Barry Smith Barbarian Prelim!
Today we have a Barry Smith barbarian prelim. Click over to Paul Renaud on Twitter and see a couple more!
Category: Comics
Jack Carter and Gravedigger McCrae by Jonathon Brandon Sawyer
Jonathon Brandon Sawyer created his take on Sly as Jack Carter teamed with Chris Mills’ and Rick Burchett’s Gravedigger McCrae. How cool is that? Very.
To check out more of JBS’ art, head here. You can follow JBS on Twitter.
Gravedigger: Hot Women , Cold Cash by Mills and Burchett gets an A+ rating and is available at the link. – Craig
The “Justice League” Special Comic-Con footage is Here!
The Justice League Special Comic-Con footage is Here! [And it looks really good!]
Walter Hill and Matz Team for Triggerman!
That’s a cover detail from Triggerman, a new crime comic coming from Hard Case Crime and Titan Comics.
Triggerman will be written by Walter (“The Warriors”) Hill with art by Matz.
In the mean streets of Chicago, a convict is thrown headfirst into a life of bloodshed and bullets to save the girl he left behind…
I love the sound and look. I’ll definitely be pulling the trigger on Triggerman.
Sources: Flickering Myth and Down the Tubes.
“The Walking Dead” Season 7 Comic-Con Trailer is Here!
The Walking Dead Season 7 Comic-Con Trailer is Here!
Jason Latour Talks to EW at Con-X
Jason Latour is the subject of a piece at Entertainment Weekly. When asked about the tv adaptation of Southern Bastards, Latour responded…
“We’re hopeful that it will move forward… It’s a slow, slow process, but there’s really good people behind it and excited by it. At some point now, to do the comic everyday, you have to forget that there might be a TV show.”
A tv series would be icing but as long as Jason Aaron and Jason Latour keep the comic coming, that’s the cake, baby.
16 High-Flying Facts About “The Rocketeer”
Stacy Conradt and Mental_Floss present 16 High-Flying Facts About The Rocketeer. Here are three of my favorites…
1. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A COMIC BOOK.
In 1982, artist Dave Stevens created a comic book character called The Rocketeer, inspired by pulp characters and series from the 1930s through 1950s. Though originally intended to be a secondary strip in a more popular comic called Starslayer, the quirky character quickly proved his star power. Stevens’ Rocketeer was so popular, in fact, that the movie was optioned just a year later.
5. DISNEY WANTED JOHNNY DEPP FOR THE LEAD ROLE.
Billy Campbell was hired for the starring role after Johnny Depp turned it down—and Campbell’s agent played a part in getting Depp to nix the part. “As it happened, my agent’s office was right next to Johnny Depp’s agent’s office,” Campbell later said. “My agent called me one day all excited and he said, ‘Tracy is about to have a meeting with Johnny about whether to do Rocketeer or not, and she asked me to join in on the meeting. I’ll call you back.’ So, he went in on the meeting and he brilliantly convinced Johnny Depp that this was exactly not the kind of movie that he should be doing.”
Vincent D’Onofrio was also offered the lead at one point, but turned it down because he wasn’t sure it would fit with his image.
15. MORE MOVIES WERE IN THE WORKS.
This news is bittersweet for fans: Before the movie flopped at the box office, a sequel (and maybe even a trilogy) was in the works. “There was a lot of talk of a sequel on June 20, 1991, but there wasn’t any on the 22nd,” Johnston said in 2011.
Rare Painting by Howard Chaykin of Cody Starbuck!
One of the advantages of checking in on The Bristol Board daily is you never miss seeing a gem like a rare painting of Howard Chaykin’s Cody Starbuck!
Eric Powell Previews “Hillbilly”
Eric Powell is best known for his creation The Goon. Recently Powell decided to give The Goon a rest and start up with another of his creations, Hillbilly.
What? You’ve never heard of Hillbilly? Well, of course you haven’t. He’s a new character.
