Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Sylvester Stallone is Rocky by Reggy The Marker Artist.
“Rocky, what did you think going into the last round?” – Reporter
“I don’t know. That I should have stayed in school or something.” – Rocky
A classic film, especially one as great as Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest deserves only the best alt posters… like this one by Nicolas Joret.
“That’s funny, that plane’s dustin’ crops where there ain’t no crops.” – Man at the crossroads
I can’t get enough of Sinners or cool alt posters for it, like this one by Nicolas Joret.
“I am your way out. ” – Remmick
Marv from Frank Miller’s Sin City is one of my all-time favorite characters. I love seeing artists do their “take” on the big lug. Today we have a detail of an ink study of Marv by Viktor Farro.
Thomas Walker’s alt poster for Glengarry Glen Ross is fire. If you haven’t seen the movie, you should. It presents a master class in acting.
” Put that coffee down! Coffee’s for closers only. “ – Blake
At HeroesCon 2026, I commissioned Mark Stegbauer for two sketch cards: Sly Stallone as Marion Cobretti from Cobra and Stallone as Stanley Kowalski from Lords of Flatbush. This, in case you didn’t guess, is the Stanley Kowalski card.
Each August Mark does an Action Against Alzheimer’s art campaign. It’s a great way to pick up cool art and at the same time help a wonderful cause. Please consider watching for it (and participating if you can).
“That’s the whole thing. That’s the whole thing. You see, I don’t need a bike to go any place, Chico. To go places, I mean to really go places, you gotta have imagination.” – Stanley Rosiello
Frank Miller: American Genius (2021)
Director: Silenn Thomas
Screenplay: Silenn Thomas
Stars: Frank Miller
Tagline: None.
The Plot…
Frank Miller revolutionized comics with his groundbreaking art and writing. Hollywood called and Miller answered. Along the way there were personal struggles which Miller overcame.
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
Frank Miller is considered a living legend. This is his story.
Frank Miller created Sin City, my all-time favorite comic series. He also revolutionized comics with Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns, Ronin, Batman: Year One and so many other stories. I’m glad he overcame his personal issues to see the love fans have for him.
Frank Miller: American Genius (2021) rates 4 of 5 stars.
Richard Pace says he loves drawing Hellboy. I hope he likes drawing him as much as I enjoy the end results. This piece is so subtle. The demons are smug in their belief that they’ve got the drop on Hellboy, but we can see HB smiling as he slowly draws his pistol.
You can see more of Pace’s art here.
Matthew Seaborne combines his love of classic monsters with his art talents… and his fans win every time!
“There are far worse things awaiting man than death.” – Count Dracula
Here’s another gem from the vault. It’s of me as a werewolf as visualized by Chris Flick. Note the Stallone/Rambo reference.
Chris Flick is a professional illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, web and graphic designer. He created the webcomic Capes & Babes featuring Roy the Werewolf. All 1,200+ strips are available at capesnbabes.com. If you prefer hardcopies, Chris has collected the strips into trade paperback books and created three all ages coloring books available on Amazon.com.
Chris attends several conventions throughout the year where he primarily draws caricatures of people as werewolves and other monsters, sells mash-up posters, coloring books, stickers and so much more.
I’ve been a Seth Damoose fan since I first saw his art. Way back in 2017, Seth announced he was taking a few mail order commissions. I made the list with a request for Jack Carter and John Wick. Seth rocked the drawing! In addition he sent the sketch above as a bonus thank you!
I’m a sucker for a good crime story. Especially ones with a tough guy who refuses to bow down to mobsters. Way back in 2019, I’d never heard of Tom Reilly (or seen his art). I came across the pieces above and below and was SOLD. I thought they were preview art for a new series. I immediately e-mailed Tom to find out where/when I could purchase the series.
Tom wrote back to say, that there wasn’t one. He created the art for himself… just toying around with ideas. I asked Tom if he took commissions. He did and so I requested Sly Stallone as Jack Carter teamed with Keanu Reeves as John Wick. (No surprise, right?).
Tom came through with a winner. He also surprised me by gifting me the art above and below. I was (and remain) blown away. What a wonderful, kind thing to do.
Maybe someday Tom will return to the idea that sparked these drawings. You just KNOW it would make for an awesome story.
I was going through the vault and found this piece that Jim Ivey surprised me one day when I was visiting him. Jim (and most of my other friends) liked to occasionally razz me about my admiration for Sylvester Stallone.
Jim was one of my oldest (in age and length of time) and dearest friends. Jim was the owner of The Cartoon Museum in Orlando, Florida, when I first met him. At the same time, Jim also worked as a syndicated cartoonist [The Thoughts of Man], a political cartoonist [The Orlando Sentinel], a publisher [CartooNews], teacher [UCF cartooning class] and comic book convention organizer [OrlandoCon]. Jim made a lot of life-long friends through these activities and I was one of them.
I like this The Lost Boys alt poster by Devon Whitehead even better than the movie!
“One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach; all the damn vampires.” – Grandpa
Here’s a sketch I found in the vault that I never posted until now. That’s Ryan Cody’s riff on Rambo. Ryan had a Kickstarter with a sketch option and I jumped on board. The result is what you see.
Ryan is a comic creator (writer, penciler, inker, colorist) and podcast host with Scott Godlewski on The Illustrious Gentlemen. You can see more of Ryan’s art here.
