The Indomitable History of Conan the Barbarian (Series)

[@JackDaker]

All readers of E. Howard's stories know that Conan was NOT just a strong dumb brute. Beside his great strength and martial skills, he was also one of the smartest protagonists in the fantasy genre.

[@Wolf-bz6kq]

Multilingual, map maker, master woodsman, master sailor

[@AliceBowie]

Yeah, he was very intelligent, but didn't like to talk a lot. He was "uncivilized", because Howard thought civilization was corrupting and "the savage state of man" was uncorrupted and pure.

[@Wolf-bz6kq]

@AliceBowie the way he describe conan was akin to a elemental force. He was man in his most Primal state relying mostly on instinct and inherent nature unlike civilized man who thinks themselves better than those they deem less civilized and rely on rationalism and dogmas to navigate the world

[@TheMountainBeyondTheWoods]

And that's exactly why I never liked Arnold's Conan. Conan is smart, and Arnold portrayed him as a dummy.

[@billstalker4906]

@@JackDaker essentially Jack Reacher is a modern day Conan type character.

[@kelmorian178]

Conan is highly intelligent and vastly multilingual in both speech and literature. The fact that he is willing to learn about diverse cultures depicts well of his adaptability.

[@mattyD92992]

Almost every D&D character I’ve ever played has just been me riffing on Conan, and it’s never been boring.

[@matthewchewning3822]

I made Kind of a drunken master Conan once. I mean like always drunk and swaying. Had to roll a ridiculous number because his aim was off because of it but was also next to impossible to hit. Often missed his swings and would hit party members delivering tons of damage.

[@thebaronofbelco2615]

Hahah same!

[@ryankerins361]

​@@matthewchewning3822wow did you ever stop to think that might be annoying to the other players? Not to mention the DM?

[@matthewchewning3822]

@@ryankerins361 nope. We were laid back and just wanted a fun time. We had all decided to make it silly and all did hilarious things with our characters.

[@Echowhiskeyone]

I made a Conan inspired character once. Big, strong, vicious. With a good wisdom and intelligence and charisma. I played the dumb brute, until the time came to remove the cloak and surprised everyone. Then to the tavern an drink and women, a dumb brute again.

[@epimetrius7348]

Another thing that has a wealth of Conan in it is the genre of heavy metal. Countless bands like Electric Wizard, Manilla Road, and Domine have many tracks dedicated to the Cimmerian.

[@exitsexamined]

Oh that's a great thing to mention, thanks for commenting that! That's what I mean there are just endless amounts of stuff to talk about here, maybe in the future I'll do like a 3 hour video on it to cover everything in as much depth as it needs

[@Neves_G]

There's even a Doom Metal band called Conan, I think that I don't need to explain anything else.

[@epimetrius7348]

@@Neves_G I love Conan, it captures the vibe, though I haven't heard anything by them that is an adaptation. Few bands can capture the verve of Howardian heroes without naming specifics, but Conan does it release after release.

[@sladebeefknuckle8615]

Ironsword deserves a special shout-out. Very underground band whose entire output is about Conan.

[@Prophet-of-the-Unknown-Lord]

Also the cover art of Manowar's album "The Triumph of Steel" is pure Conan in style.

[@linktwin2007]

First you appericate dark sun, then re-introducing me to redwall, now youre sharing my love for conan? Stop this my heart can only grow some much!

[@exitsexamined]

haha hey just cool to find other people into the same random mix of fantasy as me! If only we could combine Redwall / Dark Sun / Conan into one Frankenstein version

[@jonnyeldritch]

@@exitsexamined you could it's called world building my dude 🤙🤙

[@yuribezmenovwasright5625]

The lore is deep and Howard's world building is amazing. I am one of those hardcore fans. I wish you luck sir. CROM!

[@exitsexamined]

It's just so cool that there are so many awesome fans of howards work even after all these decades, thank you sir haha

[@robczar7479]

The movie was more than just 80's camp violence, and it wasn't cheesy. The soundtrack is s-tier and Arnold doesn't use any cheesy one-liners. You say yourself that his character in Red Sonja was renamed, because of trademark, but basically Conan...that proves that Arnold plays the role perfectly. They nailed it bro.

