Barbarians: From Conan to He-Man - Hardcover Book

This book is absolutely fantastic deep dive into the world of conansploitation sword n’ sandals nonsense with a combination of curated art and information that is superb. Highly recommended especially alongside Pulse’s other book After the World Ends. ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS!!!

This was a lot more like the After the world ends book than the newest Pulse Video book, Cannibal Worlds. This is a very cursory, surface level coverage of a few dozen films. Like all the Pulse books, it's nicely put together, with great photos and poster art, but most films only get a couple pages, much of which is just writing the films' prologues and plots. I did learn a few anecdotes about behind the scenes stuff, while on other films I knew things the author never mentions. There are no in depth essays or writings from any other authors, or interesting interviews, like there are in Cannibal Worlds. This is really more of a quick reference book to look up titles here and there, but beyond basic info most films don't have much content in their sections. I did appreciate the positive attitude of the writing, in that he doesn't ridicule or insult even the least of these productions. Don't expect any great writing or to learn much.

Always a pleasure to see the work put into these books

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Barbarians: From Conan to He-Man is a fun and easy read about how barbarians show up in pop culture, from Conan the Barbarian to He-Man. It’s interesting without being too heavy. It’s translated from French, and as a native French speaker, I found the translation really solid and natural.

Ps. Shout out to the lady with four ***** on the poster of The warrior and the sorceress