The Walking Dead Walk
This Walking Dead motion comic is the coolest thing on the internet right now. Oh, and you might also want to check out a new (and much larger version) of The Walking Dead character poster below!
Category: Comics
Cully Returns to Red
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Warren Ellis & Cully Hamner’s mini-series Red. I was excited to learn that Bruce Willis is staring in the big screen adaptation. I’m even more stoked to hear that Cully has written and drawn a prequel to the series.
Eric Powell’s “The Goon” Trailer
If you’re a fan of Eric Powell’s The Goon (or even if you’re not) you’ll want to check out this trailer of what we can expect when a big screen adaptation hits. And keep in mind that when The Goon hits, he hits HARD.
Behind-The-Scenes with The Walking Dead
MTV News scored a cool behind-the-scenes look at AMC TV’s The Walking Dead. Thanks to the good folks at CBR.com, the clip can be seen here.
James Mason Gets Carter
I met James Mason a few years ago at an OrlandoCon. I knew right away I’d want to get a piece from him for my Stallone art collection. James worked up this take on Sly as Jack Carter. Recently James held a contest on his site and I was one of the lucky winners. My prize — James colored the piece you see posted today.
Big thanks to James!!
Robert Kirkman and his Zombies
Newsarama has a nice interview with Walking Dead creator, Robert Kirkman, who talks about plans for the comic and what to expect from the AMC tv series adaptation.
Bruce Willis is Red
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been yapping about Red, the Warren Ellis / Cully Hamner mini-series, for over six years. Perhaps it’s even harder to believe that it’s been turned into a movie starring Bruce WIllis and Morgan Freeman that will premiere on October 16th. Perhaps by then you’ll have seen The Expendables enough times to give Red a try.
Chris DiBari: Sly from “Nighthawks”
Chris DiBari provides this week’s Stallone piece. It’s Chris’ take on Sly as Deke DaSilva in Nighthawks. (Excellent choice and an excellent job!) I met Chris, who is also a big Stallone fan, at Heroes Con this year. This was my first piece by Chris, but hopefully won’t be my last.
Mick Foley and… Me
The other day I posted about Mick Foley being at Heroes Con this year. One of my goals for the show was to meet Mick and get him to autograph my copy of Have a Good Day. As I wrote here, it wasn’t to be… or at least that’s the way it appeared.
It was about an hour or so before the show was to end for the day. Several of us were going to go to dinner, so I decided to head back to the room at bit early to freshen up. As I was leaving the convention center to go to the escalator Mick Foley and I crossed paths. There was only one other person around so I decided to go for it.
“Hey Mick, any chance I could get an autograph?” I asked. Mick answered, “I’m going to the table to sign now.” “Ok, I’ll head back in,” I replied. Mick then asked, “Are you a guest of the show?” “No, my buddy is. I’m here with him.” Mick smiled and said, “Yeah, I’ll sign for you.” I thanked him and pulled out my copy of Have a Good Day. Mick asked me my name and signed it to me. He then posed for the photo above.
It was a great ending to a great day. So thanks to Mick Foley for being so cool and thanks to John Beatty for having me as his guest. Good times.
Alex Owens: Rambo
Alex Owens did the cool Rambo piece above. I discovered Alex’s art through his Deviant Art site. I commissioned this and a few other pieces last year.
Conan the Barbarian: The Musical
I know that many ZONErs are fans of movies, comic books, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Conan the Barbarian. So I just had to link to a video short called Conan the Barbarian: The Musical.
Thanks to Miss Cellania for the link.
Heroes Con 2010, Part 7
That’s Otis Frampton getting ready for his close-up. Most regular ZONErs know Otis from my many posts about his 7-7 Sundays.
That’s Sean Gordon Murphy holding up the Rocky & Butkus sketch that he did for me at the convention. I was really excited to get on Sean’s sketch list and even happier when I saw the end result. You know that I’ll post a scan of it in the coming weeks.
