Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I’m a fan of The Three Stooges. [And since you’ve asked my favorites are Curly, Shemp, Moe and Larry, in that order.] On April 4, 2012, the Farrelly brothers‘ movie which takes the Three Stooges characters into new adventures opens.
While it’s an interesting idea, I wonder if it’ll work. Do I hope it’s a success? Why, certainly. Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck.
IFanBoy recently posted their choices for the perfect cast of an adaption of the classic crime comic series 100 Bullets. I think that their choices are excellent…
Here’s the first photo that I’ve seen of Arnold, Sly and Bruce on location in Bulgaria for filming of The Expendables 2. Can you dig it? Yeah, I thought you could.
Dave Wachter returns this week with his take on Sly from Get Carter. I met Dave a couple of years ago and became an instant fan. Dave is a tremendous artist, but more importantly an all-around decent guy. You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig
Today we have the return of Evan Bryce and his riff on Sly as Cobra. I’ve been a fan of Evan’s art for a few years now and we’ve become friends via the internet. We’d met just once at Heroes Con in 2009 and I got a cool Sly from The Expendables sketch.
Evan didn’t make it back to Heroes in 2010 and he wasn’t supposed to be there this year. However he surprised everyone and made the trip. I asked for a Stallone character sketch of his choice and he went with Cobra and threw in the car and cityscape background as a bonus.
Evan is an exciting artist and one to keep an eye on. You can see more of his work at his blog or his Deviant Art site. Plan to spend a while.
I met Robin Holstein for the first time at this year’s Heroes Con. I’d see a bit of Robin’s art online and so I made sure to swing by his table and meet him. After talking to Robin a bit, I decided to commission a Stallone sketch from him. Robin came up with the sketch above. Upon seeing it, I immediately asked if he had room on his list for another piece — my buddy, LittleJohn312 was with me and he also asked to get on Robin’s list. Lucky for us, Robin was able to fit us both in.
You’ll see my second piece by Robin soon. If you can’t wait and want to see more of Robin’s art now, you can at his site.
Sometimes silly is funny.
With that in mind I give you, Richard Sandling’s perfect movie: Tom Selleck’s Mustache.
Bryan Enk at IFC.com posted an interesting article that asked and answered the question: What Would a 1970’s-Era “Expendables” Cast Look Like? For the most part, I think Enk’s choices are spot on. Let’s look at who he’d cast…
Since Enk didn’t come up with a 70’s actor to play the roles brought to life by Steve Austin and David Zayas, I’d like to suggest William Smith and Ernest Borgnine… and don’t you think we’d have to find something for John Wayne?
I was going through the vault and came across this piece that Jesus Antonio did for me a while back.
Jesus Antonio is an artist who lives in Mexico. Jesus posts on quite a few sites and is always positive and complimentary of the artwork of others and humble about his own. When I had the opportunity to get a few Stallone sketches and a sketchbook from Jesus, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. You can see more of Jesus’ art here!
Although they’re still in early stages of pre-production, I am getting more and more stoked about the next Riddick movie. Vin Diesel recently posted on his Facebook page the glimpse of some storyboard art and the news that the sequel will indeed be filmed with an “R” rating in mind.
Can I buy a ticket now?
I met Billy Fowler at Heroes Con 2010. I hadn’t seen Billy’s art prior to the show, but I really liked the sketches that he was doing. Luckily, I was just able to get on Billy’s sketch list and got a really great take on Sly as Jack Carter.
Billy was at Heroes Con again this year. and this time I scored this very cool Sly as Rocky sketch.
You can see more of Billy’s art at his blog.
The amazing Kelsey Shannon makes his return to the SZ Gallery. Kelsey has worked in comics, animation, and film. He can pencil, ink and color. Kelsey plays a mean game of hacki-sack and he’s one of the nicest and most talented people that you could ever meet. Kelsey surprised me with his take on Sly as Captain America. How cool.
I got my first piece from Kelsey, back in 2002. He also surprised me with it! Then I actually got to meet Kelsey at Heroes Con in 2004. At that show he did me, this cool take on Sly as Jack Carter. It’s still one of my favorites riffs on Sly as Carter. I think we’re going to have to get Kelsey back to MegaCon or Heroes and bribe him for more sketches. If I bring big blocks of cheese it might work.
I’ve always had mixed feelings about Jerry Lewis and the MDA telethon. It really surprised me to find out that the MDA basically dropped Mr. Lewis without so much as a fare-thee-well. But love him or hate him, don’t you think that after 130 years as the host, Jerry Lewis should be allowed to go out in style?
Mark Evanier came up with a plan that would do just that plus raise a ton of money for the cause. Let’s hope someone with pull reads Mr. Evanier’s blog.
Robbi Rodroguez did a Rocky sketch for me at last year’s Heroes Convention. When I saw that Robbi was going to be at Heroes again this year and was taking commissions early, I asked for an iconic black and white piece of Sly as Jack Carter. Robbi knew exactly what I was looking for and came through like a champ with this piece. I was totally blown away.
So I requested another Stallone piece, this time totally of Robbi’s choosing. He decided to go with Sly as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo from Death Race 2000. It was a unique choice that I quickly got behind. Robbi not only drew Machine Gun Joe standing in his race car with a smoking machine gun, but threw in Joe’s co-pilot as well. I can’t say enough great things about Robbi’s commissions except that I want another!
You can see more of Robbi’s art here and here… and definitely again here at the SZ in the future.
