tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post1137117721305304985..comments2023-09-01T10:14:30.179+01:00Comments on Graeme's Fantasy Book Review: ‘Conan Volume 7: Cimmeria’ – Truman, Corben & Giorello (Dark Horse Books)Graeme Floryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-31338898703053240002011-04-24T19:01:42.321+01:002011-04-24T19:01:42.321+01:00Here's the extent of information we have on Co...Here's the extent of information we have on Conan's grandfather, from Howard's letter to P.S. Miller:<br /><br /><i>...Conan was of mixed blood, although a purebred Cimmerian. His grandfather was a member of a southern tribe who had fled from his own people because of a blood-feud and after long wanderings, eventually taken refuge with the people of the north. He had taken part in many raids into the Hyborian nations in his youth, before his flight, and perhaps it was the tales he told of those softer countries which roused in Conan, as a child, a desire to see them.</i><br /><br />No names, physical descriptions or other details, but a compelling core for a character instrumental to Conan's early upbringing. We actually know more about Conan's grandfather than his own parents!<br /><br />I preferred Truman's conception of Cimmeria to Busiek's in <i>Born on the Battlefield</i>, though I'm not a big fan of Caollan. The introduction with "Cimmeria" was particularly triumphant.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.com