Conan the Barbarian #21 - Barry Windsor Smith art & cover

Barry Windsor Smith

Conan the Barbarian v1 #21, 1972 - An ancient rite is performed in the shadow of two monoliths, loosing an unspeakable creature hungry for a certain barbarian. Barry Smith's pencils are more unpolished than usual, made worse by the crude inking starting on page 7. Despite some exemplary panels here and there, overall faces and figures are distorted to the point of distraction. By contrast, Smith's cover of a triumphant Conan in the aftermath of battle is his finest to date. Though partially marred by too much text, the composition and details create a memorable and iconic scene. This is 19 of 22 Conan the Barbarian issues by Smith. /// Smith gallery

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Smith cover pencils and inks = ****
"Monster of the Monoliths" Smith story pencils (Dan Adkins, Val Mayerik and P. Craig Russell inks) 20 pages = **

Barry Windsor Smith

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