Archive for February, 2007
A Picture Is Worth…
February 28th, 2007 | Author: Craig
The international poster for “Die Hard 4.0″ is a throwback to the good ole days of action movies. It’s a simple but effective shot of Bruce Willis as McClane, looking banged up, dirty and ready to kick some terrorist butt.
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King Loves Huston
February 27th, 2007 | Author: Craig
One of the cool things about running the ZONE is getting to be one of the first to tell you about cool movies, comics, tv shows, artists and authors.
Just another example of ZONErs being ahead of the pack!
Making Like Neo
February 26th, 2007 | Author: Craig
Last Thursday, Antonella Barba dodged a bullet when she missed being elminated from American Idol. As I told you HERE, on Friday, “racy photos” of Ms. Barba began appearing on the net. Because some of the photos were very “racy,” I thought that Ms. Barba would probably be asked to leave the show. Things may have changed though.
Today Barba’s best friend, Amanda Coluccio was quoted in The Star-Ledger of Newark as saying, “The really bad ones aren’t her. I’ve studied them. It’s not her nose. She’s never had (acrylic nail) tips (like the woman in the photo) in her life. She’s the least slutty person I know.”
If that is the case, Ms. Barba has probably dodged another bullet.
American Idol: Picture That
February 25th, 2007 | Author: Craig
Antonella Barba is one of the contestants on American Idol. Although she is a pretty young lady and can sing [well enough to make the show anyway], I thought that she would probably get the boot in the first round of eliminations. I was surprised when she made it to the second round.
Another Youtube Gem
February 24th, 2007 | Author: Craig
Today I found video of a wrestling match that took place in the early 70’s pitting The Blackjacks [Mulligan and Lanza] and their manager “Pretty Boy” Bobby Heenan against Dick the Bruiser, his cousin The Crusher and midget wrestler “Little Bruiser.” What makes this match so appealing to me is that in addition to it being over 30 years old, and featuring my favorite wrestlers of the time, I actually saw this match live!
Well, maybe I did. See, I did see these same guys wrestle each other in Indianapolis live, but they probably wrestled against each other around the country and the video may have been from one of those matches. Either way, it was still a hoot seeing it after all of these years.
I’ll continue searching out Youtube for cool videos. I’d love to find intros to “T.H.E. Cat” [I can't imagine that it was good as I remember it being] and “Garrison’s Guerillas.” Hey, and if you find any cool videos, post the links here. I’d love to see what gems you’ve come across.
What I Do Know
February 23rd, 2007 | Author: Craig
I’m sure that most ZONErs have, by this point, heard about the break-down that Britney Spears went through this week. She checked herself into rehab, checked herself out, went out on the town, got a new tat, and shaved her head. Rumors are rampant about the reasons for Britney’s breakdown. Some say drugs, some say she never has gotten over Justin Timberlake and some claim it was because she read THIS.
I don’t know the cause of Britney’s problems, but I do know THIS is well done.
The Invaders
February 22nd, 2007 | Author: Craig
Already Dead Gets New Life
February 21st, 2007 | Author: Craig
Remember when I first told you here about how much I enjoyed Charlie Huston’s writing? And then here when I wrote that Huston placed 2 books in my top five for 2006? [Actually it was 4 out of the top 7, if you want to get technical about it.]Anyway, seems like I’m not the only one enjoying Huston’s work. Already Dead has been optioned for a potential movie franchise. You can read the full story here.
Just another example of ZONErs being ahead of the crowd!
Which Bot is Best?
February 20th, 2007 | Author: Craig
I took the photo above at MegaCon on Sunday. There was a company there that had life-size recreations of famous robots.
For my money, these three are probably the MOST famous robots in the world. There’s 3CPO from Star Wars, the robot from Lost in Space, and Robbie the Robot.
Would a child of the 80’s want KITT?
One Mega-Great Day
February 19th, 2007 | Author: Craig
Usually when I’m going to a comic convention, I try to post the news well in advance in case there are other friends/ZONErs who are planning to be there. A lot of the fun of these shows is hanging with friends you seldom get to see! I hadn’t posted anything about this weekend’s Orlando MegaCon because I had decided not to attend. Just two weekends ago I was at FX and decided that my wallet needed a break. So even though Darwyn Cooke was scheduled for MegaCon [and I really wanted a shot at a Stallone piece from him], I figured that I would sit this one out.
That’s Chris and “The James” Howell looking all gangsterish. Now back to the con report… Chris and I get up bright and early and drive over. I’m the first one at Darwyn’s table. Right behind me comes Randy Martin who’s hoping to get a piece for his Edward Scissorhands collection. A few minutes later and the line behind us is huge! When Darwyn arrives, he says that he has room for just two more sketches. I’m in! As long as Darwyn doesn’t run out of time, I’ll get my Stallone piece!!
Usually when I hit cons, I have two or three days [depending on the show] to hang with friends, set up sketches and look at what the dealers are hawking. Since this was the last day of the show, I had to make the rounds fairly quickly. I was able to visit briefly with Cadre and his crew, Alex Saviuk, as well as Joe Pekar and Alberto Ruiz. [That's Joe and Alberto in the photo above. Alberto's the one flashing the lettuce!] Keith and Monica Mallow were there. They joined Chris and I for lunch at the convention center cafe. Chris is pretty reserved the first time he meets someone, so he REALLY didn’t know what to make of Mallow, who’s a joke a minute guy. [Unfortunately his funny jokes only show up every five minutes or so... but I kid...] Keith is planing a one day show in Port St. Lucie, Florida on April 22nd. I’ll post more about that as the date draws near.
After lunch Chris and I headed over to hang out with the guys from Tsunami Studios [Gary McKee, Mike Torrance, and Jason Walker]. “The James” has been friends with the guys for years, and I’ve hung with them since I started doing shows again. They’d prepared a studio sketchbook. It was a bargain, especially since they all drew small headshots free with every purchase. I’ll post up mine later this week.
…word got back to me that Darwyn was working on a drawing of Sly! I swung by his table and it was ready! I thanked [and paid] him. I then made my way back to table Tsunami. After just a few minutes the end of show announcements started. Before we said our goodbyes, Chris snapped a photo of us. That’s Gary looking proud of his pencil, and Jason to our right. I’m behind Gary, and Mike Torrance is behind me. Hawaiian Dave is directly behind “The James” who seems to be putting the Vulcan grip on Jason.
Before I go… let me leave you with a shot of Darwyn and his take on Sly as Jack Carter!