Hillbilly may be new to us but the character has been “sitting in (Powell’s) sketchbook at least ten years.” Since this is such a personal project it makes great sense (but will it make dollars and sense?) that Powell self-publish the comic through his Albatross Funnybooks company.
That’s what he did to get The Goon going. And we all know how that turned out.
If you’d like to learn more about Hillbilly and see some preview art from the first issue you can at CBR.com’s ERIC POWELL UNLEASHES HIS “HILLBILLY” ON THE COMICS INDUSTRY.
11 Complicated Facts About “Shaft”
Kristin Hunt and Mental_Floss present 11 Complicated Facts About Shaft. Here are three of my favorites…
1. A WHITE NEWSPAPER REPORTER CREATED SHAFT.
John Shaft made his debut in Shaft, a novel by Ernest Tidyman. Tidyman was a reporter for The Cleveland News, The New York Post, and The New York Times before he began writing the Shaft series, which included seven detective stories. Along with John D.F. Black, he adapted his first Shaft book into the screenplay for the first film. He would later go on to write the screenplays for The French Connection (1971) and High Plains Drifter (1973) as well as Shaft’s Big Score! (1972) and the Shaft TV series (1973-1974). His work earned him an NAACP Image Award.
3. SHAFT’S MUSTACHE WAS NON-NEGOTIABLE.
The Los Angeles fiasco was behind him, but Parks immediately faced another scare when he spied his star, Richard Roundtree, heading to the bathroom with a towel and razor. Producer Joel Freeman had asked him to get rid of his soon-to-be legendary mustache. Parks told Roundtree emphatically, “Shave it off and you’re out of a job.” And with that, the ‘stache stayed in the picture.
11. THERE’S A SHAFT COMIC BOOK SERIES.
There hasn’t been a new Shaft movie since the 2000 reboot starring Samuel L. Jackson, but Dynamite Entertainment began printing a Shaft comic book series in 2014. The comics are penned by David F. Walker, who also published the first Shaft novel in over 40 years this February. The latest comic series finds Shaft as a part-time consultant on a blaxploitation movie; Walker intended this meta subplot to be a commentary on “clueless producers who think they have their finger on the pulse of blackness.” And yes, that was an intended slam on the upcoming remake.
The Franchize Has an Escape Plan for Sly!
Jerry Gaylord aka The Franchize returns with his take on Sly from Escape Plan.
Jerry is one of my favorite sketch artists. He always gives collectors more than they’re expecting and he is just plain good!
I highly recommend Jerry to all sketch collectors. He quickly responds to e-mails, his turnaround time is fast and he packages the art to ensure it arrives safely.
To check out more of Jerry’s art, head here. – Craig
Tarzan of the Apes by Clinton Pettee!
Tarzan of the Apes by Clinton Pettee. I’ve always liked this cover. Hope you do as well.
Tarzan of the Movies: Ranking the Lord of the Jungle’s Greatest Films
Tarzan by Rafael Kayanan
Tarzan has appeared in more than sixty films played by over twenty actors since making his first appearance on the big screen. When I think of Tarzan, the first actor that comes to my mind is Johnny Weissmuller. Of course I grew up watching Weissmuller Tarzan movies.
Over the years, I’ve seen and enjoyed many other Tarzan portrayals including those by Lex Barker, Gordon Scott, Denny Miller, Jock Mahoney, Mike Henry, Ron Ely, Miles O’Keefe and Christopher Lambert.
When I think of Tarzan movies, again, it is the Weissmuller ones that come to mind. Other versions remind me of Hercules of the Jungle, Tarzan as James Bond, Tarzan has to be here so we can justify Bo Derek as Jane, etc.
Tarzan expert Ron Marz selects his favorite Tarzan flicks in Tarzan of the Movies: Ranking the Lord of the Jungle’s Greatest Films.
Mike Zeck Punisher Portfolio Volume 1
Today we have a plate from the Mike Zeck Punisher Portfolio Volume 1.
I’m proud to own a copy and revisit it from time to time. If you have one you should as well – classic Punisher, amigo. If you don’t click over to Bendis! and see all the plates!
