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Sketch o’the Week
February 10th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Better late than never for the “Sketch o’the Week”. After all that writing about the unedited Robert E. Howard Conan stories now available I couldn’t resist doing a sketch of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1981 role that launched him to action hero superstardom. I remember seeing that movie in the theater as a kid (don’t recall how I got into an “R” movie at age 14… I suspect I might have used less than honest means). The film is a weird amalgamation of elements from many different Howard stories, and was cheesy fun.
I just noticed I forgot to put the gum on the bottom of his shoe… I must be losing it.
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That is cool! That actually gave me the first laugh I have had all day today….Thank you!
You know, that might be the highest compliment you can pay to a cartoonist… that they made you laugh. Thanks!
Great sketch Tom. I didn’t see Conan in theaters but I think I was about the same age when my father let me rent it from the video store. I distinctly remember the painted movie poster cover on the cassette case.
Mongol General: “Conan! What is best in life?”
Conan: “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.”
Classic, classic moment….and pretty much my life motto.