Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I have to admit I am really late to the Goran Parlov party.
I was cruising the web and came across the drawing above. I liked it and decided to do a search for more of Goran’s work. The sketch below came up next.
Then I remembered that I had seen Goran’s art in the Punisher story “Welcome to the Bayou” written by Victor Gischler (#71-74, 2009). Why I didn’t follow-up on what Goran did after that story, I’m not sure. Thankfully it’s not too late.
Your eyes aren’t deceiving ya.
That is a sample of some of the preview art by Darwyn Cooke for his adaptation of Donald Westlake’s [writing as Richard Stark] Slayground.
The art is on display at Donald Westlake’s site and can be seen here.
Source: Almost Darwyn Cooke’s Blog.
Pulp a one shot self-published
Writer: Jeremy Holt
Artist: Chris Peterson
Pulp is a 24 page one shot comic written by Jeremy Holt and illustrated, lettered and colored by Chris Peterson. It’s a ‘film noir’ type tale of solitude and how obsession plays on the psyche. Includes pinup by Brian Level.
Pulp is the tale of John Merchant, an obsessed writer [is there any other kind] and how he achieved his fame. The writing and art meld perfectly. The story is a simple one, but told with a level of complexity that makes it all the more surprising as the reveals become clear. I’ve read it three times so far and appreciate it more with each reading. Pulp could have easily been titled Noir because it represents both genres so well.
Jeremy Holt and Chris Peterson are creators that I am going to watch. They’ve created a comic more than worth the price of admission. I look forward to seeing what they cook up next.
Pulp gets my highest recommendation with the understanding that this is a comic for mature audiences and not kids. If you’re a fan of crime comics, pulp fiction, and noir, then Pulp is for you!
Rating: 5 out of 5
According to this article in the New York Times, Bob Weinstein is…
…hoping to quickly follow the August release of the film “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, with a “Sin City” television series from Mr. Miller and Mr. Rodriguez.
Man, I hope that comes to pass. A Sin City television series, especially if overseen by Miller and Rodriguez could be so cool.
I’d hope that the series would be an anthology of overlapping stories and characters rather than just follow one or a couple of the characters. This would open up the series which already has so much potential.
I’ll post more news as it becomes available.
Source: Coming Soon.
“Hey Craig, do you think Cymberline will be any good?”
I don’t know. What’s Cymberline about?
“Kings. Queens. Soldiers. Bikers. War.”
Ok, you’ve got my interest. Tell me more.
“It’s an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play Cymberline.”
Huh? Really? Ok. It has a good cast. Let’s see the trailer.
Did you catch this interview with Frank Darabont by AJ Marechal that ran in Variety? Darabont talks about his departure from The Walking Dead and how it led to Mob City.
I’m a Darabont fan and hope that Mob City kills it in ratings. I have no doubt that critics will dig it.
If you’ve wondered what all the hype about Batman ’66 is, you can get a five page preview at Newsarama.
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.
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.
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 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. ; )
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, the creator of the very hip blaxplotation web comic World of Hurt, worked up a very cool Barney Ross, Expendables sketch for me.
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.
