Any Robert E. Howard fans?

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I loved reading Conan growing up, I even enjoyed the comics and the movies.

I am hoping to get to see the Solomon Kane movie (http://www.solomonkane.com/)
but I do not know when or if it will ever come to the US but i have heard good things about it.

There is even a Demand Solomon Kane in your area website (http://eventful.com/greensboro/demand/solomon-kane-/D0-001-003960342-6/join?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=post_to_profile_dconfirm)

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Here
you found one

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Fellow fan here! CROM!!!!

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It is good to know that I am not alone here. Conan was certainly my favorite, but this Solomon Kane thing has intrigued me. I have picked up some books including a graphic novel and it is some pretty good stuff. What do you think of him, and what of the movie?

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I read a couple conan books in elementary school. ^_^

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Conan, Judge Dredd, and Iron Man defined my childhood.

Conan's the only IP from which I've read all the comics and seen all the movies, though.

So yeah, I'm a fan. :D

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I never read anything from the Salomon Kane franchise so i really cannot comment with anything that resembles sense. In a way I think the appeal of Howards characters for many people was the way they were written. We were rarely told what the characters were thinking only shown what they were doing, and left to decide for ourselves why they did what they did.
I think that if they stick to the feel of Salomon Kane the film will do fine (At least among the fans of Howard) because Howerds works were almost made for the big screen and not read simply because you never know the intent of the character based on what they are thinking only by what they say and do. Does this make sense? Sorry just woke up so I am typing in a daze rigsht now LOL

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Interesting that Howard, like many pulp writers, wrote with a sense of the theatrical. His telling of the epic battles between Conan and...wel just about everybody gave a sense of scale to the exploits that many current novels lack. I am an avid Doc Savage reader and have always appreciated the In Media Res feel of the stories. They don't need a lot of backstory because motivations are filled in along the way. You don't really have to know why Conan hates sorcerers, just that as his stories progress, they seem to be the ones that give him the most trouble.

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The Solomon Kane stories were always my favorites. Not as big a fan of the Conan ones.

I was really sad the Kane movie wasn't released here. But I probably would have been disappointed in it anyway.

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A Solomon Kane movie would have been great back in the Bush years,not so much now-but I'm still very curious about it. I just read the 'Borak' collection about a Texan roaming about Afganistan having adventures and that would have been even better for Bush!
A few years ago during the R.E.Howard Centenial the World Fantasy Convention was held down here-there were trips up to Cross Plains and everything.it was great fun.I still have the backpack they gave everyone.

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For those interested Robert E. Howard's works have fallen out of copyright in Australia. If you have a Kindle or some othe ebook device or if you feel like just reading them on your computer you can download them from Project Gutenberg Australia: Authors "H" (http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-a-m.html#letterH)