Matt Ferguson Bring The Law to a Block War!
I’m not the biggest Judge Dredd fan, but I do love great art. With that said, today we have a very cool limited edition Judge Dredd print by Matt Ferguson.
Category: Comics
The Killer Inside Me Preview
Jim Thompson’s crime classic The Killer Inside Me is coming from IDW as a five issue miniseries.
The Killer Inside Me is adapted by writer Devin Faraci, artist Vic Malhotra, colorist Jason Millet and letterer Christa Miesner with variant covers by Robert Hack.
Tom Whalen’s Judge Dredd Print!
If you’re a Tom Whalen, Judge Dredd or nice art fan, then you might be interested in this limited edition Judge Dredd print.
“Violent Love” is Coming
I could not pre-order this one fast enough! Looks like a real fun ride, Daddy-O.
VIOLENT LOVE #1
Story By: Frank J. Barbiere
Art By: Victor Santos
Cover By: Victor Santos
Variant Cover By: Victor Santos
Published: November 9, 2016
SERIES PREMIERE Daisy Jane and Rock Bradley were two of the most notorious bank robbers in the American Southwest. And then they fell in love. Join FRANK J. BARBIERE (FIVE GHOSTS, The Revisionist) and VICTOR SANTOS (THE MICE TEMPLAR, Polar) for a pulp-infused criminal romance oozing with style and action! Double-sized debut issue!
Source: Image Comics & Comicosity & Bleeding Cool.
10 Amazing Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Wolverine
Wolverine art by Dan Panosian
ComicBookMovie.com presents 10 Amazing Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Wolverine. Here are three of my favorites…
10. His Claws Weren’t Originally Part Of Him
Wolverine has a lot of cool powers, including enhanced senses and the ability to heal from pretty much any injury. However, the pièce de résistance is obviously his six deadly claws. Creator Len Wein originally had some very different ideas for those though, and among his earliest ideas was that Logan would be a wolverine who had somehow mutated into a humanoid creature, similar to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
As if that wasn’t already weird enough, the now iconic claws would have been revealed as gloves with the claws attached to them, robbing Wolverine of arguably his most recognisable feature (and that classic “Snikt!” sound). It wasn’t until years later that we would learn those those claws were actually part of his skeleton before being coated in Adamantium.
7. Hugh Jackman Wasn’t Bryan Singer’s First Choice
After seeing Hugh Jackman play Wolverine almost countless times, it’s now hard to picture anyone else in the role (and with his final appearance as Logan set for next year, replacing him will be a huge challenge for 20th Century Fox). However, while this may now be hard to believe, Jackman wasn’t actually X-Men director Bryan Singer’s first choice to play the character.
It was Russell Crowe who both the filmmaker and the studio really wanted in the role, but he had no interest in joining the comic book adaptation. It was then that Dougray Scott was chosen to play Wolverine, but when scheduling conflicts forced him to drop out just weeks before the cameras started rolling, the unknown Jackman was chosen at the last minute, a decision Singer wasn’t initially that pleased with. Needless to say, it all worked out for the best!
4. Later Versions Were Modeled After Clint Eastwood
As you’ve now no doubt already realised, Wolverine was very much a work in progress when he was first introduced. Having decided against making the hero an angry teenager with clawed gloves, Marvel portrayed Logan as being a little rougher around the edges after he joined the X-Men. However, while his appearance had already been settled on, it’s Chris Claremont and Frank Miller who deserve the lion’s share of credit for the version of Wolverine we all know and love today.
Just like he did with Daredevil, Miller played a huge role in redefining how readers viewed Logan by taking inspiration from Clint Eastwood. That’s something which we’ve also been able to see on the big screen with Hugh Jackman, while Miller can also be credited with dreaming up the iconic line, “I’m the best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn’t very nice.”
Greg Smallwood’s Jack Carter
Last year Greg Smallwood announced he was doing a limited number of head sketches for charity. I was more than pleased to get Smallwood’s very cool riff on Sly as Jack Carter!
Aurora’s Monster Scenes Scandal!
When I was growing up most boys went through a model building phase. Some kids liked cars others planes or ships, but I was always a fan of comic, movie, tv characters and monster models.
Aurora was the main company producing the model kits and in an effort to promote their product Aurora would hold…
…contests for custom kits, highlighting winners in monster magazines. By the 1960s, they had started noticing that a lot of submissions revolved around expansive, morbid scenarios: a mad scientist’s laboratory, or an execution motif. To Aurora, it was a clear indication that their consumers wanted context for their models… They began developing a line dubbed Monster Scenes. Using generic characters like the Victim, designers concocted elaborate scenarios that put the unfortunate captives in mortal peril.
