SDCC 2025: On the Shoulders of Frost Giants

on the shoulders of frost giants

At SDCC 2024, I sat down with Jim Zub to talk about his work with Conan the Barbarian in the lead-up to the massive crossover event, Battle of the Black Stone, from Heroic Signatures through Titan Comics. This year Heroic Signatures editor Chris Butera joined Zub and me to talk about keeping all of Robert E. Howard’s characters straight through a massive plan to 2027. Because the crossovers of various mythical ages and characters are far from over. This fall we get Scourge of the Serpent, which reintroduces King Kull to mainstream comics.

For fans of Robert E. Howard, Zub (and Butera) have been carrying the torch and expanding the legends. But they could still pause in San Diego to talk about it…

 

on the shoulders of frost giants

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In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He has performed with ComedySportz, City Lights Theater Company and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, though relocated to Hollywood to... work in an office? If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at [email protected].