Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Last week I shared Andy Bennett’s riff on a Jack Carter and Lono from 100 Bullets. I liked Andy’s work on it so much, I’ve ordered a Jack Carter & John Wick piece for pick-up at HeroesCon this year. Although Heroes is still a couple weeks away, Andy shared with me the piece that will be waiting for pick-up. Yowzers! (And don’t you just love the nod to Tango & Cash?)
If you’d like to see more art from Andy, you can by clicking here.
The original Jonny Quest ran on ABC during the prime time 1964 – 1965 season. Most series, especially a cartoon series, that ran for such a short time would hardly be remembered. Yet Jonny Quest came back in two television series, two television movies, at least one comic book series and three computer games.
When it premiered, I was the perfect age for Jonny Quest. Check out the video below and you’ll see why Jonny Quest made such an impact.
I would by THAT comic in a second! Of course, I’m a huge fan of Rick Burchett’s art, but the mock-up cover Chris Mills designed just (no pun intended) screams that this will be a fun comic. Although it is just a mock-up, Mills has announced some very interesting and exciting news. Take it away, Chris…
I’m currently planning a line of action-adventure comics featuring my own versions of some old, public domain comic book heroes. My goal is to take characters from the 1940s and re-invent them in a 1970s-1980s style — which was my favorite era of comics.
Chris currently has plans for two on-going titles: Space Crusaders and Sleuth Comics with a third title, Savage Sagas, being a one-shot.
This is exciting news and something I hope you’ll consider supporting. I know I will.
Check out Chris’ site for full details.
Last year at HeroesCon, Andy Bennett created his take on a Jack Carter and Lono from 100 Bullets team-up. Sure wish there was a real series coming with these two. I liked Andy’s work on this so much, I’ve ordered a Jack Carter & John Wick piece for pick-up at HeroesCon this year.
If you’d like to see more art from Andy, you can by clicking here.
Today we have a vintage Steranko riff on Doc Savage and his crew. You can see a much larger version of it as well as Doc Savage art by Gene Colan, Marie Severin, Dan Adkins and Michael Ploog if you click over to I Can’t Stop Thinking About Comics.
Once a week Joblo.com posts Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net. As you can imagine, they post awesome art that they, well, you get the idea.
I always enjoy seeing what JoBlo has found because with each post they list the artist’s name and a link to more of his/her art. That’s where I saw this John Wick and Atomic Blonde piece by ManFr0mNowhere
This is the first Cobra piece I ever received from Thomas Boatwright . He did it for me several years ago, but somehow I missed scanning and getting it posted.
Over the years I’ve gotten several Stallone pieces from Thomas. Click on the link to see what has been posted so far… there are more to come.
If you’d like to see more of Thomas Boatwright’s art check out his blog and his DA site. Send him some love.
If you get commissions, you should consider a piece from Thomas. He keeps you totally in the loop on his progress, finishes his commissions on or ahead of schedule, has very reasonable prices, is a fantastic artist and always gives you more than you’re expecting! – Craig
Giovanni Valletta’s John Wick homage to the cover of The Walking Dead #1 is genius. I love how the zombie reflections in the windows have been replaced by police officers.
Source: Giovanni Valletta.
Rob Hunter and Film School Rejects posted 30 Things We Learned from Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther Commentary. Here are three of my favorites…
15. T’Challa’s conversation with Zuri (Forest Whitaker) where he gets the truth about his father and uncle is the most important scene in the film to Coogler. Francis Ford Coppola agrees, and when he watched an early cut of the film he immediately asked to watch this scene again.
7. The attack on the African kidnappers in their column of cars/trucks was filmed on a set in Atlanta the size of a football field, and the brought in over 150k plants and trees and 20 tons of dirt.
11. While they were scouting landscapes and locales in South Africa Coogler was introduced to a rhinoceros named M20 at a wildlife preserve, “and he was the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen in my life.” He heard later that they had to remove its horn to protect the creature from poachers. W’Kabi’s (Daniel Kaluuya) rhino is named M20 after the real-life one, but in the film it’s actually a horse he’s feeding the apple to which they then overlayed with a CG rhino.
Cool Comic Art posted Steranko storyboards done for Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula! You can see more and larger scans by clicking over!
Mike Zeck’s Punisher art above will be a variant cover for Marvel’s relaunch of The Punisher…
“We’re going to get back to Frank Castle with a handgun and a knife, stalking the streets of New York, and getting his hands dirty. But we’re also going to see a man who has changed from his time in the armor,” said Rosenberg. “He developed a taste for bigger game and larger targets, and he’s not going to give that up easily. So in a sense it’s back to basics – but on a bigger scale.”
Source: Newsarama.
Yesterday the fine folks at PencilInk posted a gallery featuring John Byrne covers from his run on Captain America! Glory days!
John Spearman of Definition.org posted 20 Fun Facts About the Original 1960s ‘Batman’ Series. Here are three of my favorites…
3. In order to find the perfect dynamic duo, two separate screen tests were held. One included Adam West and Burt Ward, while the other included Lyle Waggoner and Peter Deyell. Needless to say, West and Ward got the parts; however, the screen tests for both pairs can be found on YouTube, and they show just how different the show could’ve been.
Waggoner later went on to appear alongside another television super hero, Wonder Woman Lynda Carter, in the 1970s.
18. Adam West could have gone on to play another hero if he had wanted. He was offered the part of James Bond in the 1969 film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. He turned down the role, as he felt a British actor would be much better for the part. The role in that film eventually went to George Lazenby, who was Australian.
20. After the series was cancelled ABC held out hope that another network would purchase it and continue making the show. After waiting for a considerable amount of time, they assumed this wouldn’t happen, and the sets were destroyed.
NBC then decided to acquire the show; however, took back their offer when they realized the sets were gone.
Oh what might have been!
I’ve been a Seth Damoose fan since I first saw his art. There’s a joy to everything Seth draws. You can imagine how thrilled I was to get Seth’s riff on Jack Carter and John Wick.
Matt O’Keefe of The Beat recently conducted a short interview with Seth which you can check out here.
You can see more of Seth Damoose’s art at his Facebook page, his Art of Damoose page, or follow him on Twitter.
Thomas Boatwright puts his spin on Sly from Cobra.
Over the years I’ve gotten several Stallone pieces from Thomas. Here is what has been posted so far… there are more to come.
If you’d like to see more of Thomas Boatwright’s art check out his blog and his DA site. Send him some love.
If you get commissions, you should consider a piece from Thomas. He keeps you totally in the loop on his progress, finishes his commissions on or ahead of schedule, has very reasonable prices, is a fantastic artist and always gives you more than you’re expecting! – Craig