What followed was a series of missteps…
- Models featuring torture scenes
- A Vampirella model that shipped unpainted and appeared nude
- Labeling each box “Rated X for Excitement!”
- and more
The model kits began shipping in 1971 and were an instant hit with kids, but parents and activist groups were up in arms even leading to a California law prohibiting the sale of torture toys.
If you’ve read this far you might want to check out Jake Rossen’s Nabisco’s X-Rated Toy Scandal of 1971 at Mental_Floss which provides a more in-depth look.
The Comic Art of Francesco Francavilla Gallery Showing!
Francesco Francavilla is one of the good guys.
So it is really cool to see that The Comic Art of Francesco Francavilla will be a gallery showing at the Mondo Gallery in Guadalupe, Texas. If you’re able, check it out and report back, amigos!
Source: /Film.
100 Bullets and Scalped by R.M. Guéra!
I love this mash-up of 100 Bullets and Scalped by R.M. Guéra and if you read them, I’ll bet you do, too.
Click on the link to check out the happy hour size version.
Source: The Bristol Board.
Ace Atkins & Marco Finnegan: Last Fair Deal Gone Down Interview!
Ace Atkins [writer] and Marco Finnegan [artist] the team behind the graphic novel Last Fair Deal Gone Down recently were interviewed by Alex Dueben for The Beat.
It’s Christmas in New Orleans. For many, it’s the best season of the year. But instead of spending time with the people he cares about, Nick Travers is searching for the killer of his friend, Fats, one of the best saxophone players you could find in the Crescent City. At first it appears that Fats took his own life, but Nick quickly discovers that the saxophone is missing from Fats’ apartment and he hits the streets to track it down. He soon learns that there is more to the story than a simple suicide, and the woman who Fats had been paying to keep him company may hold the answers.
Last Fair Deal Gone Down will be the first in a series of Nick Travers graphic novel adaptations from 12-Gauge Comics― introducing the character and his stories to a brand new audience.
New Posters for AMC’s “Preacher”
Preacher on AMC is one of the strangest shows I’ve ever watched and I am totally diggin’ it.
Having never read the comic series (created by writer, Garth Ennis and artist, Steve Dillon) on which the show is based I didn’t know what to expect.
It sure wasn’t a small town preacher (who used to be a criminal) accidentally infused with a supernatural power. And who would have guessed that the Preacher’s girlfriend (who was also his crime partner) would show up or that he would become best friends with a vampire (unlike any ever seen)? Then of course, there’s the Saint of Killers, a gunfighter from the old west, recently returned to Earth from hell…
I’m going to keep my eye out for the comic series.
In the mean time, you might want to check out these Preacher promotional posters created by Steve Dillon & Matt Hollingsworth, Glenn Farbry, Mike & Laura Allred, Dustin Nguyen, David Mack, Erica Henderson, Steve Ellis (shown above) Neal Adams & Tim Shinn and Mike Del Mundo.
Source: XombieDirge.
Preview of Moonshine by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
Moonshine by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso the creative team behind the award-winning series 100 Bullets is…
Set during Prohibition, and deep in the backwoods of Appalachia, MOONSHINE #1 tells the story of Lou Pirlo, a city-slick “torpedo” sent from New York City to negotiate a deal with the best moonshiner in West Virginia, one Hiram Holt. What Lou doesn’t figure on is that Holt is just as cunning and ruthless as any NYC crime boss. Because not only will Holt do anything to protect his illicit booze operation, he’ll stop at nothing to protect a much darker family secret…a bloody, supernatural secret that must never see the light of day… or better still, the light of the full moon. MOONSHINE #1 marks the first time AZZARELLO and RISSO have worked together for Image Comics and reunites the Eisner Award winning creative team that defined modern crime comics with 100 Bullets… and now puts a horror-twist on a classic gangster tale.
Moonshine is for mature audiences due to violence and language. If you meet those qualifications, CBR.com has a five page preview of things to come.
Jamie Jones Draws First Blood
I met Jamie Jones at Heroes Con 2015 and got this quickie John Rambo sketch above. You can see more of Jamie’s art at his site. – Craig
Art Adams Variant Covers for The Walking Dead!
Fan favorite artist, Arthur Adams created six variant covers for The Walking Dead. When the covers are connected they make one large scene!
Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters
Last week we took a visit to Guilermo Del Toro’s Bleak House.
If you’d like to see some of Guillermo del Toro’s personal collection of movie props, original art and other collectibles, you can if you live within traveling distance of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The exhibit is called Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters.