[@TheTopHatNerd-sz7dp]

You know, the fact that the stories of Conan is about barbarism defeating modern civilization, and now knowing on how many companies have used the Conan franchise for cash-grabs, or put in actual heart into it, only to have it either lose the rights, letting it go, or abandoning it all together leaving it out into the wild for anyone to use is perhaps the most accurate thing to ever happen to Conan, and I unironically love on how the best adaptation for Conan that he ever had was real life.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

Once Conan falls into public domain the risk of loosing the rights will be a non issue.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@michaelpettersson4919 He’s actually PD in Europe and Australia already, but the USA is waiting for him to become PD until 2028.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

@SlapstickGenius23 Even if nee Conan materials are made where it is PD now selling that in the US will be hampered. It is as such possible that such projects are delayed for now. Conan also have a LOT of material created after Howard's death and that will not fall into PD when the original work does.

[@RebelInTheF.D.G]

The simplicity of the character in tandem with the complexity of the world really elevates the story considerably. It gives it the benefit of getting to the point but never unveiling everything the world has to offer, which is the perfect recipe for an anthology, serial, or whatever else as it leaves the reader wanting more.

[@chuckcribbs3398]

I’m old enough to remember buying a Conan the Barbarian comic book for 25 cents. They were pretty dark for a ten year old to be reading. More so than the movies.

[@JosephKelly-uj1zo]

I had a friend in the 80s who was hit by a car and thrown into a fence and impaled there.He had a intense recovery and I saw him three months later and he was smiling ear to ear and look great. I asked him how he did it and he said he told himself he was Conan (on the tree with the vultures) and not to feel sorry for himself and to be awesome. He lifted daily and stretched and even cooked for himself and not only got better, but top 1% of the population.

[@pbh81]

Wow

[@StilSpirits]

@@pbh81 "Making it into the top 1% of the population" is a dead giveaway that this dude's friend was a literal psychopath. Had no emotions. No capacity to feel sorry for themself, or anyone, for that matter. Zero capacity for empathy, literally could not give a fuck. What they did to make it into this "1%" would 100% land them in prison should they ever make a confession. Also, which 1% is OP referring to? The political 'elite' or the outlaw motorcycle gang members? Both are absolute pieces of shit who are the literal scourge of our society. They are literally to blame for literally all of our complaints. I wish OP's friend landed a little to the left, right, up, or down..

[@ethanperry1892]

I've been noticing more well put together, thought out deep dives into Howard lore of late and however great it is to see, part of me worries the mobs will get their claws into it. Our remaining heroes are few. Honestly, thank Crom that netflix show didn't happen and I dread the day we do get some other live action adaptation. These corporations have burned us enought times and I refuse to see the Cimmerian neutered. My hope is he continues to soar high enough to please the faithful but just low enough to stay under the radar of mainstream pop culture.

[@Dayshan]

Ay, we cookin tonite😙👌 Been thinkin about getting Frank Frazetta prints

[@exitsexamined]

Honestly that's a great idea probably gonna get in on that too haha

[@silentobserver888]

Was literally just talking to them about doing a dark souls Conan video game! Since he is the grandfather of berserk and all Barbarian characters in dnd and fantasy. He deserves a modern new game with insane combat and gritty gameplay.

[@exitsexamined]

A dark souls conan game would actually be awesome. Have you checked out any of the newer conan games like exiles?

[@silentobserver888]

@@exitsexamined I played exiles years ago but didnt do well then, and didnt have the patience to dive deeper lol but i love conan.

[@Hyperguyver2]

​@@exitsexaminedexiles has turned to crap

[@keystonelyte]

The closest thing to this coming out is The First Berserker: Khazan releasing next year.

[@conanthebarbarianofficial]

Aye! We are currently plotting to conquer the world of video games!

[@mcsteppb]

As you paint Conan as the big Inspiration for modern day - that he of course is, without doubt - what I missed a bit, is the mentioning of the things that inspired Howard. For example the whole concept of Red Sonja is taken from 'The Niebelungenlied'. Brunhild too is a female Warrior, with a big mistrust for men and who will only marry the man who bests her in combat. This is the same for many themes that stretch back to the Edda or other historic tales that per se are the Origin of many Fantasy Tropes, too. Only a bit nitpicking, the video is great and I greatly admire the depth and work you out in here. Keep it coming!

