Category: Comics

Chaykin – The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow

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Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of Moscownians in 1939?

Howard Chaykin.

Or at least he better since Chaykin is the writer and artist of a new miniseries titled The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow.

What’s the story behind The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow, you ask?  Well according to Howard Chaykin…

“My new miniseries, The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow, tells the secret story behind the Shadow’s disappearance in 1949.”

If you’d like to know more, then click over to CBR for their post Howard Chaykin Reunites with the Shadow for Midnight in Moscow.

The New “Walking Dead” Poster

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That’s the Alex Ross poster that will be available at Comic-Con to promote the up-coming season of AMC’s The Walking Dead.

I’m glad that the poster features art, but I’d have rather seen something from Charles Adlard or Tony Moore.  If they wanted to go with an artist not associated with The Walking Dead, then how about Steranko or Francesco Francavilla?

Gravedigger: The Cover That Never Was

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Don’t you dig this Gold Key cover mock-up for Gravedigger?

Chris Mills explains how the faux cover came about:

I had so much fun mocking up that Gold Key Comics-styled Femme Noir cover yesterday, that last night I dusted off the terrific, painted Gravedigger: The Scavengers variant cover by my friend Fred Harper, and knocked out this retro/faux Gravedigger piece. There’s something kinda subversive about seeing the squeaky-clean Gold Key trade dress & logo on this hardboiled title…

Don’t forget that Gravedigger: Hot Women, Cold Cash by Chris Mills and Rick Burchett is available!  It gets my highest recommendation.

How the “Terry and the Pirates” Comic Strip Influenced “Enter the Dragon”

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In honor of the 40th anniversary of its release,  Warner Bros. released a special 2 disc edition Blu-ray of Enter the Dragon. 

CBR.com had a post that is no longer available.  Enter the Dragon’s producers Fred Weintraub and Fred Heller, cinematographer Gil Hubbs and co-star Bob Wall were interviewed.  In it, Fred Heller talked about how comic books influenced the look and feel of Enter the Dragon:

Heller: Comic books played a big part in Enter the Dragon. When we first started thinking about the look of the film, there was a comic strip called Terry and the Pirates, and that became sort of the genesis of the whole look of the film. It was about a Dragon Lady and Chinese pirates, and it was a wonderful moment in time about adventure. But it has a wonderful, brilliant color scheme of golds and blues and reds, and if you think about Enter the Dragon, that’s what we did. And that was very, very conscious. It just felt like it would be very right for the film.

The Guns of Shadow Valley Creators Speak

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Under the Radar posted a nice little interview with The Guns of Shadow Vallery co-creators, [artist] Dave Wachter and [writer] James Andrew Clark.  

If you’re already aware of The Guns of Shadow Valley, you’ve probably backed their Kickstarter project.  If you aren’t or haven’t, please consider learning more or doing so.

I did and am looking forward to to getting the book in my mitts.

The Gravedigger Challenge

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Gravedigger by Chris Mills and Rick Burchett is the best web comic going.  Heck, drop the web comic distinction because Gravedigger is one of the best comics of any kind regularly published these days.

If you’re a fan of crime stories, Lee Marvin, or great comics [as in amazing writing and art] then you should be reading this free web comic. [Keep in mind that Gravedigger is not for children since adult language and situations sometimes appear — it is a crime comic after all.]

I’d like to see Gravedigger and the talents of Chris Mills and Rick Burchett reach a wider audience.  So, I’ve come up with the Gravedigger Challenge.

Give Gravedigger a try and if you don’t like it, I owe ya a Coke [or Diet Coke, if you prefer]. If you do like Gravedigger, you owe me nothing.

I would appreciate it though, especially if you like Gravedigger, if you would help spread the word. Send out a Tweet, a Facebook / blog post or, simply tell a friend!

 

Rocky Balboa a G.I. Joe?

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Did you know that Rocky Balboa was once a member of G.I. Joe?  In 1986 it was announced that he was.

But then a month later came… 

So the question remains… was Rocky a member of team G.I. Joe or was it a mistake made by an overzealous member of the G.I. Joe publicity team?  

Or perhaps… just maybe, Rocky was a secret member of the Joe’s and the first file was somehow leaked so a denial was needed.  ; )   – Craig

Source: iFanboy

Jason Pearson is Getting “Vicious”

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It’s been almost three years since we’ve seen news about the uber-talented Jason Pearson here at CZ.com.

Today I’m really happy to write that Jason is hard at work on a new Body Bags mini-series that he calls Body Bags: Vicious.  Jason says that he’s going to write, draw and color the series.

Where can I put in my order, now?

Source: CBR.com – Jason Pearson Gears Up for a New “Body Bags” Series

 

Carlson & Del Rey Have a “Hit” in Their Future

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It looks like Bryce Carlson [writer], Vanesa R. Del Rey [artist] and Boom! Studios has a real hit on their hands when they release Hit this September.

Set in Los Angeles in the 1955, Hit tells the story of…

…Harvey Slater, who’s a Hollywood homicide detective by day and an LAPD hitman by night. His life is… complicated. Slater’s a smart detective who isn’t afraid to pull the trigger, so you never quite know exactly how he’s going to handle a given situation. His journey is a personification of how Los Angeles was changing at the time, and how challenging the ever-growing duality really was. Usually there’s booze and cigarettes involved and Slater getting into bed with a woman he shouldn’t.

This will definitely make my pull list!  If you’d like to know more about Hit, check out CBR’s Carlson Puts Out a Cold-Blooded “Hit” at Boom!

Kot + Walsh = Zero

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Zero by Ales Kot [writer] and Michael Walsh [artist] looks interesting.  Here’s how the advance solicitation describes it…

                         SAVING THE WORLD. ONE MURDER AT A TIME.
Edward Zero is the perfect execution machine – a spy who breaks the rules to get things done. When a stolen device appears in the center of a long-running conflict, Zero comes to retrieve it.  The problem is, the device is inside a living, breathing, bio-modified terrorist and there’s an entire army after it.

iFanboy has more about Zero and Michael Walsh.  I’ve seen enough to put in a pre-order with my local comic shop.  How about you?

 

Brother Lono Preview

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That’s the special Eduardo Rizzo cover for Brother Lono #1 created by Brian Azzarello [writer], Eduardo Risso [artist], Trish Mulvihill [colorist], Clem Robbins [letterer] and Rev. Dave Johnson [cover artist].

Yep, that’s the same award-winning creative team that brought us 100 issues of 100 Bullets.  Seems only right that they’d all return to bring us the spin-off series Brother Lono.

If you’d like to see an exclusive preview of Brother Lono, you can thanks to USAToday!