Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Billy Graham is an artist that left us way to soon. I’m sad to say I never got to meet Mr. Graham but I did grow up reading comics that he did, most notably Luke Cage: Hero for Hire and The Black Panther.
Recently some of Billy’s family members have started posting his art. This very cool First Blood piece was one of those posted.
There are two things we don’t see enough around here: 1) Eric Canate art and 2) Marv from Sin City.
Today: two birds, one stone.
If you click over to The Bristol Board using this link you can see a larger version of this Mike Zeck / Gerhard Punisher pin-up.
Check out these preliminary art pencils for Bernie Wrightson’s Batman: Nevermore cover. You can see a larger version as well as the final cover (which was much different than the prelim) at The Bristol Board.
Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins and Marco Finnegan (based on Atkins novel of the same name) is available,
After a New Orleans college professor goes missing while searching for the rumored lost recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson — who, as legend has it, sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads — Nick Travers is sent to find him. Clues point to everyone from an eccentric albino named Cracker to a hitman who believes he is the second coming of Elvis Presley.
If this graphic novel sounds like something you’d like, you can order here.
If you’re more into prose, then this link is for you. Either way, you’re in for a fun ride.
Dan Greenfield makes an excellent case that Marshall Rogers’ Batman Strip Needs to Be Reprinted. As a Rogers’ fan, I am in complete agreement.
So who’s your money on?
Click on the photo to get a Roman Colosseum-sized view of Mike Deodato’s art!
Source: @AstroZombie78
This Big Boss print by Jock is a thing of beauty. If you like this, you might want to check out The Art of Jock.
For my money, the Rocky poster above is perfection. Everything from the tagline (“His whole life was a million-to-one shot”) to the black and white photography of a fighter and his woman looking at each other surrounded by stark white (nothing else in their world matters) with their backs to the viewer. The big, bold ROCKY. I love this poster. It’s a classic.
And it might not have been used if they’d gone with the first Rocky poster ever made!
Sly Stallone posted on his Instagram the art by Tom Jung below saying…
Very very very rare! Believe it or not this was the first poster ever made for the first ROCKY… Hand drawn.! This is the ONLY one in existence !!!!
Sly posts a lot of cool updates on his Sly Stallone Instagram. Click on the link here and see what else Sly had to say about the Tom Jung art.
Frank Stallone also regularly updates his Frank Stallone Instagram.
Diversions of the Groovy Kind posted Peerless Paul Gulacy Original Art and it is worth a look. If you click over (and you should) you’ll see Paul’s black and white originals for Master of Kung Fu, Morbius the Living Vampire and a Logan’s Run cover.
Yesterday we posted that Frank Miller’s 300 prequel premieres in April of this year. While I’m excited about Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander, I’d really love to see Miller return with a new Sin City yarn.
Sure, Sin City is Miller’s baby. He writes, pencils, inks and letters every page of every issue. So a new Sin City tale is probably a long, long way off. However, if Miller ever decides to let another artist in on the action, I’d vote for Eduardo Risso, the cat who did the Marv drawing above.
Frank Miller’s 300 prequel is finally set for release and premieres this April of this. Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander is a 5 issue mini-series that drops on April 4th.
IGN has a nice little video interview with Miller that brings us up to speed.
The Bristol Board posted a much larger version of this recent Frank Miller drawing of The Dark Knight vs The Joker. I’m glad to see a new Miller drawing and that he seems to have reined it in a bit.
Miguel Insignares recently posted this poster that he designed but never before published for Rambo. Miguel is a super-talented artist, writer, actor and go-getter. You can follow his Twitter here.