[@exitsexamined]

Thank you for mentioning that! There was SO much to cover in this video that I did have to gloss over a good amount of info but appreciate you mentioning that in the comments as Howard was undoubtedly inspired by those historical stories! Glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@shaftlamer]

😂

[@theakspud]

I own almost every conan comic. My uncle left them to me when he passed. One of my favorite series ever made

[@exitsexamined]

Do you mean like "every" single conan comic from all the different Marvel / Dark Horse / Titan, etc. etc. or from the original Marvel? I have serious respect for either but impressive if you have all of them, there are so many it's wild!

[@theakspud]

@exitsexamined id say most of both. Probably not all but around 40 years of collecting

[@Fastwinstondoom]

Conan, drawn by Ernie Chan and/or John Buscema, is peak comic book art. That old black and white style just conveys EVERYTHING so much more solidly than the more modern, often digitally drawn(nothing wrong with that in most cases), color comics...

[@PaulRGauthier]

Chan/Buscema defined Conan, for better or worse. I think mostly for better, however they did create a stereotype that has often been hard to break.

[@pendantblade6361]

I claim this comment section for Thulsa Doom!

[@exitsexamined]

"Jumps off cliff into comment section"

[@NordpantsMcDragonpuncher]

Dead men can claim no lands

[@Hyperguyver2]

By this Axe, I reclaim the comments!

[@apparentlyfallacy]

​@@Hyperguyver2Do you know the riddle of the comment section?

[@edwardleonetti2492]

Enough of your mummery priest!

[@pasteghost428]

I like to imagine Conan kicking down the doors at Diddy freak offs and just putting them to the sword in the most brutal fashion that only he can provide.

[@deadland2222]

Fantastic, your enthusiasm for Conan is infectious!

[@exitsexamined]

Haha if this video makes even one person go back to read the books I'll deem it a success!

[@zentzisz]

If you like rap or hip hop, Cam'ron has a song "crown me" with the Conan score to a beat, and it is so good

[@scottcuthbertson3124]

Fantastic! As a long-time fan - I devoured the novels and films as a teenager in the 80s - it is great to see the breadth of the character analyzed like this. And thanks to the new comics and games, it's awesome to see the character raising his sword again!

[@exitsexamined]

It's long time fans like you that keep the fandom alive an what it is today, so thank you!

[@daleludtke7803]

This was awesome. Thank you for letting me have a small part of this.

[@exitsexamined]

Thank you so much again for the help, it's awesome people like you are keeping the fandom alive

[@klausbuck7069]

Crom doesn't give cookies. He rains down dooms.

[@greghersom7925]

Excellent job! I've been actually reading Conan since I was a teen - 45 years- and I was kinda a fan even before that, but my mom wouldn't let me buy Conan Comics, which was understandable because Conan comics, wasn't kid-friendly. So I one of those guys they knew all this stuff already but you still managed to open my eyes up. Like I don't think I realized the scope of it all before you put it all in one place. I do think you should have at least mentioned Frazetta. It was Frazetta cover art that posted the L. Sprague DeCamp/Lin Carter series sales. I think it was Frazetta's Conan that caused the first resurgence of Conan.

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thanks so much for watching and appreciating! It was a LOT to cover haha but it's been a really interesting series to chart over the years. 100% should have called out Frazetta by name but just tried to cover so much in here kind of got lost in the shuffle and didn't want to use so many names! Maybe for a future vid!

[@greghersom7925]

@exitsexamined absolutely! I don't think you missed anything else. Like I stated; I never realized the scope of it all. Forever, I always kinda felt like Conan and REH fandom was a lot smaller than I ever imagined. I think I've meant maybe one other adult that reads Howard and a handful of Conan fans, mostly from the Arnold movie and maybe a couple from the comics. So I always felt like I was all but alone in my love of Sword-and-Sorcery, Conan, and Howard. It's been relatively recent that I've found out there is such a huge fanbase.

