Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I really like this poster for Salem’s Lot. I’m sorry, but I don’t know the artist who created it, but hats off to the artist who did. If you’d like to see a larger version, you can thanks to Dr. Giallo on Twitter.
Eduardo Risso is one of my favorite artists. The drawing above is just one example of why. You can see a lot more reasons at Eduardo Risso’s Original Art.
Today we have a rarely seen Charlton cover created by Mike Zeck for Monster Hunters #9. Ol’ Groove is right when he says when folks think about the…
…art of Magnificent Mike Zeck, we most often think of Master of Kung Fu (and post-Groovy Age Captain America, Punisher, and Secret Wars). Like many other super-stars of the late 20th Century (John Byrne, Joe Staton, Jim Aparo, and Don Newton, to name a few), some of Mighty Mike’s earliest professional color comics work rolled off the printing presses at Charlton Comics in Derby, Connecticut.
If you click over to Diversions of the Groovy Kind you can see the covers Mike produced for Charlton Comics from 1975 to 1977.
This Friday, November 23rd, starting at 1pm EST, John Beatty will be drawing live on YouTube. I’ll be co-hosting as Big J creates a watercolor painting pairing Sylvester Stallone as Jack Carter and Keanu Reeves as John Wick! How cool is that?
Just think: You can avoid the Black Friday crowds and have a blast with other like-minded fans as we watch John draw and paint! We’ll be talking movies, comics, tv, novels and of course Sly Stallone. John and I will take questions from the folks who show up. These livestreams are always a blast so we hope to see you there!
Sticking with the western theme and following up on Darwyn Cooke’s Lone Ranger sketch, today we have a rarely seen Neal Adams cover for All Star Western #2. Ain’t she a beaut?
Darwyn Cooke’s Lone Ranger sketch is just too cool not to share. You can see a bigger version at I Can’t Stop Thinking About Comics.
Yesterday we got a look at Francesco Francavilla’s classic Universal Monsters posters. It seemed only natural to follow them up with Dell Comics adaptations of the same.
Above is Creature from the Black Lagoon, but if you click over to The Bristol Board you can see larger versions of it as well as Dell Comics covers for Dracula, The Mummy and Frankenstein!
In addition to being a fantastic artist, Francesco Francavilla is a fan of vintage horror films. The Dracula poster is just one of five classic Universal Monsters posters that he created. In addition to Dracula, there are also posters for The Wolfman, Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Invisible Man. You can see them all by clicking over to Browse the Stacks.
This Sin City poster by Greg Staples was just too cool not to share. See more of Greg’s art here and a slightly bigger version at Movie Poster Movement.
I think a lot of folks who drop by here would like Slots by Dan Panosian. Besides being beautifully drawn, the story involves an aging boxer looking for redemption…
You can say this about the life of Stanley Dance: he did it his way. Unfortunately, his way never took getting old into account. Now, the former boxer is on his last legs, looking for redemption… but he’ll settle for going down swinging.
Roll the dice with superstar artist Dan Panosian as he creates a bold and breathtaking vision of Las Vegas, where everything old can become new, and superstition influences just how the chips fall.
I’m putting in my order. You should consider doing the same!
If you enjoyed Frank Miller’s graphic novel or the movie adaptation that followed, you may want to check out Xerxes: The Fall of Darius and the Rise of Alexander. That mouth full of title is Miller’s 300 sequel. Here’s the synopsis:
This historical epic, set in the world of 300, tells of the upsurge and decline of the Persian King’s empire, and the ascent of the Grecian realm through Alexander.
Written and illustrated by comics luminary and legend, Frank Miller (Sin City, The Dark Knight, 300), and colored by Alex Sinclair (Batman: The Dark Knight III: The Master Race), this companion to Miller’s epic masterpiece, 300, brings the historical story of Xerxes to the graphic novel audience with grit and visual style!
The ongoing Greek rebellion against Persian tyranny reaches a turning point after the destruction of the city of Sardis and the later battle of Marathon: on a military campaign to vanquish the city of Athens and silence the Greeks once and for all, Xerxes, Persian Prince, watches as his father, King Darius, falls in battle . . . The mantle of king is passed and while his newly-inherited fleet retreats toward home, Xerxes’ hatred is cemented toward Athens–and his incentive to build the Persian empire is fueled. Xerxes becomes the king of all countries–the king of Persia, ruler of Zion, and Pharoah of Egypt–and his empire is unlike any the world has ever seen, until . . . The mantle is again passed, the god king dies and Darius III continues as the king of all. But then, from the west, a tiger force strikes in Asia Minor and is on a course for collision with Persian forces. This will be the beginning of the end for Persia and the launch of Alexander the Great’s rise to power!
Xerxes: The Fall of Darius and the Rise of Alexander drops on March 5, 2019. But you can click on the link and get your order in now if you so desire.
Stephen Franck’s Silver, a four volume graphic novel series set in the original universe inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but 40 years later, has repeatedly received my highest recommendation. In this interview at ComicsBeat, Franck discusses Vampires and Endings and more. Check it out!
Matt Ryan Tobin created these two very cool A Quiet Place limited edition prints for Mondo. The variant edition features a red glow-in-the-dark layer for nights without light. Click over to see the cool effect.
What better day than Halloween to post Barret Chapman’s Halloween print? Hero Complex Gallery recently had a Halloween 40 showing and you can see the other art that made it into the show here.
My internet buddy, Gerardo Moreno wanted to share the Creed II poster he created. How could I refuse? If you’d like to see more of Gerardo’s art click over to his site!
