I continue to enjoy this series. The author and artists have changed, but they still have good material to work from, and the story is very good. If you have followed the series, you can see some differences in the art style, but overall, the feel of the series continues to be very good. The characters continue to show depth. Conan continues to grow and evolve. He continues to see who his friends and true enemies really are. And then, there is the confrontation with the red priest, which I found interesting and pretty neat. Without giving away much, I can say this is a pretty good story from Howard's stories. In addition, this volume contains a nice introduction, and some good supplementary material about the title story. Overall, a good volume, and it is certainly worth it to continue following the series. ( )

Conan, Vol.5: Rogues in the House and Other Stories by Timothy Truman, Cory Nord, Tomas Giorello is a graphic novel that is part of Dark Horse Books Conan series. I first read Conan novels by Robert E. Howard when I was a teenager in the late 1960s. Howard’s stories of the noble Cimmerian were filled with ruthless action from the fierce warrior, explorer, thief, and barbarian. Conan was indeed a barbarian, but he followed an unwritten code of conduct (honor among thieves) and although he acquired the company of women wherever he went, he did not abuse them unless they betrayed him. Howard’s Conan books are full of primitive men and women, who believe in magic and witchcraft, potions and talismans, and monsters of all types. They live hard in a very dangerous environment and often die young. Yet Conan moves through the exotic territories from adventure to adventure with a cavalier attitude. Truman, Nord and Giorello do a great job of capturing the wonderful ambiance of Howard’s barbarian and the world he dominated. Truman’s writing presents a rich and accurate story and an authentic Conan to the reader. The beautiful color art work of Nord and Giorello is a complement to the story and shows the reader what a powerful barbarian Conan was and how savage his enemies and environment were. Rogues in the House, originally published in 1933, is certainly one of Howard’s best Conan stories, and this graphic novel does a great job of presenting it to today’s reader. ( )

http://jmgold.blogspot.com/2008/03/rogues-in-house.html ( )