[@konicsection]

Absolutely! I got introduced to Conan in 1974 and think Frank Frazetta's cover art nailed it like no illustrator before. Since then he has been imitated many times, but never surpassed, just like Howard himself.

[@The-Black-Death]

I actually have my own character in the series by the name of Branach who's a half Cimmerian and Pict barbarian, and he has also served several roles such as slave, gladiator, bodyguard, sellsword, hunter/tracker, treasure hunter, and assassin. He isn't nearly as charismatic or skilled/experienced, but he is much bigger and is cursed and tormented by a demon god. I've developed him over the last few years and I'd say I finally perfected his character at long last.

[@furagnar]

Conan is still alive kicking. Dynamite studios is getting ready to publish a new series. There is a new official novel coming out.

[@lucaspeacock6525]

Brother, that doesn't fill me with hope. Have you seen the state of Dynamite Comics? That's actually worse news than if D&D said they were publishing a new tie in.

[@HellBoy-id6ss]

Titan is currently doing the Conan comics..and it's F***ing great..

[@exitsexamined]

Thank you for commenting this, this is what I mean it's just endless. So Dynamite and Titan will both be publishing books at the same time? Are they only doing books or also comics

[@furagnar]

@exitsexamined I was mistaken. Dynamite published before. Titan now has the license.

[@furagnar]

@@HellBoy-id6ss thank you for this. I was thinking it was Dynamite.

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

There's also a wealth of charactwrs inspired by Conan and his stories, Tusk from Killer Instinct, Guts from Berserk, and even Fallout's got their own Conan-like in the form of Grognak The Barbarian.

[@exitsexamined]

haha oh my god! I can not believe I forgot to mention Grognak, thank you for mentioning haha

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

@@exitsexamined No problem, great vid!

[@benoitterneyre5064]

It's not a Conan story per say, but in the 80s Ralph Bashki and Frank Frazetta did a rotoscope animated movie called Fire and Ice which is probably the most Sword and Sorcery movie ever made, and the themes are very much aligned with the lore-accurate version of Conan, definitely worth a watch and/or review

[@exitsexamined]

I mentioned fire and ice before on this channel! Interestingly enough the guy who would later make Dinotopia was one of the animators on that film

[@AliceBowie]

The bad guy in Fire & Ice reminds me of Elric a bit, although he's probably more like Yyrkoon.

[@rga1605]

Conan really had one of the most creative worldbuildings that I read. He was also very smart, his first reaction when something weird(tm) happened was "we need to leave this place immediately!" (granted sometimes his greed talked louder, but this reaction was always great to read)

[@DeathsNitemareShepardOfHope]

I love hearing "Half the stuff we're going to get into today." then looking at the runtime and seeing the video is at least an hour long. I know it's probably a ton of writing but it's worth it in many cases. 😄👍

[@DarthMatusHolocron]

Great job with the video, man. Glad to see one of my favorite characters and writers get some love!

[@exitsexamined]

Couldn't have done it without you! Thank you so much again!

[@DarthMatusHolocron]

@@exitsexamined Anytime, my dude. Happy to help

[@Pdotta1]

Great review! I have to say, of all the authors and directors who tried over the many years and many formats, nobody has EVER matched Robert’s original style. He had something nobody else has.

[@TheStowAway594]

After reading the original stories the thing that really stood out to me was his intelligence, and while being in an insanely brutal world Conan is pretty good natured. He doesn't fight women, and fighting is always a means to get something or protect someone, he's not some bloodthirsty murderer. Many times he avoids fights because they're stupid, or bad tactically. I was really impressed by the depth of his character, especially after years of hearing he was just a big dumb oaf.

[@billstalker4906]

@@TheStowAway594 yeah we need a reboot that strays as far as possible from 1982. Get the guy who directed the Battle of the Bastards episode of Game of Thrones and do Black Colossus.

[@darriansea]

Good video. Always curious about Conan, knew it had a long old history but never looked into it.

