Category: Art

Comics Deserving Hardback Collections

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Ol’ Groove from Diversions of the Groovy Kind posted his choices for 10 Groovy Age Comics That Need To Be Collected.

One of his choices was The Best of Marvel Premiere.  Monark Starstalker created, written and drawn by Howard Chaykin appeared in issue 32.  Another Chaykin creation, Dominic Fortune, appeared in issue 56.

This got me to thinking about how much I’d like to see a collection of Chaykin’s Dominic Forturne appearances.  Surely there’s a market for that!

And while we’re at it, I’d like to see hardback collections of…

  • Black Terror by Beau Smith & Chuck Dixon and Dan Brereton
  • Scout by Tim Truman (A definitive collection)
  • MOKF – the Moench / Gulacy issues
  • Black Cross by Chris Warner

10 Reasons Jack Lord was the Most Interesting Man on Television

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Me-TV presented 10 Reasons Jack Lord was Truly the Most Interesting Man on Television.  I say, “presented” since the article is no longer available.  Still, here are three of my favorites…

4. He was an accomplished painter.
In his youth, Lord also studied at NYU — where he had a football scholarship, no less — and earned a degree in Fine Arts. Yes, he was an artistic athlete. He had at one time hoped to be an art instructor. At the age of 20, he had two of his works accepted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. You can spot his paintings through Hawaii Five-O, hanging on the walls, in episodes like “Invitation to Murder,” “How to Steal a Masterpiece,” and “‘V’ for Vashon.”

6. He was offered the role of Captain Kirk before Shatner.
In some alternate universe, Star Trek reruns are airing with Jack Lord and Martin Landau in the roles of Kirk and Spock. (Now that sounds like a Star Trek plot.) After the captain of the original pilot episode, Jeffrey Hunter, was given the boot on the show, Gene Roddenberry offered the new lead role of James Kirk to Lord. However, Lord had rather high salary demands. He reportedly wanted 50% ownership of the series. Shatner was simply cheaper.

7. He holds a notable place in James Bond history.
While he never made it aboard the Enterprise, Lord did take part in another iconic series. In the first James Bond film, Dr. No, Lord portrayed Felix Leiter, the familiar C.I.A. ally of 007. He was the first actor to play the role in the film series. He might have appeared in more — but money was again the issue. For Goldfinger, Lord wanted more screen time and higher billing. Alas, these are Bond movies, not Leiter movies.

BRUCE LEE: WALK OF THE DRAGON

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We have enough Bruce Lee fans who check in here that I wanted to give a heads-up that Darby Pop has a Bruce Lee comic coming out in March.  Bruce Lee: Walk of the Dragon is a one-shot.  Here’s how it is described…

BRUCE LEE WALK OF THE DRAGON ONE SHOT
(W) Shannon Lee, Jeff Kline, Nicole Dubuc (A) Brandon McKinney, Zac Atkinson (CA) John Haun
Philosopher/teacher/real-life superhero Bruce Lee is back. And, let’s be honest, the world needs him now more than ever. Taking a brief respite from battling an otherworldly evil, Bruce Lee attempts to navigate modern-day Southern California despite still suffering from amnesia and having been “out of the loop” for over 45 years. Unfortunately, what was supposed to be a simple “lunch run” soon turns into a comedy of errors involving mistaken identity, a Film Festival,” and the pokey. And despite never being one to initiate fisticuffs, Bruce continues to find it difficult to both hide his martial arts skills – and keep his shirt on.
$3.99

 

Vintage Mitch O’Connell Batman Art!

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I was recently diggin’ around the Zablo vault and found some things that I thought might be of interest to folks who swing by here.

Yesterday, I posted a Batman pin-up pencilled by Marshall Rogers and inked by Mitch O’Connel which I’m pretty sure appeared in Mitch’s fanzine,. Lollapalooza.

Today we have two pieces by Mitch.  The first is the index to an issue of Mitch’s Lollapolooza.  Below we have Mitch’s riff on Batman from the same time period.

Tune in tomorrow and I’ll show you something else from the vault.

Batman by Marshall Rogers and Mitch O’Connell

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I was recently diggin’ around the Zablo vault and found some things that I thought might be of interest to folks who swing by here.

Today we have Batman pencilled by Marshall Rogers and inked by Mitch O’Connell way back in 1978.  I’m pretty sure the piece was published in Mitch’s fanzine,. Lollapalooza.  Ah, the glory days (at least for me) of fandom.

Tune in tomorrow and I’ll show you something else from the vault.

Stallone “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” Pin by Matt Ryan Tobin

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Hero Complex Gallery decided to recognize director John McTiernan with their last showing of the year.  Click over and you will find some very cool Die Hard, Predator, Last Action Hero, Hunt for Red October original art, prints, pins and more.

What I thought fans here would dig most is the Stallone Terminator 2: Judgment Day pin by Matt Ryan Tobin.

Source: /Film.

Merry Christmas from George McManus!

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I came across this Christmas art by George McManus this morning at The Bristol Board (where you can see a larger version of it).  The art which features McManus’ character Jiggs from his beloved comic strip Bringing Up Father sure brought back a lot of good memories.

I loved reading Bringing Up Father when I was a kid. And I wasn’t alone.  Bringing Up Father was published in newspapers for 87 years, from January 12, 1913, to May 28, 2000!  It spawned plays, (on and off Broadway), a radio series, 9 animated silent shorts, three live-action two reel shorts, several live-action feature films, three different comic book series as well as books collecting and reprinting the newspaper strips.

While the strips were funny, McManus’ art was a joy and the combination of the two were impossible (at least for this guy) not to love.  I had a chance to purchase a strip or two (even a Sunday page) back in my college days when I hung out at Jim Ivey’s Cartoon Museum.  Sadly, they were out of my price range, but I did enjoy the chance to hold the originals.