The Black Diamond and Bumper by Gil Kane
This Black Diamond and Bumper art by Gil Kane is just too nice not to share. I strongly suggest you click over to The Bristol Board to see a much larger version.
Category: Comics
The “Stumptown” Trailer is Here!
Stumptown looks well cast and like some fun.
John Byrne DC Art Gallery!
This cool Batman art is just one piece in the John Byrne’s DC Universe Gallery at Black & White and Bronze. Give it a look!
Bob Burden’s Hitman for the Dead!
Hitman for the Dead.
Even without the cool Andrew Robinson art, the title would have brought me in for a closer look.
And it did.
ANTHONY HARKEN is a drifter, a detective of sorts, and a killer. While he kills the most evil kind of people – the unpunished murderers of the innocent – he knows he’s still a murderer, taking human life and operating totally outside the law.
In the world of good and evil, Harken has chosen sides, but in the world of normal, everyday life, he has chosen an extreme and dangerous path. He carries a gun, he does drugs (Yage), he kills, and lives detached from a society that has no idea that people like him are even among us.
To be sure, he fills in where the law fails: he is a vigilante. He is judge, jury and executioner. And there is no guarantee that he is always right or that he, himself will not make a mistake someday and dispatch someone who was totally innocent.
Anthony is not the only “hit-man for the dead” out there. There are others.
If this sounds like something you’d like, you’re going to love this!
Bob Burden, the creative genius of Hitman for the Dead has created a website for the property. The site has all of the background info you could ask for, art and more. Oh, and the more includes a 25K word Hitman for the Dead novella that you can download for free!
I hope Burden runs with. I’d love to see more Hitman for the Dead prose stories and graphic novels. Fire up the Kickstarter now!
Cody Starbuck Portfolio by Howard Chaykin!
The painting above is from one of Howard Chaykin’s Cody Starbuck portfolios. Hard to believe that this portfolio was released 40 years ago, and I’ve been a Chaykin fan for even longer.
If you’d like to see the complete Chaykin portfolio and some of his other portfolios and art posts check out Ungoliantschilde.
“The King’s Man” Trailer is Here!
Here’s the trailer to The King’s Man.
In 2020, they will become kings. Watch the new teaser trailer for The King’s Man now. See the film in theatres February 14, 2020.
As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency in The King’s Man.
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Based on the Comic Book “The Secret Service” by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons
Produced by: Matthew Vaughn, David Reid, Adam Bohling
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, with Djimon Hounsou, and Charles Dance
Trigger Mortis: A Zombie Western by Derec Donovan!
Trigger Mortis is a 64 page Zombie Western Hardcover Graphic Novel from Derec Donovan that’s on Kickstarter now. I jumped on board and I thought it would appeal to some of our readers. Here’s the synopsis…
EXCLUSIVE to Kickstarter! Trigger Mortis is a 64 page Hardcover thrill-ride combining the action and human drama of Spaghetti Westerns, and the tension and horror of Zombie films.
1876: on the eve of Colorado gaining statehood, rancher Sarah Mc’Clintock has hired a pair of Pinkertons to protect her family’s ranch from the ever present threat of Cattle Rustlers.
She soon finds herself caught in a love triangle between her old flame, Deputy Dylan Hawkes, and mysterious Gunhand Seamus O’Donnell.
Until a zombie plague comes crashing to Earth, spreading like wildfire and threatening the unsuspecting citizens.
Can the living band together to defend the town of Devil’s Lantern from the army of the walking dead?
*Trigger Mortis is intended for Mature Audiences.
“The Bat-Man” Trailer is Here!
Today we have something pretty clever (and well done). It’s a fan made trailer for Batman (1989) as if Tim Burton made the film in 1945. Without further adeu, I present a trailer for The Bat-Man!
The Sylvester Stallone Guide to Movie Making
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Today we have something pretty rare… an ad for the Sylvester Stallone Guide to Movie Making. It was a comic by Phil Clarke scheduled to be published by Solson.
I’ve never seen the comic. Was it published? My guess is “No,” but if it was I’d love to see a copy. Anyone know?
Source: Kirk Spencer.
“Curse of the Werewolf” by Francesco Francavilla
When I was a kid my favorite monster was the Wolfman.
My favorite wolfman movie was (and is) Curse of the Werewolf starring Oliver Reed. For my money (or at least my two cents), that movie has the best designed werewolf of any film.
Perhaps Francesco Francavilla agrees because he created a great Curse of the Werewolf tribute piece!
Frank Miller Talks “Cursed”
I’m not particularly a big fan of young adult novels or the King Arthur legend, but I may just have to get on board when Cursed by Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler comes out later this year.
Cursed…
…approaches the legend of King Arthur from a very different angle, focusing not on the destined King of the Britains, but the “Lady of the Lake” herself, Nimue. Featuring color and b&w illustrations from Miller, its an all-ages tour de force not to be missed!
You can learn more and see additional art at the PREVIEWSworld Q&A With Frank Miller.
“Escape from New York” Poster by Ciarán O Donovan
Each week JoBlo.com posts a feature called Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net. I always enjoy what JoBlo finds because with each post they list the artist’s name and a link to more of his/her art.
That’s where I found this cool Escape from New York poster by Ciarán O Donovan. You can see more of Ciarán’s art here.
Coffin Bound by Waters, Dani, Simpson and Bidikar
Coffin Bound by Dan Waters (writer), Dani (artist) and Brad Simpson (colorist) is a new series coming from Image Comics. It doesn’t look or sound like a typical comic…
Chased by an unstoppable killer, Izzy Tyburn has decided that if the world won’t have her in it, it can have nothing of her at all. She’s retreading her life, leaving nothing but burned rubber, ash… and the sun-scorched bones of those who get in her way.
“This is a book all about the inevitability of death, and the choice each of us faces between coming to terms with it, or trying to deny it,” said Watters. “This is a book drawn beautifully by Dani, with Brad Simpsons’ filthy bright colors. This is a book about cars, guns, and sex—and how each of those things does little to stave off the bottomless void waiting just beyond the veil of our known existence. What was the question again?”
Image has an eight page preview that you can see here. I’m on board.
Things Learned from Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ Commentary
Film School Rejects presents 26 Things We Learned from Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ Commentary. Here are three of my favorites and some of my thoughts at the end…
3. People expected him to take a goofy tone with the film, “but that was the furthest thing from my mind.” He wasn’t a big comic book fan, but he loved Batman and the psychology of the character meaning he knew he wanted to stay true to that idea.
5. He met with numerous actors for the title role who fit the traditional “square-jawed” and heroic look, but he eventually realized “there’s a reason why a guy dresses up as a bat, he’s trying to create a menacing persona.” Michael Keaton has the crazy eyes, but physically he’s someone who would need costuming to make him seem scarier.
24. He took older films like The Man Who Laughs (1928), vampire movies, and the work of Val Lewton as inspirations for Batman.
I wasn’t a fan of Michael Keaton being cast as Batman. I get now why Burton went with MK after reading #5 above.
