Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
ZONErs have heard me repeatedly talk up my love for Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Check out Sean Phillips and Ed Brubaker’s award-winning series Coward, Lawless, Second Chance in Hell.
Rafael Kayanan [Raf to his friends] is an extremely gifted artist to the second power.: See, he’s an artist as in creating artwork, and an artist as in can kicking butt [martial arts]. In the comic field he’s worked on everything from Conan to Star Wars. In the film industry he’s done everything from storyboards and conceptual art to serving as technical adviser and fight choreographer on major films.
Click HERE and you’ll get an interview with Raf and you can find out what he’s been up to lately.
My buddy, John Beatty has posted up a pretty nice little interview with him from nearly 20 years ago. If you click over you’ll read about his artistic influences, how he got to meet his idol Mike Zeck, his plans for the future and his $100 John Byrne haircut. It’s worth reading and I’d say that even if he didn’t drop my name in the interview.
One of the benefits of cleaning is finding things you haven’t seen in a while. That’s the case with the drawing above. It was penciled and inked by the great Neal Adams. I had a stat made of it and my best bud, John Beatty colored the stat. This was done in the early 80’s. Over twenty years later and I’m still diggin’ it.
The new Zorro comic that Matt Wagner is heading up is coming along nicely. Francesco Francavilla has come on board as the artist. Francesco is an excellent choice due to his artistic talents coupled with his love of the character. Check out Matt Wagner’s character designs for Zorro as well as his thoughts on the project by clicking HERE.
What do you say to two days in a row of Hellboy posts that include the new trailer? Simple, just say, “Thanks.”
[And thanks to ZONEr regular, Joey for the tip!]
IGN.com has scored three very cool photos from Hellboy II: The Golden Army. This is one of them.
I’m a huge Batman fan. And while I don’t like every comic or movie version ever made of The Dark Knight, when creators get him right there’s hardly any character better. I haven’t seen a Batman movie yet that really nails it, but this one may come closest.
Duane Swierczynski is one of my favorite novelists. Recently Duane got the opportunity to write some comics… specifically the Punisher. In this interview he talks about his first experience with the Punisher:
Proof, the new comic series by Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo looked to be a lot of fun. I bought the first issue and really enjoyed it. And it looks like the rest of the series will be just as cool.
You’ve heard me talk about how much I’m digging Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips work on their award-winning Criminal. Check out 
About the new Batman movie: I don’t really care for the look of 