Here we have Wayne Osborne and Uko Smith. I’d never met either of these guys before. They were set up almost directly across from Big Beatty’s table. I noticed that Uko was the artist and Wayne just seemed to be hanging out at the table… sort of like I do with Beatty. Then I noticed that Wayne looked a bit like me (or is it that I look a bit like him?).
So I told Beatty, “that artist brought his own Zablo“. Beatty looked across and did a double take. He got to chuckling. That’s when he noticed that Wayne saw him looking and laughing. So Wayne mouthed something that I won’t repeat. Now Beatty didn’t know what to do. He’d been caught making fun of a stranger, or at least it seemed that way. That’s when Big John realized who it was. John had met Wayne before years ago. Wayne didn’t think Beatty was talking about him, he was just being silly to get John’s attention. At any rate, it was pretty funny if you were there.
Starting tomorrow, I’ll post some photos of some of the art that made it to the auction. Hope you’ll be back.
Heroes Con 2010, Part 6
A fun part of conventions is the fans who dress up in amazing costumes. Heroes Con always has a large number of fans who do just that and this year was no different.
The photo above is of Gene Gonzales and Joe Pekar. Contrary to what you might think, those aren’t costumes.
Andrew Chairpar made a surprise appearance at the show. I was fortunate enough to get not one, but two pieces from Andrew. He worked up Sly from The Expendables and Sly from Spy Kids 3-D. I’ll of course post scans in the coming weeks.
Luckily it won’t be weeks until my next batch of Heroes Con photos. Until tomorrow…
Heroes Con 2010, Part 5
I can’t think of a better way to jump start Part 5 of my 2010 Heroes Con report than with a photo of Dave Wachter holding a commission of Sly from The Expendables that he did for me at the show. I first met Dave at Heroes Con 2009 and got a head sketch from him. Since then I’ve been back for several other sketches. As you can imagine, I hope that the one pictured won’t be my last. You can bet I’ll post a scan of it soon so you can see it in all it’s glory.
Mick Foley was a guest at Heroes Con this year. I took along my copy Have a Good Day so that I could get Mick to autograph it. Mick was only going to be at the show on Saturday. Since he’d never been at any convention I’d ever attended, I wasn’t sure what kind of crowd he’d draw.
Saturday rolled around and still no buzz about Mick being at the show. Perhaps getting his autograph would be a piece of cake. I went by the booth where Mick was going to sign and asked when he could be expected. They said he had just arrived in town, was getting lunch and should be at the booth around 1:30. They said if I showed up then, I’d be right on time. I checked my watch and saw that I had time to run across the street, grab a bite and still be back before 1:30.
So that’s what I did. In fact I got back about 1:25. I headed over to get in line and was surprised to find Mick already signing. I started back tracking the line which wrapped around a corner and then down a long aisle and then out of sight. Before I had taken 3 steps I was stopped by a young lady working at the show. She said, “If you’re wanting to get in line for Mick Foley, you’re too late. The line has been capped.”
I was stunned. She repeated herself. I explained that I had checked at the booth and was told if I returned by 1:30 I would be okay. She said the demand for Mick was more than anyone anticipated and the line was capped. I thought about arguing my case, but realized it would do no good and it wasn’t her fault. The line was huge, by far the biggest I’d seen at any show for any guest.
I hought, “Good for Mick Foley.” I was happy that so many people wanted to meet him and get a photo or autograph. Perhaps I’d meet him at another show. How could I complain? The day before I had gotten the most amazing sketch from Brian Stelfreeze for my Stallone art collection. I’d also received a call from my boss saying that I was getting a promotion! Heck, maybe I really would get a chance for Mick Foley’s autograph at another show… little did I know that my good luck wasn’t over (and I’ll tell you about that in another post soon)!
I wish I knew more about this piece. It was donated to the HEROES CON art auction. I don’t know the artist or who won the art, but I did think it was a pretty cool piece. Hope you like it as well.
