Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
This painting of Sly Stallone as Cobra is just too cool not to share. Click on the art above to see a larger version. Sadly, I don’t know the artist’s name, but if I learn who he/she is, I’ll be sure to post it.
Source: Sergio Pinto in Sylvester Stallone Official Fans Group.
The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood poster above was created by Nuno Sarnardas. His poster came in 2nd place in a recent contest at Poster Spy. You can see the contest winner as well as all the entries here. Selecting the top three must have been tough because there were quite a few well designed posters in the running!
F. Paul Wilson’s popular character Repairman Jack will be appearing in a 120 page graphic novel published by Dynamite Comics in 2020. Wilson will team with artist Antonio Fuso, colorist Pippa Bowland and letterer Crank to produce Repairman Jack: Scar-Lip Redux.
Got a problem? He can fix it. He thought he’d seen the last of the Rakoshi, but one has survived. A particularly cunning and deadly Rakosh known to Jack as Scar-Lip. Now, Jack faces the fights of his life as he seeks to end the creature once and for all, before it ends him!
Source: Bleeding Cool.
I’d be surprised if any regular visitor to this site didn’t recognize the guy on the left. It is, of course, Clint Eastwood. My guess is that a high percentage of folks also know the guy on the right… especially if they look at the art between the two. The hard case on the right is the legendary Frank Frazetta.
Frazetta was commissioned to create the poster for Eastwood’s movie, The Gauntlet. I like the movie and the poster. Love must be in the air, because I’m a fan of both gentlemen as well.
You can see larger versions of both photos as well as a detailed shot of the painting at Frank Frazetta Art.
Wow! This came out of left field. Legendary artist (and one I thought who had retired) Barry Windsor Smith has announced he plans to publish a new graphic novel in 2020!
Monsters is a 250-plus page story about “two disparate American families fatefully connected by an abandoned Nazi project in genetic engineering that has been covertly revived by the U.S. government.”
If this interests you, click over to NEWSaRAMA for full details. I’m looking forward to more info about this one!
This very cool drawing of James Garner as Maverick was created by the uber talented artist Dan Spiegel. You can see a larger version by clicking on the image above.
Source: @files_garner.
Mike Mignola is mainly known as the writer/artist who created Hellboy, but he’s done so much more. For example, Mignola created the covers for the three issue mini-series The Frankenstein Dracula War. Above is the cover to issue three. You can see all three covers in a bigger version at The Bristol Board.
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are coming back strong with a new graphic novel titled Pulp.
Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the tales he churns out at 5 cents a word – tales of a wild west outlaw dispensing justice with a six-gun. But will Max be able to do the same, when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past?
One part thriller, one part meditation on a life of violence, PULP is unlike anything the award-winning team of BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS have ever done. A celebration of pulp fiction, set in a world on the brink. And another must-have hardback from one of comics most-acclaimed teams.
Pulp premieres May 26, 2020. I cannot wait.
Last of the Independents by Matt Fraction (Writer) and Kieron Dwyer (Artist) was first published nearly 20 years ago. Here’s part of what I said when I reviewed it back in 2007:
Last of the Independents is Fraction’s love letter to the creators and fans of the movie “Charley Varrick”. Like in the movie, a middle aged guy and his crew knock off a small town bank only to discover it’s mob money that they’ve stolen. There are other similarities, but never does this feel like anything more than a tip of the fedora to a movie, a genre and an era that had an enormous impact on crime fiction fans. Fraction’s story and script are first rate. He drops us in as the bank is being robbed and introduces us to the main characters quickly without wordy exposition. In fact, he often lets Kieron Dwyer’s art tell the tale. Dwyer’s art is perfect for the graphic novel. [I’ve been a fan of his work for some time and hope to someday see a piece by him in my Stallone Gallery.] Last of the Independents rates an “A”.
On May 26, 2020, Last of the Independents will get a new hard cover printing! It has already received my highest recommendation, so if this sounds like something you’d like, jump on board.
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Collin Schlicht created this retro Pulp Fiction poster. You can see a larger version by clicking on the photo above. Want to check out more of Collin’s art? Click here to go to his site.
Gerardo Moreno is back, and this time he’s brought with him a potential sequel to Cobra starring Sylvester Stallone. Not only do I dig the poster but props also to Moreno for his suggested title, Angel of the City: Cobra II.
If you”d like to see more of Gerardo’s art click here!
Hoyt Silva knocked it out of the park with his swing at John Wick and his pal. Click on the art if you’d like to see a bigger version.
Hoyt is a great artist and one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. If you’d like to check out more of Hoyt’s art you can at his Instagram, his Twitter, his Facebook page or you can even become a patreon at his Patreon page.
Fans who want Steranko’s legendary run on Nick Fury are in for a treat when Marvel releases the Steranko is… Legendary. This king-size hardcover will reprint STRANGE TALES 151-168; NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (1968) 1-3, 5. Here’s the lowdown…
Rarely before and rarely since has the comics industry seen a talent as innovative as Steranko. Blending together infl uences from pop art to Salvador Dalí and Will Eisner to Wallace Wood, Steranko’s groundbreaking style is an incomparable visual language. Steranko is…revolutionary! Marvel is proud to present Steranko’s complete tenure on NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. in a single, massive King-Size edition that showcases all its glory! These are the stories that defined Nick Fury as the premier spymaster, operating in the covert shadows of the Marvel Universe. His awesome tech, his steamy romances, his larger-than-life action-adventure – Steranko was behind it all! Breaking all the old rules of comics storytelling as he went and creating a few new ones too!
Steranko is… Legendary premieres on May 19, 2020.
Sean Murphy (with an assist from Matt Hollingsworth) created one of the best received graphic stories in recent years with Batman: White Knight. Due to it’s critical acclaim and popularity, Batman: White Knight is getting the deluxe treatment…
A Newsweek Best Graphic Novel of the Year. The impossible has happened: The Joker has become a…hero?
The critically acclaimed Batman: White Knight gets a new deluxe treatment. Quickly becoming a classic Batman story, Batman: White Knight follows the transformation of The Joker into a sane citizen of Gotham: Jack Napier. After reconciling with his long-suffering partner, Harley Quinn, he sets in motion a carefully plotted campaign to discredit the one person whom he views as Gotham City’s true enemy: Batman.
Napier’s crusade exposes a decades-long history of corruption within the Gotham City Police Department and transforms Napier into a city councilman and civic hero. But when the sins of his past return to threaten everything that he has accomplished, the distinctions between savior and destroyer begin to break down for both The Joker and Batman alike–and with them any hope for Gotham’s future.
Writer and artist Sean Murphy delivers an extraordinary examination of comics’ greatest antagonists in Batman: White Knight, exploring justice, corruption, activism and the darkest depths of mental illness. Collecting the acclaimed eight-issue miniseries, including sketches and scripts as well as Sean Murphy’s orginal pencils. This stunning graphic novel also marks the debut of the DC Black Label imprint, which features classic DC characters in all-new, standalone stories written and illustrated by world-class authors and artists.
Batman: White Knight Deluxe Edition premieres on March 10, 2020.
Here’s Sly Stallone as Rocky on the cover of the December 1985 issue of National Lampoon. I have a ton of Stallone magazine appearances — especially covers — but this is one that initially escaped me. Thankfully the internet makes finding things easier.
