Abstract The paper examines the visual iconography, literary character development and sequential timeline in "The Chronicles of Conan, Vol.1". The paper describes how the fictional character, Conan of Cimmeria, was originally created through a literary medium, but was made more accessible and more famous by creating an association with visual iconography.
From the Paper "The classic pulp sword and sorcery novels of Robert E. Howard have resulted in film, comics, and other modern media formats that describe his most famous barbarian character: Conan of Cimmeria. In many ways, the comic book industry has brought the Conan character to greater fame, as Howard's actual novels did not sell well before being visually interpreted. In 1971, the comic book illustrator Barry Windsor Smith artistically interpreted the Conan figure within a certain medium that stood outside the literature that Howard wrote, especially with the greater visual presence of his drawings that gave life to the Conan character."