[@exitsexamined]

I think a ton of people are the same way, it's wild how huge the history of the series actually is

[@barahng]

Fantasy before everyone started ripping off Tolkein in general is great. I recommend the video "A Brief Guide to Pre-Tolkein Fantasy" for more recommendations

[@ws1435]

Well, take me for a Kushite! I discovered Conan in the late 70s and really captured my imagination. Howard's works were clearly the best. One point that Howard made that I recall is Conan always wore mail. Repeatedly it would save his life in an attack. Most of the depictions have him shirtless but it wasn't consistent with how Howard described him.

[@Battlechicken12]

Guts from berserk even without the berserker armor is my go to

[@KrazyStargazer]

This is gonna sound so Bizzare...but i think Finn from adventure Time shares quite a bit wirh Conan. And Kamandi the Last Human. I think the overall vibe is the fantasy of living in a hostile world but being able to make it through gumption and courage without all the trapings of society...just my observation though...

[@exitsexamined]

All I can think about is Conan the Barbarian and Lumpy Space Princess crossover now

[@mrmaxwell346]

​@@exitsexaminedthats a thing?

[@Darthalas]

Love the Conan breakdown! I have enjoyed that universe since I was a little kid and read so many of his books! He wasn't exactly the same as he was in the books. I absolutely love the movies that Arnold Schwarzenegger did. I know there are many problematic things by today's standards in many of the books, but that character and series is a great read and so much fun! I have no problem teaching my son how to conduct himself and how to be respectful, but that is certainly one character he will be introduced to.

[@Thomas-sq7]

My goldstar has me in tears, thank you Crom...

[@huskaroar6869]

If Crom does not bless us with a Old King Conan movie with Arnie then to hell with Crom !

[@slothguy5946]

I got into Conan after watching Primal, which was directly inspired by it

[@robert48044]

This was the era I grew up in. Conan, Beast Master, Sonya. These and war movies were my thing.

[@exitsexamined]

Oh which war movies? Maybe I could try to cover them on the channel that might be interesting!

[@exitsexamined]

Oh which war movies? Maybe I could try to cover them on the channel that might be interesting!

[@morganahart2575]

BY CROM! MY FAVORITE GUILTY PLEASURE PULP SERIES!

[@exitsexamined]

Haha why guilty? Embrace the Sword & Sorcery!

[@dotheevolution78]

Wow! What an amazing retrospective you did here. Very well done sir. You did your homework. I really enjoyed this video. Chef's kiss!

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thanks so much for the kind words! It was a good amount of research and that's really kind of you to appreciate. More importantly, glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@nicholasbarton3184]

Yes, been waiting for you to cover this, amazing job considering just how much stuff there is to cover!!

[@Matheusss89]

I love both Conan and Solomon kane. Robert E. Howard's style of writing just hits that power fantasy nerve for me that works everytime, and i love it as much now as i did at 12 when i first got my hands on the Savage Sword of Conan's comics.

[@gundammon]

Still ticks me off that Dark Horse was so close to getting through adapting all the core stories (and in chronological order), but they bungled it by spending way too much time on underwhelming arcs that went nowhere and felt like they were padding. Case in point--Belit appears in 1 Howard story; in the Dark Horse comics she appears in 4 graphic novels' worth. That's almost a 5th of the whole Dark Horse run of the main saga. We could've gotten things like their adaptation of Red Nails if they'd kept a decent pace. Because, honestly, we're all here for the REH stories; everything else is extra. Instead they had to rebrand the last 2 graphic novels as "Conan the Slayer" to try to shake things up, and it didn't work.

[@tgillies101]

Howard was a body-builder and into fitness so I can see why he had an eye for physical aesthetics.

[@exitsexamined]

Was he? He looked a little, I don't know, not a body builder? haha. Did you see that on wiki or where? Wish I put that in!

[@tgillies101]

​@@exitsexamined I think I got that from Grim Dark Half-Off youtuber.

[@skinlesscletus8825]

Definitely should include Conan’s cameo in the show Wayne, probably the most accurate portrayal of the big fella yet

[@valmarsiglia]

Conan 2 was such a D&D module, which is exactly why my nerdy friends and I loved it. Still, for me, nothing beats the first one.

