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Inspiration from Times Past

Kristine Poole

Colin and I work most days of the week, most weeks of the year. Neither of us have ever been particularly inclined to have regularly scheduled days off. We love what we do and mostly, we worry about not having enough time to create all the things we want to make before our time here is done. But, when we do take time off, we do some serious playing. We will travel for 4 -…

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Conan At Auction

Arnie Fenner

September 8, 2025 - "Murilo saw that the barbarian had locked his legs about the ape-man's torso and was striving to maintain his position on the monster's back while he butchered it with his poniard. Thak, on the other hand, was striving to dislodge his clinging foe, to drag him around within reach of the giant fangs that gaped for his flesh." —from "Rogues in the House" by Robert E. Howard This Friday, September 12, 2025, Frank Frazetta's iconic cover for the collection Conan, published by Lancer Books in 1967, will go on the block at Heritage Auctions. Frank was paid something around $400 to do the art, one of 9 classic Conan oil paintings he produced for Lancer's 12-book Conan series; 8 were published in the United States, but Lancer went bankrupt and out of business before the…

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