Complex sentence: Fantasy author and Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard, a big fan of "Bunky", was fond of quoting from the strip, as noted by his friend, Tevis Clyde Smith.
Split into simpler sentences: Fantasy author and Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard was reportedly a big fan of "Bunky". He was fond of quoting from the strip, as noted by his friend, Tevis Clyde Smith.