Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
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.
Remember when I posted that Matt Wagner was going to write The Shadow: Year One? Well, guess who is joining him in creating covers?
Yep, Howard Chaykin. Of course that’s kind of obvious since I posted the Chaykin cover. Also joining Wagner and Chaykin are Alex Ross and Chris Samnee, You can see their covers here.
Thanks and a tip o’ the fedora to CBR.com.
Alexis Ziritt makes his third [and hopefully not last] appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. Alexis is the co-founder of Fistful Apparel and the indie comics co-op Calavera Comics. When I saw that Alexis was taking sketch card commissions, I decided to get on board for a couple. I asked Alexis to pick two from Jack Carter, John Rambo and Cobra. Alexis liked the theme and decided to do all three.
Remember back in August when it was announced that the first mini-series to feature Franco Francavilla’s Black Beetle was going to debut in January?
Good.
Now is the time to pre-order issues one and two. If you click over to Franco’s site, you can get a look at the covers for the first two issues as well as plot summaries.
If the Black Beetle looks/sounds like something you’d like, please consider pre-ordering. Franco is a great guy and his Black Beetle stories are a lot of fun!
When I was a kid nearly everyone my age went through a phase where we collected bubble gum cards. I can remember collecting baseball, football, monster, Beatles, Monkees, and Batman cards. I wasn’t quite old enough to have collected Mars Attacks cards, but all of us knew their reputation.
Mars Attacks trading cards were released in 1962, but were quickly pulled because they were considered too gory for kids. Norman Saunders created paintings of the Martians blasting, burning and impaling humans in their quest to take over planet Earth. So most of us knew of the cards, but had never actually seen them. No matter, for our imaginations made the Mars Attacks cards much worse than the actual art ever could.
Now, for the first time ever…
The Mars Attacks book is a bargain and my guess is that many who buy it will be getting their first look at the cards they were never supposed to see.
Alexis Ziritt makes his second appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. Alexis is the co-founder of Fistful Apparel and the indie comics co-op Calavera Comics. When I saw that Alexis was taking sketch card commissions, I decided to get on board for a couple. I asked Alexis to pick two from Jack Carter, John Rambo and Cobra. Alexis liked the theme and decided to do all three.
One of my all-time favorite graphic novels is Alien: The Illustrated Story by Archie Goodwin [writer] and Walt Simonson [artist]. Released at the same time as the Ridley Scott movie, Alien: The Illustrated Story not only adapts the movie, but also includes scenes which never made it into the film.
If you like Alien or comics, my guess is you’ll love Alien: The Illustrated Story.
What do you get when you combine the scariest show on tv with a Halloween tradition? Why, some really rad Walking Dead pumpkins, of course.
Thanks and an extra zombie kill to Reddit for the original post.
Here’s a teaser poster for Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman. I like the it! Very minimalistic. It has the feel of a Japanese print which ties right in with the fact that Wolverine will be set in Japan [since the movie is an adaptation of Frank Miller’s classic Wolverine mini-series.]
Plus the poster uses real art. As in a drawing, not a giant Photoshopped photograph. Sure, I realize that Photoshop is a tool and it takes a real artist to make it sing, but still… how often do we see art ala Drew Struzan, or Bob Peak, or Frank Frazetta on a modern movie poster? Not often enough.
On Sunday, November 18, 2012, my buddy Steve is putting on a Comic and Toy Show [his 11th]. 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. Myself included. Hopefully John Beatty will make it. He should since he got his start in professional comics with Bill Black!
I have no doubt that this is going to be a fun show. How could it not be with the AC gang coming in for a reunion? If you’re able to make it, you should plan on being there too.
