander around the Star Wars universe and you want to play games like Battlefront and Jed Fallen Order. 

Jonathan - Superman/Batman DC comics series from 2003


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