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The Raven #1

The Sowers of the Thunder

Publication type

Publication date: December 1981

Introduction

The Raven is a fanzine created and published by Thomas Kovacs. The sort of prequel was Wolfshead.

Raven has a lot of Howard stuff and contains most of my Kovacs early translations and self made illustrations from 40 years ago. Thomas Kovacs was 21 at the time and at the beginning of his Howard "career". He had intense  correspondence with Glenn Lord which lasted decades until Glenn’s death. Raven has even the very first Hungarian translation of a Howard poem in it. The heading tho „The Thing on the Roof“ was translated by my older brother at that time.

Notes

Plastic rib bound. Page numbers do not include covers.
Mostly in German, where originally in English, translated by Thomas Kovacs. Text relating to films (pp.3-26) not included in contents below.
Hungarian translations by Barnabas Kovacs, Jr.
Price is in Swiss francs, no ISBN.
Art credited on the TOC; most of it is also signed.

Formerly entitled WOLFSHEAD.A Thomas Kovacs publication.

 

Edition and production details

Language
German
Edition
1st
Edition format
Chapbook (plastic rib bound)
Publication date
December 1981
Pages
62
Publisher / imprint
The Sowers of the Thunder
Cover art
Thomas Geissmann
Illustrations
Thomas Geissmann and Thomas Kovacs

14 linked Howard works

71 contents entries

  1. " Träumereien eines Schwachsinnigen" ("Musings of a Moron")
  2. Einleitung und Impressum • essay by Stefan Ghilardi and Denes Kovacs 1 · essay
  3. "Das Schwert" ("The Sword")
  4. The Raven, December 1981 • interior artwork by Doc 1 · artwork
  5. "Der Mann am Boden " ("The Man on the Ground")
  6. Biobrot • short story by Hanspeter Burkhard 27 · story
  7. "Todesreiter " ("Death’s Black Riders")
  8. The Second Man • interior artwork by Thomas Kovacs 28 · artwork
  9. "Stadt der Finsternis" ("The Black City")
  10. Portfolio by Thomas Geissmann • interior artwork by Thomas Geissmann 30 · artwork
  11. "Kublai Khan" (poem) (German & English)
  12. Bemerkungen zu dem in dieser Ausgabe veröffentlichten Material von Robert E. Howard • essay by Thomas Kovacs 33 · essay
  13. "Empfindsamkeit" ("Sentiment")
  14. Bemerkungen zu dem in dieser Ausgabe veröffentlichten Material von Robert E. Howard • interior artwork by Doc 33 · artwork
  15. "Cimmeria" (poem) (German & English)
  16. Robert E. Howard (Teil II) • essay by Thomas Kovacs 34 · essay
  17. "Der schwarze Stein " ("The Black Stone") ( verse heading) (German & English)
  18. Francis Xavier Gordon • interior artwork by Doc 37 · artwork
  19. "Das Ding auf dem Dach " ("The Thing on the Roof") ( verse heading ) (German & English)
  20. Träumereien Eines Schwachsinnigen • short story by Robert E. Howard (trans. of Musings of a Moron 1968) 38 · story
  21. "A sötét kö" ("The Black Stone") ( verse heading) ( Hungarian )
  22. Träumereien eines Schwachsinnigen • interior artwork by Doc 38 · artwork
  23. "Lópata az éji tetön" ("The Thing on the Roof") ( verse heading ) ( Hungarian )
  24. Kublai Khan [English] • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard 40 · poem
  25. "Todesreiter " ("Death’s Black Riders") ( verse heading ) (English)
  26. Kublai Khan • poem by Robert E. Howard (trans. of Kublai Khan 1976) 40 · poem
  27. "Visions" (poem, English)
  28. Das Schwert • essay by Robert E. Howard (trans. of The Sword 1976) 41 · essay
  29. "Hope Empty of Meaning" (poem, English )
  30. Skull-Face • interior artwork by Doc 42 · artwork
  31. "Lines Written in the Realization that I Must Die" (poem, English)
  32. Der Mann am Boden • short story by Robert E. Howard (trans. of The Man on the Ground 1933) 43 · story
  33. Non-REH Contents
  34. Esau Brill • interior artwork by Doc 46 · artwork
  35. Introduction and Indicia, by Stefan Ghilardi & Denes Kovacs
  36. Kane • interior artwork by Thomas Kovacs 47 · artwork
  37. "Robert E. Howard" Part 2 by Thomas Kovacs (article) (bibliography of Conan, Bran Mak Morn, James Allison, & El Borak)
  38. Eodesreiter • [Solomon Kane] • short story by Robert E. Howard (trans. of Death's Black Riders 1968) 47 · story
  39. "Namenlose Kulte" ("Nameless Cults") (article) by Thomas Kovacs
  40. Empfindsamkeit • translation of Sentiment by Robert E. Howard 48
  41. "Headings" by Thomas Kovacs (article)
  42. Stadt der Finsternis • essay by Robert E. Howard (trans. of The Black City 1967) 49 · essay
  43. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" by Thomas Kovacs (film review)
  44. Stadt der Finsternis • interior artwork by Thomas Kovacs 49 · artwork
  45. "Possession" by Denes Kovacs (film review)
  46. Cimmeria [English] • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 51 · poem
  47. "The Incredible Melting Man" by Denes Kovacs (film review)
  48. Cimmeria • poem by Robert E. Howard (trans. of Cimmeria 1965) 52 · poem
  49. "Dragonslayer" by Stefan Ghilardi (film review)
  50. Headings [English and German] • The Black Stone • Der schwarze Stein • poem • by Robert E. Howard 53 · poem
  51. "Escape from New York" by Martin Yavneh (film review)
  52. Headings [English] • The Thing on the Roof • Das Ding auf dem Dach • poem • by Robert E. Howard 53 · poem
  53. "Excalibur" by Stefan Ghilardi (film review)
  54. [Hungarian] • The Black Stone • A sötét kö • poem • by Robert E. Howard • Translated by Barnabas Kovacs, Jr. 54 · poem
  55. "The Awakening" by Thomas Kovacs (film review)
  56. [Hungarian] • The Thing on the Roof • Lópata az éji tetön • poem • by Robert E. Howard • Translated by Barnabas Kovacs, Jr. 54 · poem
  57. "Zombies among Cannibals" by Simon Garth (film review)
  58. Namenlose Kulte • essay by Thomas Kovacs 55 · essay
  59. "Clash of the Titans" by Denes Kovacs (film review)
  60. The Raven, December 1981 • interior artwork by Thomas Kovacs 56 · artwork
  61. "An American Werewolf in London" by Stefan Ghilardi (film review)
  62. Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die [English] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 57 · poem
  63. "Star Trek -- The Movie" by Emanuel Saladin (film review)
  64. Hope Empty of Meaning [English] • (1971) • poem by Robert E. Howard 57 · poem
  65. "Outland" by Thomas Kovacs (film review)
  66. "Excalibur" by Thomas Kovacs (film review)
  67. "Conan the Barbarian" by Thomas Kovacs (film preview)
  68. "Biobrot" by Hanspeter Burkhard (satire)
  69. "Drama in 6 Acts" by Ronald J. Amacher (fiction)
  70. Portfolio by Thomas Geissmann
  71. REH Credits by Thomas Kovacs (German & English)

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Thomas Geissmann
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Title
The Raven #1
Publisher
The Sowers of the Thunder
Date
December 1981
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Title
The Raven #1
Publisher
The Sowers of the Thunder
Date
December 1981
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