Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
This cover by Frank Miller and Klaus Jansen is still one of my all-time favorites. The cover got me to thinking about what a great run Miller and Jansen had with the character. I really should revisit it.
In 2016, CBR.com ran a poll to determine The 25 Greatest Punisher Covers of All Time.
The cover above by Mike Zeck and Phil Zimelman was selected for the number one spot.
Zeck and Zimelman also scored with the 2nd, 6th, 7th, and 12th Greatest Punisher Covers of All Time.
Zeck had the 8th spot all to himself.
It’s nice when a poll goes the way you think it should.
Long time readers know that I am a huge fan of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips comic stories. Perhaps David Harper summarizes my feelings best when he describes his admiration for Brubaker and Phillips by saying they are…
the finest and most consistent creative partnership in modern comics. When you hear Brubaker and Phillips are working on something, the question isn’t “will I buy it?”, it’s “when can I buy it?” They’re the type of team where your pull list simply has a “Brubaker/Phillips all” item on it. That’s rarefied air, at least for me.
Harper goes on to create an excellent overview of Brubaker and Phillips work in This Noir Life: A Retrospective of the Brubaker/Phillips Partnership at sktched.com.
It’s hard to believe that it was almost four years ago when I first posted about a new series from Howard Chaykin called Midnight of the Soul. There was just a cool shot of a guy on a motorcycle [not the same as above] with the following…
Joel Breakstone came home from the Second World War
with a Purple Heart, a German Luger, and
a desperate taste for alcohol.
In one long night, he’ll lose all three and regain
everything he gave up to get them, in a story of
redemption, in the only parallel universe
that counts… The Real World.
After that teaser appeared there was nothing… until today.
Bleeding Cool has posted a preview of the series with art. Be advised before clicking over that the series contains adult language. If you’re of age and not offended then check out “Midnight Of The Soul Is A Labor Of Love” New Miniseries From Howard Chaykin.
Here is the finished piece of Sly as Barney Ross that Drew Moss did for me for pickup at HeroesCon. As always, Drew gives you more than you’d expect!
If you’d like to see more of Drew’s art, you can here. – Craig
Howard Chaykin is the subject of an excellent interview with Tripwire Magazine.
Dee Fish gave me her very cool take on Sly as Barney Ross at HeroesCon 2015. Gotta love it! You can see more of Dee’s art here.
I’ve been a Christopher Mitten since I first discovered his art. When I saw Christopher was going to be at HeroesCon last year, I hoped I would be able to get a Stallone sketch from him. As you can see I was and I couldn’t be happier with it. I love the attitude and toughness Chris gave Carter.
You can see more of Chris’ art here, here, here and follow him on Twitter here.
Sanford Greene recently sat down with David Harper at Sktched to talk about his art, influences and new Power Man and Iron Fist series.
The police artist rendering above is of a famous literary figure.
Any idea who?
Before I tell you, let me tell you about the process in making the piece.
Brian J Davis is a filmmaker and digital artist living in Brooklyn. Using composite sketch software available to police sketch artists, Davis creates the drawings of famous literary characters and posts them on his The Composites website.
There you can find composites of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Hannibal Lector, Jack Torrance, The Vampire Lestat and others.
Oh, the character above? Why, that’s Bond. James Bond.
Source: CBR.com.
Although it’s hard to believe, this year marks the 30th Anniversary of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.
CBR.com sat down for a short but informative interview with Frank Miller that’s worth a read. Here are a couple of tidbits…
When did you realize that it really was something that people were going to be talking about for decades to come? Was there a moment where you thought, “We’ve created something bigger than I ever expected”?
It was an ongoing set of surprises. You go up to bat and you take your best shot. This one turned out to be a homer. But I didn’t expect it to keep on rewarding like this. Now, it’s become apparent that it’s going to be something that we can enjoy revisiting again in the future.
When you see how influential your original take on Batman was, and the kinds of things that stuck forever: the way you did narrative dialogue captions over thought balloons, a lot of the approaches to the character. And now we’re seeing things like “Batman v Superman,” where we’re seeing a lot of imagery that comes directly from your pencil. What has that come to mean to you over the years? You’ve seen just how much people embraced what you did, sometimes swiped what you did?
I mean, I’ve learned a lot since doing the first “Dark Knight.” I learned a lot about life too. Instead of resenting, as I first did, when they would take some of the stuff in the movies — I resented and I thought, “Oh I’m being ripped off!” — I’ve come to realize that what I did was a piece of an overall collective work that’s evolving and changing as time goes by. I didn’t make up Batman, I just contributed to the myth. And now they’re using some of my stuff to take it in their own direction. God bless them as well.
June Vigants created the Sly as James Bonomo aka Jimmy Bobo from Bullet to the Head piece above. June was doing sketch commissions through the mail and although I’d never met her, I liked June’s art and decided to commission a few pieces. I wasn’t disappointed. This is the first with more to be posted!
You can see more of June’s art here and here.
Want to see a preview of Renato Jones: The One Percent #1 by Kaare Andrews? I love the look of this series, but keep in mind it is not for kids!
Source: Bleeding Cool.
If you’re not reading American Monster by Brian Azzarello and Juan Doe, from AfterShock Comics you should be. The second issue is out now. For mature readers.
What do you think of Steranko’s variant cover for Captain America?