[@evanstential]

his understanding of anatomy is impeccable 😢

[@timeslider-0135]

Kinda feels like an era where Conan could make a comeback. 1 lack of trust in government or “civilization” judging my all the doomsday prepers living in my neighborhood alone. 2 an obsession with proving “manliness” and hyper masculinity. 3 a desire for just an honest person. 4 a charismatic and bold person of strength is something people are craving. 5 over the top adventure for the sake of something… less that “world saving” but more than “I want to” the idea of “I need beer money” sounds very.. well… relatable.

[@GIN_DEATHDEALER]

You can’t leave out Frank Frazetta when talking about Conan! That’s how I picture when reading Robert E. Howard’s story’s and it’s definitely heavily referenced by anyone drawing Conan today. Awesome work!

[@Cabbagethief86]

Amazing video, a really good history of Conan and I love how much time you put into it. I just need to say it seems like an incredible oversight to make an hour long video about Conan and not mention one of most influential artist of the genre, Frank Frazzeta (illustrator of the Lancer novel covers) Half the source images you used are his work and I would argue he really defined the look of the world and influenced every iteration of Conan since.

[@MooneShadow]

Crom! I still want sword and sorcery movies! Especially a great Conan movie. One good movie is not enough for me in my lifetime. 😅

[@michaelpettersson4919]

The problem with such movies is the fact that they almost always bungle the concept. There are so many brutally BAD movies in the genre hiding the gems.

[@SimacXIII]

Awesome video. Appreciate it.

[@red_barbarian99]

great video man, probably the best time to be a fan of Conan rn

[@exitsexamined]

Thanks so much! Yeah I was pleasantly surprised how much new stuff is in the works!

[@nikolibarastov4487]

At 1 m 40 s, I screamed out, "Challenge Accepted!!! I am a Conan-aholic" P.S: Hold On, Hold On, Tolkien has notes going back to before Howard was born, Conan was not an Inspiration for Lord of the Rings World building. As much as I love Conan, Howard was a fiery, talented student in comparison to the Literary Master that was JRR Tolkien. P.P.S: Dude, can you imagine Arnold as King Conan in a Movie, or a TV Show, and his Son as Conn, Son of Conan!?!?! IWANT IT!!! I NEED IT!!! I WILL CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BEFORE ARNIE DIES!!!

[@ksc888]

Always loved the Conan stories, thx for a great video!

[@exitsexamined]

My pleasure!

[@forcelightningcable9639]

You wanna talk about driving your enemies before you, but you’re granny shifting, not double-clutching like you should be. You never had me, and you never had your horse. Said by the ultimate family man badass, Dom Toretro

[@paulcooper3611]

In your listing of Conan resources, I didn't see any mention of Amra, the journal of the Hyborian Legion. This was a fan magazine published sporadically from 1959 to 1982. It contained short fiction, poetry, criticism, discussions of medieval and ancient history, weapons, and technology, as well as some pretty good artwork. It was also a place where the professionals could go an let their hair down, people like L. Sprague de Camp, Poul Anderson, Frank Herbert, Jerry Pournelle, Leigh Brackett, Harry Harrison, Fritz Leiber, Roger Zelazny and Lin Carter. It was published and edited by George Scithers, who took a break for a few years to edit Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. I first discovered it in 1969 and sent off a subscription to it and ponied up for 15 back issues. It was a wonderful introduction to Swords & Sorcery and High Fantasy when it really didn't exist in popular culture.

[@treavorwhitlock5606]

I love the Conan books. But I always laugh when Howard devotes a paragraph to Conan's iron thews and sinuous girth, then rattles off a little description of the female character like "there was a girl there too! Think the hottest girl you have ever seen but hotter, dusky, and supple"

[@epimetrius7348]

I'm actually surprised you didn't mention the new RPG that's coming out, the kickstarter has been killing it over the past few days.

[@epimetrius7348]

I should've watched til the end

[@mizukarate]

Get an ebook of all of REH's books and then get some paper books. This is your best bet.

[@antigrav6004]

As a major conan fan, i would like to recommend 2 things: The Cimmerian comic, a direct adaptation of many original stories, and even includes the text of the original story at the end of each one so you can compare. A classic Belgian comic called Thorgal; almost 50 years worth of fantastic stories of a character with a lot in common with conan, but asks the question, what if a hero like this had a family to look out for as well? it is a great one.

