Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I preordered Darwyn Cooke’s illustrated The Hunter by Richard Stark as soon as I saw it was available.
Since you read my blog, my guess is you will [or did] as well.
IDW has a page devoted to the new edition to keep fans in the know.
They don’t make book covers like this any more. They should.
That’s a limited edition print that Darwyn Cooke created for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
Beautiful, ain’t it?
Max Allan Collins recently spoke with The Rap Sheet and they covered a wide range of topics. Here are a few tidbits [with a link to full interview]…
…like a lot of Americans, he [Mickey Spillane] was deeply troubled by the terrorist attacks on September 11, and I think he just had to get Mike Hammer into that fray. But as much as I like Goliath Bone, I think King of the Weeds, with its traditional crime elements, feels more like the final Hammer novel.
The amount of unfinished, unpublished material Mickey left behind was and is staggering. Even now I haven’t read every word of it.
JKP: I understand you’re also now working on a Western, based on an unproduced screenplay Mickey Spillane wrote originally for actor John Wayne. Can you fill in more of the background on that particular tale, which you’ve titled The Legend of Caleb York? MAC: …Over a Bouchercon breakfast I said, “You know what I have? An unproduced screenplay Mickey Spillane wrote for John Wayne. You guys publish Westerns, right?” And my editor sort of pounced.
The interview also covers the next Nate Heller books [and potential tv series], the Quarry books [and potential tv series – the pilot has been filmed] and much more.
The Rap Sheet interview is worth a read!
CBR.com recently ran a really nice profile of artist, Rick Burchett.
Rick has two very cool web comics currently running: Gravedigger with Chris Mills and Lady Sabre and the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether with Greg Rucka. You can’t go wrong with either of them.
The Pitch: ”Hey, let’s do an Americanized remake of the cult classic action film District B13!”
“Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “Their Streets. Their Rules.“
The Overview: *** Beware – spoilers are found below ***
The year is 2018. Because of out of control crime [think The Purge on a daily basis], a part of Detroit called Brick Mansions has been walled off from the rest of the city with military police guarding the few exits in or out [think Escape from New York with two Snake Plisskens].
Paul Walker [the first Snake Plissken] is an undercover cop whose dad was killed in Brick Mansions. David Belle is an ex-con [and the second Snake Plissken] who lives in Brick Mansions and works against the crime lord [played by Rza].
Walker and Belle find themselves as unlikely partners when a stolen neutron bomb is hijacked, armed and aimed at a US city.
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Rating: 3 out of 5
That’s a candid of Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. If you’re a fan of either you’ll want to check out Crimespree’s recent interview with Max Allan Collins.
Here’s a look at the new trailer for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde…
… [the] Depression era Romeo and Juliet. Brandishing high-powered machine guns and driving the newly invented Ford V-8s, Bonnie and Clyde are mythologized as Robin Hoods for the poor and destitute who had been failed by the American political and financial institutions…
If you’d like to know more about Bonnie and Clyde here are a couple of excellent sources:
The White Suits is a four issue mini-series created by Frank Barbiere & Toby Cypress published by Dark Horse Comics.
Writer: Frank Barbiere
Artist / Colorist: Toby Cypress
The White Suits, scourges of Russia’s underworld, have declared war on New York’s organized crime. But NYC’s crime overlords have their own army of Russian mercenaries hunting the Suits, with FBI agent Sarah Anderson and the former Suit known as Prizrak certain to be caught in the crossfire!
*** Beware – minor spoilers are found below ***
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The Ugly:
The White Suits is not for all audiences since it contains adult language and violence.
Rating: 3 out of 5
One of the things I love about going to comic book conventions is meeting new artists… or at least artists that are new to me. When I was at MegaCon this year, I met Scott Quick.
Scott does the web strip Camden Bottoms. I took a look at Scott’s sketchbook and decided to see if he’d be interested in doing a Stallone sketch. He was. I ended up getting two. This is the second. I’ll post the first next week. In the mean time check out Scott’s Camden Bottoms!
Adventures in Pulp is a cool site where you can find three free web comics:
Dick Ruby and the Little Green Men: DETECTIVE NOIR MEETS INVASION SCI-FI in “Dick Ruby and the Case of the Little Green Men. It’s New York in the 1940s and private investigator Dick Ruby is on the trail of a missing person. A trail that leads to little green men from outer space.
The Four Horsemen: THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING! A power-hungry Prince kills his father to steal the crown and kingdom. The only thing that can stop him, the Good Witch of the Dead Lands. Hiding in her place of power, she summons four warriors from across time and space.
Hawk and a Handsaw: ENTER A SUPERHERO INSANE ASYLUM in “Hawk and a Handsaw!” You’d have to be a little crazy to put on a brightly colored costume and fight crime, but how exactly would you know who is the real deal and who has simply latched onto the delusion of being a super powered being?
Brett Harris [writer] and Matthew Childers [artist] are the creative team behind all three strips. I’ve read [and enjoyed] the first chapter of Dick Ruby and the Little Green Men. I look forward to future chapters and their other creations. If you like comics, give ’em a look.
Dead Letters #1 is published by BoomStudios.
Writer: Christopher Sebela
Artist: Chris Visions
Colorist: Ruth Redmond
Cover Shown: Chris Visions
Waking up in a fleabag motel with bandaged arms and a revolver on his desk, Sam doesn’t remember a thing – not how he got here, where here is, or who he is. But the armed men knocking on his door do and Sam will have to use every trick from his forgotten repertoire to outrun and outsmart his way through a hardboiled wonderland of gang wars, femme fatales and big secrets.
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Dead Letters #1 is a comic for mature audiences due to violence. I’m looking forward to issue #2.
Rating: 4 out of 5
