Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I have been talking up Chris Mills and Rick Burchett’s classic crime comic Gravedigger for over a decade! Action Lab is reprinting the series and now is the time to get on board.
I love this series and if you give it a chance you will too. Pre-order a copy or twelve [Gravedigger comics make great gifts] and make me [and Chris and Rick] happy!
That’s a page from Master of Kung Fu #30 by Doug Moench [writer], Paul Gulacy [penciler] and Dan Adkins [inker].
Despite the somewhat silly name, MOKF was at it’s best one of the finest comic series of the 70’s and still holds up today.
Diversions of a Groovy Kind has scanned and posted the entire MOKF #30 issue and it is well worth a look!
Finally…
…something on Bone Tomahawk.
While the poster doesn’t thrill me, at least it is something.
Tyler Stout’s Reservoir Dogs poster is too cool for school. Click on the link and check out a larger version.
If you like what you see, then you may want to check out the Tyler Stout Artist Gallery.
Source: Orson Galore.
When I was a kid one of the comics that I purchased each month was Marvel Team-Up. It always felt like a bargain – almost a buy one get one free deal- since Spider-Man would appear with at least one other Marvel hero or villain.
I especially enjoyed John Byrne’s run on Marvel Team-Up. Divisions of the Groovy Kind recently posted several of Byrne’s splash pages from that run and they’re worth a look!
SZoner, Gerardo Moreno is back with a new poster – Creed!
I’ve always enjoyed Gerardo’s Stallone art, and know that I can see more of his art here.
Steven Paul Levia recently posted a pencil test created in 1980 by Brad Bird [The Incredibles] and others from Cal Arts and Disney for a proposed movie featuring Will Eisner’s The Spirit.
Here’s what Mr. Levia has to say at his Youtube post:
In 2008 as Frank Miller’s live action feature film based on Will Eisner’s “The Spirit” was being released I wrote a piece for the Los Angeles Times on the time, back in 1980, when I became involved with Brad Bird and Gary Kurtz (producer of the first two “Star Wars” movies) in trying to get into production an animated feature based on “The Spirit” In that piece, which you can read here: http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncate… I spoke of a pencil test “trailer” for the our proposed film that was made by Bird along with several classmates from Cal Arts, most of whom were working at Disney at the time. Quite a few people who read the article contacted me about seeing the film. I did have it on an old VHS, but it was deep in storage at the time plus as I did not really own the film, I told them they would have to look elsewhere to find a copy. Later, I found the VHS and put it aside. Recently Andrea Fiamma, an Italian journalist writing on the subject for the website Fumettologica,” asked again if the film could be seen. As it is a small piece of animation history, I’ve decided to post it here.
Did you catch Ed Brubaker’s interview at CBR.com where Brubaker Discusses Creator-Owned Comics and Why He Doesn’t Miss Superheroes?
It’s worth a look.
The very cool Rambo: First Blood, Part II poster was created by Anthony Petrie and is available from Grey Matter art…
“First Blood: Part II” By Anthony PetrieGrey Matter Art under license from StudioCanal, is pleased to announce the next poster in our officially licensed Rambo series. A limited edition screen print for the iconic 80’s film, “Rambo: First Blood Part II”, by the very talented artist, Anthony Petrie…
Yesterday was a good day. I spent it hanging out at MegaCon with my best bud, John Beatty. That’s John in the photo above trying out some Star Man shades.
MegaCon started out as a comic book convention but has morphed into a comic book / celebrity / cosplay convention that gets bigger and bigger with each new year. Reportedly 30,000 people came through the doors yesterday.
My goals for the show were to get Darwyn Cooke to sign two Parker novels, pick up Chuck Dixon’s Winter World novel, try to get sketches from a few artists, meet Lee Weeks and hang out with Big Beatty. I had Friday and Saturday budgeted to get everything done.
The drive to Orlando went smoothly. Big J and I loaded up and headed to the convention. We had a couple of hours before the show opened which gave us additional time to catch up. I walked the convention floor (which was HUGE) to get the lay of the land.
Justin Orr was there, but hadn’t brought sketchbooks — he’s doing a Kickstarter for a new huge sketchbook later this year — and he wasn’t able to take sketch requests. Jason Walker was just getting to his table. I set up a sketch with Elliott Fernandez. I got to speak with Gene Gonzales, Joe Pekar and Frank aka The Voice of MegaCon briefly. Mitch Hyman gave me a couple DVDs (one for Beatty) of his movie, Bubba the Redneck Werewolf. I got Darwyn Cooke to sign my two Stark novels and picked up Chuck Dixon’s Winter World novel. Everything I planned to do over the course of two days was done in one!
I then spent the rest of the day hanging with Big John and Lee Weeks (who is such an amazing talent and cool guy who even does magic tricks). John Higashi invited Beatty and I to join him, Jason Walker and James Howell for dinner at Logan Steak House after the show and we did. It was a great meal with friends I don’t get to see near enough.
I drove Beatty back to his motel and decided to avoid the morning traffic and head home. MegaCon 2015 goes into the books as the year I was able to get everything done in one good day.
Master of Kung Fu #29 by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy.
Master of Kung Fu was my favorite comic when I was a kid and for years after. This page is one that lives rent free in my head. And I don’t mind a bit.
Superman’s message to 1950’s school kids is still relevant.
Hilary Walczak, an archivist for Grove City College, recently discovered over 150 vintage American War II posters that hadn’t been seen in over 60 years ago.
You can see them now by clicking over.
Source: io9.
That’s the new poster to London Has Fallen [sequel to Olympus Has Fallen] and reunites Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Radha Mitchell with the new addition of Jackie Earle Haley to round out the cast.
Source: Flickering Myth.
Tomer Hanuka created the masterpiece above and it is available through Mondo in a couple of versions of limited edition prints.
Source: /Film.
