By Crom, it's Barry Windsor-Smith
Conan the Barbarian 3
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Conan the Barbarian 3 Universal
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Grade:
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9.4
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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2094005010
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
"Vs. The Grim Grey God!" Personal note - When I was young, I never thought I'd have a copy of this issue in my collection, due to the low circulation and it being mostly unavailable in mid grade locally (my raw reader set is mid grade) - so, YAY internets! Personal journey aside, let's look at this cover. If you ever want to illustrate the difference in size between two things in the same image, this should be in your reference materials - it's an absolute master class of contrasts: warm figure in the foreground, cool figure in the background, another human size figure in the god's hand for perspective reference - BWS nails this like no other cover artist in this timeframe. Conan time - I have to say, one of the things I really love about BWS' Conan is that he's not silly bulky; he's hot, he's strong, he's definitely a barbarian - but he isn't toting around all that useless muscle bulk like we see later on. To me, that makes him look like a fighter - bulky muscles get in the way. Conan's stance is good overall - but his feet are terrible. He needs to be planted for strength and he's up on his toes - which really won't support the massive swing he's about to take. About that swing, how Conan has his hips squared and his twisted in his torso? That's a big-a$$ swing, homerun style. And very well done.
What really sells the finished cover for me is the look on the face of the Grey God - he looks so completely frustrated - you can tell this fight has been going on for a while and he can't get a clean hit in on this annoying ant that is harassing him. Oh the anger & frustration - he's about to do something rash.
Overall - I mean really, I don't think it could be improved on. Just shut up and take my money.
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