Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I like this poster for the new season of The Walking Dead which premieres on February 10th.
I can’t imagine that if you have any interest at in all The Walking Dead, that you’re not watching it. It truly is one of the best shows going. In fact, I’d say that The Walking Dead, along with Justified and Sons of Anarchy are the top three.
Jon Riggle is back with his take on Sly as Jack Carter from Get Carter. To check out more of Jon’s art, head on over here. – Craig
One of my all-time favorite crime comics, Gravedigger, makes a return on February 4th, 2013.
That’s right, Gravedigger by Chris Mills and Rick Burchett is making a comeback, and in a big way. Gravedigger will begin re-appearing as a web comic with weekly updates.
Mills & Burchett will start by serializing the original Gravedigger story, The Scavengers, and then will move on to a new Gravedigger tale, The Predators. The plan is to then collect both storylines into one graphic novel.
Kickstarter, anyone?
This news has absolutely made my day, and if you love great comics, my guess is it has made yours as well.
Doug Dabbs is back! I first met Doug in 2011 at Heroes Con. I was heading out from the show and saw his art. If there had been time, I’d have got a sketch on the spot.
I told Doug I would get a piece from him in 2012 and I did. Two in fact. This piece is Doug’s riff on Barney Ross from The Expendables. Since it is one of my favorite sketches from 2012, I thought it would be fitting to go out with a bang! – Craig
A Charlie Brown Christmas is considered a classic. And rightly so.
A Charlie Brown Christmas is the second longest-running animated Christmas special in television history. It won a Emmy and a Peabody award. The night it premiered on December 9, 1965, 50% of the viewing audience tuned in to CBS to check out Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang.
Everyone loved A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Everyone except the executives at CBS.
They hated it. Let me rephrase that. They hated everything about it. They didn’t like the kids’ voices. They didn’t like that there was no laugh track. They didn’t like the jazz score. They didn’t like Linus’ speech at the end about the true meaning of Christmas.
About the only thing that they did like is the fact after they aired A Charlie Brown Christmas, they weren’t obligated to order any more Charlie Brown specials.
Check out this post at Neatorama by Eddie Deezen and you’ll see how everything the CBS execs hated, helped to give A Charlie Brown Christmas it’s charm.
Of course, after the ratings, positive reviews and awards started rolling in, the execs at CBS probably started to like A Charlie Brown Christmas just a little bit more… as evidenced by the more than 30 animated Charlie Brown specials that have been produced over the years.
Jon Riggle is back with his take on Sly as Barney Ross from The Expendables 2. To check out more of Jon’s art, head on over here. – Craig
Hey! Do you like this international poster for Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman and directed by James [Cop Land] Mangold?
Can’t wait until February 1st! – Craig
This week we have Mike Henderson and his take on Sly as Jack Carter. Mike is a freelance artist who has worked for DC, IDW, Marvel, and Nike to name just a few. I saw Mike would be a guest at Heroes Con and really liked his art [especially a Conan piece that he drew following Frank Frazetta’s death].
I met Mike at Heroes and set up a commission for the Jack Carter sketch posted today. My son, [also named] Mike, was with me at Heroes and knew how much I liked the Conan piece. Heroes was in June. In October, my son gave me a birthday gift — yep, the Conan piece by Mike Henderson!
Here’s something cool that every Walking Dead fan will want to check out. It’s an infographic created by Andrew Barr and Richard Johnson showing:
I’ve always said if I had enough money, I’d drive a car like the one used in the 1966 Batman tv series. THAT Batmobile is the coolest.
Believe it or not, The Original TV Batmobile is Now Up for Auction. If you were wondering what to get me for Christmas, this would be a good place to start.
Doug Dabbs makes his first, but not last, appearance in our Stallone Sketch Gallery. I first met Doug in 2011 at Heroes Con. I was heading out from the show and saw his art. If there had been time, I’d have got a sketch on the spot.
I told Doug I would get a piece from him in 2012 and I did. Two in fact. This piece is Doug’s take on Sly as an older, but still tough, Jack Carter. He also did an equally cool riff on Barney Ross from The Expendables. I’ll post it soon. – Craig
If you like the art above, you may want to check out the comic that goes with it. Dia De Los Muertos [aka Day of the Dead] is the brainchild of artist Riley Rossmo.
Rossmo will be joined by three different writers [each writing a self-contained story] to create the three issue anthology that drops on January 9th.
You can learn more in this brief interview with Rossmo at CBR.com.
Dave Wachter returns with his take on Sly from Cobra. I met Dave a few years ago and became an instant fan. I wasn’t the only one to discover Dave’s fantastic sketches! How can you not like a great guy who is a terrific artist? You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig
Later this morning I’m heading over to the Comic and Toy Show. It’ll run from 10am to 5pm at the Holiday Inn on A1A in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The theme of the con is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of AC Comics. Bill Black the founder of AC Comics will be there. So will a ton of other folks who have worked for AC Comics over the years. If you live within driving distance, you should come too.