[@exitsexamined]

Whoa thorgal looks really interesting! Has it's own? and board game! I might just cover it on the channel, was it popular in Belgium?

[@dylanpiazza6358]

Conans a great pick, i think Riddick would be a good one. I honestly couldnt decide that 1v1 lol this is an awesome video. More of the Cimmerian the better

[@geekshock90805]

Great video man definitely enjoyed it I did not know a lot of things you pointed out about Conan

[@exitsexamined]

Thanks so much for watching, there is so much to learn about Conan, it's a wild series

[@RooftopsofAmerica]

It may have been recommended before but it'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on two series, one a response to Conan by making the main characters real, and another that does a good satire of it. The first is Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series taking place in the world of Newhon and the other of course is Terry Prachett's Discworld, the most obvious Conan connection being Cohen the Barbarian. (Interesting Times and The Last Hero in particular.) I really enjoy this channel and revisiting these series from my youth. Cheers!

[@paulcooper3611]

Yeah, I'll second Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser and the Pratchett books. I nearly split my gut laughing when Cohen the, lifetime in his own legend, barbarian cam on the scene in The Colour of Magic.

[@greyworld6242]

This was a great video! Do you think you can do a video on the history of red Sonja now?

[@muratzorlu7199]

Great vid. There is Barbaric from Vault Comics. Must read!

[@Zapzel24]

I got into Conan when I found out the Berserk and Fist of the North Star took heavy influences from Conan.

[@exitsexamined]

I just covered that on my video on berserk! Crazy right? What's more interesting is that Miura wasn't inspired by the howard version but actually the 80's movie more!

[@PaulRGauthier]

I wish you'd spent more time on the Modiphius ttrpg. It's spectacular. It's literally an encyclopedia of the Hyborean age and totally faithful to the original Howard stories. You'd love it.

[@exitsexamined]

I wish I could! There's honestly just SO much in the conan universe and this video was already one of the longest on my channel and took a lot out of me. Maybe one day I can try to do a 2 to 3 hour video to really dive into the details if the channel every grows enough

[@lompeos7388]

The Frazzetta art is the best

[@vindex57]

Great video!

[@exitsexamined]

Thank you so much!

[@sgtjarhead99]

Great video. Well done. Love the enthusiasm to the character and genre.

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thanks! It's always fun to talk about Conan haha

[@TheMimiSard]

I am just reminded of a fanfic I read in my latter MCU period (like, late 2022, early 2023 - as I jumped fandoms in April-May-ish 2023), where Stephen Strange had a run-in with Thulsa Doom. It was a reminder to me that Conan did spend a time as a Marvel comics line. In addition, the chaos of comics is a universal thing for the Big Two. I spent a while in the late 90s, early 2000s collection X-Men titles, and even then, in just that quadrant, it was chaos.

[@TheMimiSard]

A thought about being happy that the "Conan the Barbarian" movie exists - anything else you might think about him and his short political career, it was a huge step for Arnold Schwarzenegger's career. If you know anything about the beginning of his acting, he had a Hercules movie before Conan, which had his lines dubbed over with an American VA. For all that Conan is is not accurate to the original character, at least it was Arnold's own voice, giving that iconic Austrian accent its rightful airing. I think of one of a post-Governor movie he was in that Mum has pulled up on Netflix, and that Austrian accent is still very much there, and I just think now Arnold's accent is just... part of Arnold, and part of the American film landscape.

[@TheMimiSard]

Another thought I had, about a return by Arnold to the role, I think it could work if it leaned into one of Conan's best parodies, and make Conan an Old Man Barbarian who got that old because he's the best. Then run with that being the mentor to a young warrior. Which parody am I referencing? Cohen the Barbarian, of Terry Pratchett's Discworld.

[@exitsexamined]

Sounds like a really cool fanfic, do you remember what it's called?

[@markolukic7824]

Amazing video. Conan was my introduction to fantasy amd you have earned yourself a subscription. Salute!

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thanks so much for the kind words, sounds like you had an excellent introduction to fantasy!

