Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
My internet buddy, Jake Ekiss has started a new free webcomic called Centuries of Dust.
Jake describes Centuries of Dust as a
Space opera about human identity and self discovery set against the largest extinction event in history.
Ok. I’m in.
I hope you are too.
Jerry Gaylord aka The Franchize returns with his take on Sly from Get Carter. Stallone purists may say, wait, he’s got the tats of Barney Ross. Ok, then for you folks, it’s Barney Ross!
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
Earlier this week AMC released the teaser poster for season five of The Walking Dead which starts next month. If you’d like to see a larger version of the poster you can thanks to Coming Soon.
Divisions of Groovy has a feature they call MOKF Monday.
This past Monday, they posted up the entire issue of Master of Kung Fu #80 written by Doug Moench, with art by Mike Zeck and Gene Day. If you don’t have the comic in your collection [or even if you do], the post is worth a look.
I’ve been a Frank Miller fan since his days on Daredevil over 30 years ago. I followed Miller as he created Ronin, Dark Night Returns, Electra, Sin City and more. In recent years Miller’s output has been sporadic at best.
I was hopeful that with Sin City: A Dame to Kill For hitting cineplexes around the world that we might see more of Frank Miller’s Sin City yarns.
Since reading Sean Howe’s profile of Miller for Wired: After His Public Downfall, Frank Miller is Back (and Not Sorry), and seeing the accompanying photos [not the one above, it is probably five or six years old] of Frank Miller, I am still hopeful for more comic work from him, but even more importantly I hope that Frank Miller is physically okay.
Alex Pappademas created an excellent examination of Frank Miller’s career thus far in a piece titled Frank Miller’s Dark Night.
Source: Grantland.
If you’re a fan of The Mercenary Sea, then you should enjoy this short but informative interview with series co-creator Kel Symons.
Fans of Captain America and Steranko will get a kick out of John DiBello’s post Jim Steranko: Three Issues and the Truth.
Matt Wagner presents his creation Grendel and The Shadow!
I thought that Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was better than the original Sin City movie, and I liked the original a lot. The fact that A Dame to Kill For isn’t tearing it up at the box office doesn’t surprise, but it sure disappoints me.
My hope is that overseas dollars and dvd purchases make it possible for more Sin City yarns from Miller and Rodriguez. Scott Huver at CBR. interviewed Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez and it’s obvious they feel the same,
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s brought Sly and Robert Mitchum from Farewell, My Lovely with him! Over the coming weeks/months I’ll be posting more of Mike’s sketch card commissions. My goal is to eventually get a card for every character Sly has played. We’re well on our way!
You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
Mark Peters at Salon recently posted his choices for The Most Engrossing Crime Comics in History. Peters’ choices are solid. Both the article and recommended comics are worth a read.
Although they didn’t make Peters’ list I would also heartily recommend:
I enjoyed Chris Hutchinson’s 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Conan the Destroyer more than the movie Conan the Destroyer. Here are my three favorite things…
1. THE DIRECTOR INSPIRED HIS WAY.
Director John Milius drew major inspiration for the first Conan movie, Conan the Barbarian, from 1958’s The Vikings. When Milius was unavailable to direct the Conan sequel, Conan the Destroyer, producer Dino De Laurentiis went to the original source by hiring The Vikingsdirector Richard Fleischer. [They should have waited for Milius. – Craig]
11. ANDRE THE GIANT MAKES A VERY SUBTLE CAMEO.
Who was the actor underneath the rubber suit created for the monstrous deity Dagoth? None other than André René Roussimoff, better known as the wrestler André the Giant.
15. AND THEN POLITICS SCRAPPED ANOTHER SEQUEL.
Original director John Milius came close to making a third Conan movie with Schwarzenegger in 2002. His script, entitled “King Conan: Crown of Iron,” was to be directed by The Matrix’s Andy and Lana Wachowski, but was scrapped after Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California. [Can you imagine what that Conan film would have looked like. Crom! – Craig]
Source: Mental Floss.
Yesterday we checked out a cool Snake Plissken statue and today we have the continuing adventures of Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China.
CBR.com brings us a preview of Big Trouble in Little China # 3.
If you’re a fan of statues and toys, then check out JoBlo’s Comic Con: Coolest Toys and Statues.
And, yeah, that Snake Plissken statue would look pretty cool on anyone’s bookshelf.
