Esad Ribic is best known in English-speaking comics for his lush painted art on series such as Mighty Thor and Secret Wars for Marvel Comics. And also for being one of the nicest, funniest guys to be around at comic shows. He also had his creator-owned series, Vs out from Image Comics. So would he return to drawing someone else's story? Not quite yet it seems. Fresh from being the inspiration of the Eastern European secret agent thug turned by Jack Kirby in Brian Bendis and David Mack's Cover, he's now working on Conan for Marvel Comics with a one-shot, Conan: Exodus, a mostly silent issue…

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