Three Stooges: Those Funny Comics
It’s been a while since we had a Three Stooges post. Thankfully, The Bristol Board recently shared a gallery of The Three Stooges photo covers, published mid-late ’60s by Dell and Gold Key.
Category: Comics
Mike Torrance’s Black Friday Sketch Sale!
If you’re a sketch or sketchcard collector, then you’re going to love this. My buddy, Mike Torrance has announced his annual Black Friday Sale where he has cut his prices in half… for a limited time.
Check out the cards Mike has created for me!
Here’s Mike’s site.
I’d write more, but I need to get my orders in before the crowd.
Nick Fury Flying Cars in Our (Near) Future?
From the moment I saw Nick Fury in his flying car, I knew that I wanted one. The question then became would I live long enough to see flying cars used by regular folks regularly.
According to this article there is hope that I just might.
Source: Bill Crider and SFGate.
Mike Torrance and the Demolition Man Cast
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s brought Sly and the cast of Demolition Man with him! Mike often surprises me with his commissions. Sometimes it is an extra character, placing Sly in a role you wouldn’t expect or upgrading a sketch card to include the entire major players.
You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable. I’m ready to order a new batch… perhaps he’ll have a Black Friday sale. ; )
Michael Chiklis to Star in “Pantheon”
Doesn’t that guy kind of look like Michael (The Shield) Chiklis?
Yeah, I thought so too.
It’s probably a good thing since Chiklis is set to star in the adaptation of Pantheon which was a mini-series written by Marc Andreyko with art by Stephen Molnar.
What makes this even more interesting is that Chiklis co-created the concept with Anny Simon Beck. IDW published the mini-series and IDW Entertainment is bankrolling the development of Pantheon with the hope of a network sale.
Sources: CBR.com and ComingSoon.
Jay Potts is Expendable
Jay Potts, the creator of the very hip blaxplotation web comic World of Hurt, worked up a very cool Barney Ross, Expendables sketch for me.
Mills, Burchett, Gonzales, Staton: 3 Kinds of Awesome
Chris Mills currently writes three free weekly webcomics.
Three.
Free.
Weekly Webcomics.
I suppose I should have added, “Awesome!” but you know I wouldn’t be posting about them if they weren’t really good.
Grave Digger is my favorite of the bunch. Of course Grave Digger is one of my all-time favorite comics [let’s not limit this to just crime comics]. Rick Burchett provides the art and it is perfect. Mills and Burchett. ‘Nuff said.
Perils on Planet X is written by Mills with art by Gene Gonzales. If you’re a fan of Flash Gordon, John Carter: Warlord of Mars and good comics, you’ll dig Perils on Planet X. You can take that to the bank.
Femme Noir features the team of Mills [writer] and Joe Staton [artist] taking readers down the dark streets of Port Nocturne to follow the adventures of a mysterious female vigilante.
Batlash #2 Cover by Nick Cardy
The Bat Lash cover above is one of my all time favorite covers by Nick Cardy.
John Beatty’s Batman
John Beatty draws a pretty cool Batman.
Humiston’s Jack Carter Gets a “Thumbs Up”
This is Erin Humiston’s first appearance in my Stallone Sketch Gallery.
I met Erin a couple of years ago at a MegaCon Convention. I liked Erin’s animation style and thought it would be cool to see his take on a Sly character.
Erin did a sketch of Sly from Paradise Alley. I actually thought I had shared it earlier, but in checking today see that I didn’t. I’ll fix that and post it in a week or two. In the mean time we have Erin’s take on Sly as Jack Carter.
You can see more of Erin’s art at his website and Facebook page.
The 100 Greatest Artists of American Comic Books
Atlas Comics posted their list of The 100 Greatest Comic Artists of American Comic Books. Lists like this are usually fun and this one is no exception.
It’s a pretty good list, but some artists immediately jumped to mind who are missing. Shouldn’t Mike Zeck and Marshall Rogers make the list? What about Eduardo Risso and Tim Sale? Others?
Source: Patrick Zircher
50 Greatest Marvel [Movie] Easter Eggs
Fans of the Captain America movie, or better yet, fans of Captain America and Marvel Comics will recognize the soldiers above as The Howling Commandos.
The Howling Commandos appeared [along with Nick Fury] in their own comic book series and come in at number 45 on the 50 Greatest Marvel [Movie] Easter Eggs.
Source: Total Film
Brian Stelfreeze Redesigns DC’s Crime Syndicate
Any time you have a chance to see art by Brian Stelfreeze you should take it.
Recently Brian decided to create redesigns of DC’s Crime Syndicate of America. Brian then posted them to his Yahoo Group. You can also see them in this piece that CBR.com did about Brian’s redesigns.
Mike Torrance and Barney Ross, Too
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s brought his take on Sly from Expendables 2.
You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
