While the cold winds of February continue to blow across most us, here's something to warm the scabbards of our hearts; the panel schedule for Howard Days in the WARM month of June in Texas!
Rest assured that all of the usual activities remain in place for The Best Two Days in Howard Fandom - we'll be posting a complete list soon. In the meantime, get your engines warmed up to come on down to Howard Days to enjoy a really good panel schedule this year. Make your plans now and we'll see you then!
REH Days 2015 Panel Schedule
FRIDAY June 12
11 am: Conan Vs. Cthulhu.
Join us for an enlightening discussion of Howard’s writing in the Cthulhu
Mythos and Lovecraft’s writing in the Howard Mythos. Panelists: Mark Finn and Jeff Shanks. At the Cross Plains Library.
1:30 pm: The Mark Schultz
Hour. Our artist/writer Guest of Honor talks about his great career in an
interview-style setting. At the Cross Plains Library.
2:30 pm: The Robert E. Howard
Foundation Awards. Find out who won the REHF Awards for 2014, presented by
Rusty Burke, Bill Cavalier and a cast of dozens. At the Cross Plains Library.
This is a 30 minute panel.
9:00 pm: Fists at the Ice
House. A perennial favorite is back! Presented on the very spot where REH
actually boxed, come celebrate the completion of the four-volume Boxing series
from the REHF Press. Presented on site behind the Texas Taxidermy building on
Main Street by Mark Finn, Chris Gruber, Jeff Shanks and Patrice Louinet.
SATURDAY June 13
10:30 am: A Means to
Freedom. The two-volume set of the letters between Robert E. Howard and
H.P. Lovecraft are discussed. Panelists include Rusty Burke, one of the
editors. At the Cross Plains Library.
1:30 pm: Robert E. Howard
and Fantasy Gaming. 2015 will be THE year of REH and fantasy gaming with a
new Conan board game AND a Conan role-playing game both coming out! We’ll also
discuss Howard’s influence on the creation of fantasy role-playing games. There’ll
be a bunch of panelists on this one: Patrice Louinet, Tim Brown, Jeff Shanks,
Mark Finn, Mark Schultz - all refereed by Bill Cavalier. At the Cross Plains
Library.
2:30pm: STOP THE PRESSES! HOLD ONTO YOUR FEDORAS!
The 2:30 "What's Up with REH?" panel has been scratched so that we may bring you an Interview with Brad and Jeff Howard, great grandsons of Dr. Howard's brother, David Terrell Howard! Well known Howard scholar and detective Patrice Louinet will be talking with Jeff and Brad about their fascinating family history. More surprises will ensue from this panel, so be sure to be there. At the Library.
