Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
When I saw that Giovanni Valletta, an artist on the John Wick comic series was taking commissions, I jumped on board for a couple of head sketches (John Wick and Jack Carter). Because it took a little longer than expected to get the art to me Giovanni added more to the art and threw in some prints as well. That’s customer service!
One of the great things about the internet is that you never know what will turn up. Today we have a splash page from a very rarely seen story written and drawn by Mike Zeck. The Sub-Mariner story, Conquest, appeared in the 1976 Omnicon Convention Program book.
I remember when I first read Conquest back in the late 70’s, thanks to my best bud, John Beatty. Mike’s story, in just 3 pages, perfectly captured the strength, power, majesty and mindset of Prince Namor.
Click over to The Bristol Board and check out Prince Namor, The Sub-Mariner in Conquest written and drawn by Mike Zeck!
Thanks to SYFY Wire we can watch and listen to legendary artist, Walt Simonson as he draws Ragnarok!
Last March it was announced that Frank Miller would provide the art and team with writer Thomas Wheeler for Cursed, a young adult novel retelling the King Arthur legend from the point of view of Nimue, the 16-year-old girl who first wielded Excalibur and ultimately became the Lady of the Lake.
Today we have one of Miller’s drawings for the novel and if you click over to Paste you can see the cover and read an excerpt.
If you’d like to order your own copy, you can here.
Grzegorz Domaradzki is an amazing artist and graphic designer as you can see from his Game of Death poster. Check out a bigger version by clicking on the photo above.
Source: Movie Poster Movement.
IMP Awards is running a survey for their readers choose their favorite teaser “TV” movie posters for 2018. My vote would go to Cargo. Was I wrong?
Once a week Joblo.com posts Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net.
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 Rambo poster by Kyle Frink. Click on the pic above to see a bigger version.
If you’re following Eduardo Risso on Instagram, then you’ve seen this piece before. I won’t apologize, because it is never wrong to share art by Risso.
If you haven’t seen this before, don’t waste time thanking me for the post. Instead, click over to Risso’s Instagram and check out more!
For those of you still here, click on the art above and you can see a larger version.
What we’re looking at above is extremely rare concept paintings for Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Jim Steranko. I’d love to see a book of Steranko’s movie concept art (Dracula, Raiders, etc.), but then again, who wouldn’t?
Click on the photo above to see a larger version.
Source: Cool Comic Art
Steranko on Twitter: @iamsteranko
I don’t think I’d ever seen this Darwyn Cooke drawing until Cool Comic Art posted it. If you’d like to see a bigger version, click here.
Man, I miss Darwyn Cooke.
Brian Cronin’s When Jim Steranko Re-Cast Nick Fury and the Agents of S.H.I.E.LD. at CBR.com is well worth a read.
But before you click over, let’s have a little fun.
Cronin contends that Steranko based his version of Nick Fury on an actor famous for his athleticism and rugged good looks. After reading the article, I agree!
As a bonus, Cronin also suggests that the blonde guy with the big smile in the lower right on the cover above is another famous actor from the same time period. And, again I think that he’s right.
Do you have any ideas who those two actors could be?
The John Byrne Batman drawing above is being used as a variant cover on an upcoming issue of Detective Comics. What makes it more interesting is that the art was a fan’s commission that DC Comics liked enough to request to use as a cover.
While we’re on the topic of John Byrne, did you see the video of his studio on Syfy? If you missed it (or would like to see it again) check out the video below!
Above is Thomas Boatwright’s art of Sly from Rambo III. If you like what you see (or love it as I do) then you may want to check out the video below of Boatwright creating it!
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 instagram. Send him some love.
Eric Powell’s The Goon is returning to comics after a four-year hiatus and fans couldn’t be happier. If you’d like to see a preview of issue one, you can thanks to io9.
Art fans will be glad to hear about the publication of Fuel to the Fire: The Art of Tomer Hanuka.
Discover the magical realism that makes Tomer Hanuka so popular in this exceptional art book celebrating the award-winning illustrator’s comic-inspired art. Fuel to the Fire is a massive 300-page monograph filled with illustrations and comic book art that has graced the pages of The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Criterion, and more. This long-awaited monograph showcases Hanuka’s most iconic and exclusive masterpieces, including all of his famous covers for The New Yorker and his award-winning recreations of movie posters (The Graduate, Star Wars, Akira, and every Kubrick film).
I can’t wait to get a look at this baby!
