Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Elliott Fernandez makes his third, but not hopefully not last appearance in our Stallone Sketch Gallery with his take on Sly as Rocky Balboa.
You can see more of Elliott’s art here and here. If you want to keep up with Elliott’s latest, you can follow him on Twitter.
Last Fair Deal Gone Down by Ace Atkins and Marco Finnegan looks like the road I like to travel.
Check out this preview and you may want to take the trip as well. If so, here’s your ticket to ride.
June Vigants created the Sly as Jack Carter 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.
Diversions of the Groovy Kind is a regular stop on my daily website visits. You’ll always find something cool like this post of Daredevil’s origin by Roger McKenzie, Frank Miller, and Klaus Janson!
Last year at HeroesCon Gary McKee surprised and gifted me with the sketch above of Sly as Jimmy Bobo from Bullet to the Head. What an amazing sketch and gesture from a great artist and friend.
One of the latest fads [and I sure didn’t see it coming] was coloring books for adults.
The cover above is for a Walking Dead Coloring Book that will feature 96 pages from the comic series.
My guess is that a LOT of kids will buy it as well. Wonder if they’ll be disappointed to find out Daryl isn’t in it?
Source: Flickering Myth.
That amazing drawing of Sly was created by artist extrodinaire, Hoyt Silva. I met Hoyt at Heroes Con and set up a take home commission. Hoyt gifted me this piece as a bonus.
Hoyt, in addition to being an amazing artist, has great communication and packages the art securely. I highly recommend Hoyt to all sketch collectors! – Craig
Ron Salas posted his poster for Daredevil and it was just way to cool not to share!
Ron is a great guy as well as a fantastic freelance artist. If you collect sketches you deserve to have a piece by Ron in your collection!
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s outdone himself with his faux Thrilling Mystery cover featuring Sly as Jack Carter and Lee Marvin as Digger McCrae in “The Man Who Killed Pinky Savage.”
Mike is a great guy and his commissions are always a blast!
You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
Diversions of the Groovy Kind is a regular stop on my daily website visits. You’ll always find something cool like this post of “The Other Side of Night!” from Rampaging Hulk #4 (May 1977) by Jim Starlin [who plotted and penciled the story], Alex Nino [who inked it] and John Warner [who scripted it].
It’s hard to believe that Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their crime comic Criminal.
They are and they’re doing it in style with a special tenth anniversary one shot! Check out Image Comics for the full details and some preview art.
Thomas Boatwright is back and this time he went Over the Top!
Over the years I’ve gotten several Stallone pieces from Thomas. Here is what has been posted so far… there are more to come.
If you’d like to see more of Thomas Boatwright’s art check out his blog and his DA site. Send him some love.
If you get commissions, you should consider a piece from Thomas. He keeps you totally in the loop on his progress, finishes his commissions on or ahead of schedule, has very reasonable prices, is a fantastic artist and always gives you more than you’re expecting! – Craig
Brian [100 Bullets] Azzarello and Juan Doe have teamed for American Monster, a new comic series coming for AfterShock Comics. Here is the official description:
AMERICAN MONSTER – War changes people. The person who leaves is never the person who returns. Theo Montclare is such a person. Horribly scarred and disfigured during his tour of duty, Theo returns to the small Northwestern town that was once his home a changed man, transformed emotionally and physically, both in appearance and in perception. But is he a returning hero or a modern day Frankenstein?
If you’d like to know more about American Monster and see some preview art [which looks great] then check out [be advised that this preview contains adult language] BRIAN AZZARELLO & JUAN DOE UNLEASH THEIR “AMERICAN MONSTER” at CBR.com.
Gamesradar posted their choices for The 30 Best Sci-Fi Movies Ever. It’s a pretty good list.
I’ve seen 21 out of the 30. My guess is that most of you have seen even more. And that almost everyone recognized the sweet Steranko Bladerunner art.
