Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Despite the less than stellar reviews that the new Hellboy movie is getting, this figure based on David Harbour’s Hellboy is pretty cool. As you can see from the two photos here, there are different head and hand sculpts as well as accessories to make this Hellboy your Hellboy.
Charlie Adlard, artist best known for his work on The Walking Dead has a new horror project coming out. The Vampire State Building written by Ange, Patrick Renault and Sébastien Gérard. Here’s the synopsis…
A young soldier about to be sent to war, Terry Fisher meets his friends at the top of the Empire State Building for a farewell party. Only for a legion of vampires to attack the skyscraper and massacre its occupants. Hounded in the 102 floors that have become a deadly trap, before the army of abominations spills into the city, they will face U’tluntla, the terrible Vampire God, walled in the building since its construction.
If The Vampire State Building sounds like something you’d like, check out the preview at Bleeding Cool.
I’ve never been more than a passing fan of Dick Tracy, but I’m really looking forward to Dick Tracy Forever. Michael Avon Oeming is the writer and artist for the four issue mini-series from IDW. Thanks to Syfy.com we can check out a preview.
Pete Doree scored a major coup for comic fans. At his The Bronze Age of Blogs, Pete has posted the story behind as well as pages from (and a link to the completed pencils for the first issue of) Steve Englehart & Marshall Rogers’ Unpublished Dark Detective III!
For many, the Batman stories by Englehart, Rogers and Austin were their absolute favorite Batman stories. To not only learn that another was in the works and to get to see the penciled pages? Man, that is priceless.
Thanks to Steve Englehart for making it happen and for Pete Doree for helping to spread the word.
Eric Powell, best known as creator of The Goon has an art book coming out on October 23rd.
Eric Powell is perhaps best known for his critically acclaimed series THE GOON. The premise of this art book is quite hilarious and has a definite tongue in cheek vibe. This is what Powell said about his new art book: “Ten years ago I thought to myself, ‘I’m a multiple award-winning artist who has been at this for a while. It’s probably time to put out an art book.’ … And here we are. On the verge of the publication of a biography about a backwoods idiot who taught himself how to draw pictures for money.”
THE ART (AND MANY OTHER MISTAKES) OF ERIC POWELL will definitely have a spot in my library!
Check out Bill Sienkiewicz‘s Sin City art! I sure wish Frank Miller would create more Sin City yarns.
If he doesn’t have time to write and draw ’em, he could write and turn the art chores over to another artist. Or, maybe have guest artists and writers. How cool would that be?
I get that Sin City is Miller’s baby but, man, the thought of a Frank Miller Presents Tales from Sin City featuring Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, Dan Panosian, Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso, Mike Zeck & John Beatty, Phill Hester… well, you get the idea.
C’mon, Mr. Miller! What do you think?
Robert Schamberger wanted to be a comic book artist but wasn’t setting the world on fire. So he decided to branch out into other types of art — especially painting. Despite making gallery sales, he still hadn’t found his niche.
After some thought Schamberger decided to combine his love of art with his love of professional wrestling. He started doing paintings of professional wrestlers. A successful Kickstarter followed. Then within a year, the WWE contacted Schamberger and brought him on board as their resident artist. Schamberger’s story is an inspiring one in that he worked to figure out how to make his love of art become his career.
Robert Sammelin really knocked it out of the park with his poster for Night of the Living Dead. You can see a larger version plus artwork that he created for the Night of the Living Dead Soundtrack LP at his site.
Peter Stults‘ Movies from an Alternate Universe – movie posters re-imagined how they would look and who would star in them had they been made in a different era.
Peter Stults has created eight volumes of re-imagined posters. Today, we have one from that eighth volume.
I say again, “Wouldn’t you love to see a book of Stults’ Movies from an Alternative Universe?” Kickstarter, Mr. Stults?
Although Mr. Stults didn’t ask, here are a few movie/star suggestions:
I’d never seen Tom Reilly’s art until last week when I learned…
Tom Reilly is an artist from Mount Desert Island, Maine. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, with a BFA in Illustration. Tom’s work has been included in exhibits such as the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition, the Rhode Island School of Design Illustration Triennial Exhibition, and the 2017 MoCCA Arts Festival. Tom is also an Eagle Scout, and his dad keeps telling him to let people know this, because it might get him a job one day.
I really liked the art Tom had created for what looked to be a series called The Boxer. I reached out to find out where I could purchase the comic/graphic novel only to learn there wasn’t one. (There should be!)
If so inclined, you can check out more of Tom’s art and follow him on Twitter.
Here’s Sly as Marion Cobretti aka Cobra. This piece was created by the man, the myth, the legend, John Beatty. You can watch a video of John creating the piece below.
If you like what you see, check out more of John’s (almost) daily live drawing. John is also available for commissions!
Frank Miller fans will be on the lookout when Marvel releases the Daredevil by Frank Miller Boxed Set on October 15, 2019. The boxed set will include:
DAREDEVIL: MARKED FOR DEATH TPB
COLLECTING: PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) 27-28; DAREDEVIL (1964) 158-161, 163-167
DAREDEVIL: GANGWAR TPB
COLLECTING: DAREDEVIL (1964) 168-180
DAREDEVIL: LAST HAND TPB
COLLECTING: DAREDEVIL (1964) 181-191
DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN TPB
COLLECTING: DAREDEVIL (1964) 219, 226-233
ELEKTRA LIVES AGAIN TPB
COLLECTING: MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL: DAREDEVIL – LOVE AND WAR, ELEKTRA LIVES AGAIN GNHC;MATERIAL FROM BIZARRE ADVENTURES 28; WHAT IF? (1977) 28, 35
ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN TPB
COLLECTING: ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN 1-8
DAREDEVIL: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR TPB
COLLECTING: DAREDEVIL: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR 1-5
DAREDEVIL BY FRANK MILLER COMPANION TPB
DAREDEVIL BY FRANK MILLER BOX SET SLIPCASE POSTER
This bad boy will clock in at nearly 1900 pages with a price tag of $250.00. (Considering that single issues of Miller’s Daredevil comics cost ten times that, this boxed set is a bargain!)
Last July I talked up the web comic Last Stop by Trey Walker and Hoyt Silva. Here’s the premise…
Time is ticking for the World’s last superhero. Disillusioned, Lincoln Adams (AKA Unstoppable) must make peace with the changing world around him—can there truly be a place for him in a world without Supers? After learning of his terminal disease, Lincoln sees an easy way out; however, the re-emergence of an old Arch-Nemesis, and a new shadowy masked figure, turn Lincoln’s plans of an easy passing on their head. Can Lincoln stop this new threat before the disease stops him?
If this sounds like something you’d like, you should check out the Last Stop Kickstarter. I’m on board. I hope you’ll consider joining me.
I got this Jack Carter sketch from the very talented Shamus Murphy at HeroesCon 2016. It was actually the second sketch I got from Shamus at the show. The first was a Rocky Balboa and I’ll post it soon.
This comes to us from my collection. It is a rare advertisement for First Blood from when the project was first promoted. Yep, Kirk Douglas was set to play Colonel Trautman.
Douglas left the production when he learned that the original ending (in which Douglas’ character killed Rambo) had been changed to allow Rambo to live. Richard Crenna was brought in and the rest, as they say is history.
The great Drew Struzan did the poster!
– Craig
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