[@wayne7725]

I still have the majority of the black and white magazines. As well the original material in old English. I read Conan so much as a child my friends started calling me Conan. 😂

[@exitsexamined]

Whoa how many of the original magazines do you have? That must be awesome!

[@wayne7725]

@exitsexamined In excess of a hundred.

[@Theimperialbastion]

Love this video

[@exitsexamined]

Thanks for watching it, and glad you enjoyed it! Was kind of intense to make haha there is just so much to talk about here, could easily have made it 2-3 hours if I had the time for it!

[@Ozzymandios]

My absolute Favorite was a pulp fiction novel where I was first introduced to ROBERT JORDAN❤ followed closely by black and white Savage Sword of Conan with. art level covers by JUSKO❤

[@MourningConstitution]

Thanks!

[@anthonybird546]

I do recall that Marvel did put out Conan comic books in the late 90s. I do remember picking them up, I think I even still have them. They were not up to the par of Savage Sword, but still fun

[@thomasdevine5202]

I wish they would do a movie based on Queen of the black Coast. And just keep it step by step just like the book

[@exitsexamined]

Honestly I would 100% watch that, such a great story

[@Stasy809]

This dude is Guts's grandad. that's how badass Conan is

[@Capt.Carrick]

I love this channel

[@Zyme86]

Next do the history of Cohen the Barbarian

[@DinosaurBoy04]

I’ve always wanted to dip my toes into the Conan books and you have convinced me sir. A suggestion that I would like for you to do as well would be Warhammer( either 40K or the age of sigmar). There is a lot with Warhammer

[@exitsexamined]

Glad I could convince you and et me know what you think! I think it's unlikely I'll ever get into Warhammer because it's just so saturated on KZbin at the moment. Maybe looking at the series and the history of it as whole, but that would also be insane, they probably have at least 100 video games alone

[@pook77games38]

You could do the gotrek and Felix books, they are very good​@exitsexamined

[@JohnAndrewMacDonald]

The only real Conan is Robert E. Howard's Conan - PERIOD.

[@valmarsiglia]

James Earl Jones stole the show for me. One of the great cinematic villains, and arguably Jones's second greatest villain next to Vader, though of course not as iconic.

[@jeremymacdonald2073]

I started reading Conan novels in the seventys. I started buying savage sword then. In the ninety's I had bought every savage sword of Conan. Except number one. It was an expensive $100. I had lots of king Conan's and Conan comics.

[@exitsexamined]

Wow that is probably worth a good chunk of money now, you're probably one of the few people in the world who has them all, that's awesome!

[@Shadowkiller-dq2ju]

Who’s here once Conan was released

[@GoomyB]

Conan King of Thieves is my go to build on Daggerfall unity. Strength and stealth.

[@WormBurger]

What about those of us who HAVE melted like butter on a hot skillet? 8:43 do we have to stop the video here?

[@exitsexamined]

Honestly that's a great question, I guess at that point you will have to stop the video and kiss your nearest conan poster and or body pillow

[@jasonmaclean719]

Let's be real here. In the first film the guy made a fire in a cave/crypt with nothing more than a few twigs. How many people today can do that? He's quite intelligent and resourceful.

[@Ozzymandios]

One parting miss... You featured Frank Frazetta Iconic Barbarian paintings over and over failing to hive him credit. Those paintings became silk screen, posters, Figurines and Statues that captured the imagination and inspired alot of the other media forms that you did feature❤

[@cal2127]

one of the things i love about the world is it spans the gap from bronze age to piracy. if you want to read a pirate adventure theres a conan story from that. want to read about pyramid robbing. conan book. etc

[@craigharris7236]

Good work ...!!

[@BusinessOfFear]

Never thought I'd hear Conan the Barbarian (1982) described as cheesy and campy.

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

YES ROBERT E HOWARDS CONAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@exitsexamined]

Oh nice to see another howard fan! Which was your favorite book?

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

@@exitsexamined Phoenix of the sword

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

@@exitsexamined I love Conan so much because it does everything that other fantasies do, not just because it was the first high fantasy but also because it does so much that you won't see in other fantasies ot be honest.