King-Size Conan #1 - "In the City of Thieves"

[laughing_tree]

Conan is built around the idea that Conan is the incorruptible, uncivilized man, dealing with a society that is in decay, it’s corrupted, and the leaders of that society abuse and manipulate the people they have power over. It’s very much a metaphor for distrust of the government during the Great Depression, which is when the character was created. But it also worked in the anti-Vietnam ’60s when Conan became popular in paperback, in the Watergate ’70s, which is when it became popular in comics, and you can see why it would be popular in the last couple of years–it’s a very versatile metaphor. -- Kurt Busiek

Comments

[tripodeca113]

Well that ended about as well as could have been expected.

[iamrman]

I feel ashamed that I onky know Conan from the movies.

[werehawk]

All the stories in this were great throwbacks to my he original Conan comics. Both Thomas’ and Busiek’s were fantastic.

[themajesticmoose]

I approve greatly of Conan's reasoning here

I mean, it's not like they're going to need that gold anymore

[lizard_of_aus]

Hrm. I think I'd find it more amusing if I hadn't seen that same sort of logic being used by a self-centred mother training her daughter to be a porch pirate.

[themajesticmoose]

I don't know what a porch pirate is and honestly I'm terrified to google it because it sounds horrible

[lizard_of_aus]

Oh, it's just people who steal packages left on people's doorsteps.

[themajesticmoose]

Oh, okay

Yeah that's a mean thing to do :(