Category: Art

Jon Pinto’s Marlon Brando as Superman!

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Remember when Jon Pinto and some of his friends were riffing on Aquaman and decided that Paul Newman would be the ideal lead for a movie made back in the day.  Then Pinto went on to create a poster with Newman as Aquaman and Sidney Poitier and Ann Margaret as co-stars?

If not, then click here or  you can see an ocean-sized version of Pinto’s poster by clicking over.

Pinto is back with Brando as Superman!  You can see a bigger version at Pinto’s site (and even more of his art)!

Jason Copland Goes “Full Tilt”

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The tough looking mug above is Massimo Miller.  I guess you already picked up on that though, right?  Well here’s the lowdown on Massimo…

Massimo is the Consigliere for the Chessa Family, a position bestowed upon him by the syndicate’s boss, Russo Chessa. As Consigliere, Massimo acts as advisor and liaison in all matters that pertain to the family business giving him meaningful influence over syndicate affairs. Holding this position of power is all the more remarkable due to the fact that most of Massimo’s life was spent as a slave of a rival crime organization. Chosen for his loyalty and integrity, Massimo is no yes man. He is a heavy smoker, however, much to Russo’s chagrin. Massimo’s preferred brand is Marlboro XXV Kings.

Massimo is just one of the characters from Jason Copland’s Full Tilt.  Want to know more?  Then may I suggest you follow Jason on Twitter or for even more info get on board Jason’s Newsletter.

Dracula by Roy Thomas and Mike Mignola Rises Again!

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Most folks know Mike Mignola as the creator of Hellboy.  Because of Hellboy’s success and Mignola’s popularity, many if not most of his previous stories have been collected and reprinted over the years.  One that never got that treatment was the adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula that Mignola created with writer Roy Thomas.

Until now.

On September 18th, Bram Stoker’s Dracula adapted by Roy Thomas and Mike Mignola will become available once again!

The comics adaptation created by Mike Mignola and based on the film from Columbia Pictures (Sony) and Zoetrope Studios returns to print after a decades-long absence.

Mike Mignola is one of the most popular comic book artists of the past thirty years, known for such important works as Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, Cosmic Odyssey, and, of course, Hellboy. Considered to be among Mignola’s greatest works, Bram Stoker’s Dracula was his last project before Hellboy launched and was originally released as a full-color four issue adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 movie released by Columbia Pictures (Sony). Unavailable for nearly 25 years, and collected here in gorgeous black and white, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a book fans have long been clamoring for… and the wait is finally over.

I’m looking forward to Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Thomas and Mignola especially because it’s being released in black and white!

The Different Covers for David Morrell’s First Blood

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Tony Stella recently posted larger versions of these different covers for David Morrell’s First Blood.

  • The first cover looks like the artist pictured Richard Chamberlain as Rambo.
  • The second cover was on the version of the book I first read back in the summer (of 1973) before I went into 9th grade.  I immediately became a life-long David Morrell fan.
  • The third cover reminds me of a teaser if First Blood had been made into a graphic novel and Rambo was based on Burt Reynolds.
  • The fourth cover reminds me of a corpse who refused to give up his weapon until it was pried from his cold, dead hand.
  • The fifth cover looks like the cover to a horror novel.

The great thing is no matter what the cover looks like the novel is always great!  Highest reccommendation!

35 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THE ‘IRON GIANT’ COMMENTARY

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Film School Rejects presents 35 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THE IRON GIANT COMMENTARY .  Here are three of my favorites…

One of the big questions Bird and Lynch faced was in how much they should reveal of the Giant early on. They wanted to keep the Giant interesting and grab the audience’s attention without giving away too much too early. This seems to always be a concern for filmmakers creating a story that involves an otherworldly creature. Some director’s just don’t even bother with subtlety.

As Bird and Markowski mention, the first time Hogarth runs into the Iron Giant is the most robotic the Giant is in the entire film. They wanted to gradually show the Giant picking up Hogarth’s mannerisms and acting more and more human as the story progressed. As mentioned later on in the scene when Hogarth confronts and talk to the Giant for the first time, the Giant learns these humanistic skills very quickly going from “pet to friend to hero” as Markowski says.

One of the things Bird is very proud of in The Iron Giant is how real his characters feel. He mentions the audience reacting audibly when Hogarth gets hit in the face with a branch and how that’s a very difficult thing to pull from the audience when you’re dealing with animated characters. Audiences are so used to Wile Coyote falling off cliffs they’ve become accustomed to animated characters being more malleable than real people. “If you defy gravity and later on need to feel danger in the film, you have a really hard time convincing the audience how to do that,” says Bird.

Midnight Mystery by Bernie Gonzalez

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Midnight Mystery is a four issue mini-series that looks to appeal to a lot of folks.  Written and illustrated by Bernie Gonzalez, Midnight Mystery…

… is a suspense/horror comic book series that follows the strange adventures of detective Ezekiel “Zeke” King.   It’s a mix of Supernatural, X-Files, and film noir movies told in the style of Batman: The Animated Series and Darwyn Cooke’s New Frontier.

That’s enough to get me on board.  But if you want more info, in the first four issue mini-series…

Zeke King’s latest case goes from freaky to fatal when he’s hired to find the lost son of a deceased horror host! The mystery begins in this new supernatural horror series!

Still need more?  Click over to Midnight Mystery and you can sign up for the newsletter, see preview art and more.  I can’t wait for this one!

Cemetery Beach: A SDCC Interview with Jason Howard

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Tim Midura had a chance to interview artist Jason Howard about his new project with Warren Ellis.  Here’s a tidbit…

Tim: Warren Ellis described Cemetery Beach as a relentless action book..

Jason: It starts with the idea of what this world is. In the story of Cemetery Beach, kind of the setup is that back in the 1920s/1930s, scientists found this exoplanet they thought could support life. So they built a rocketship with 1920s-era tech, sextants and all this stuff. They sent a group to colonize this planet. The plans and everything were lost to history. Everyone ended up dead or whatever. 100 years later we uncover this warehouse full of all the plans and we realize we sent that ship and nobody knows what happened. So they send a recon guy to look into it and see if they survived and report back. That’s kind of where the story starts. This guy ends up on the planet and the colony has survived but things are a little insane. It’s been 100 years.

If this sounds like something you’d enjoy, check out Talking a Long Walk on Cemetery Beach: A SDCC Interview with Jason Howard.

 

Rambo by Jonas Scharf

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Once a week Joblo.com posts Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net.  As you can imagine, they post awesome art that they, well, you get the idea.

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.  If you check it out you’ll discover amazing artists like Jonas Scharf who did the Rambo piece above.  Click on the photo and you can see a slightly bigger version.