Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Dave Wachter returns this week with his take on Sly from Rambo. I met Dave three years ago and became an instant fan. How can you not like a great guy who is a terrific artist? You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig
About six months ago I suggested this article at iFanboy about Ken Garing’s comic Planetoid. I thought Planetoid looked and sounded like something readers of this blog would like:
It seems that a lot of people felt the same. Planetoid #1 has sold out and is going back to press. It’s good to know that we were ahead of THAT curve.
About a year ago, I did a post about Kyle Hilton‘s cool Breaking Bad paper dolls art. As I said then, I’m not a fan of paper dolls, but when they’re as cool as the one that Kyle did for Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction, they deserve to be mentioned.
Jesse Munoz makes his first appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. Big thanks to Jesse for his excellent take on Sly as Jack Carter and for the quick response time. You can see more of Jesse’s art.
Here is the final Expendables 2 poster in all it’s glory.
My buddy, Mike Zeck stopped going to comic conventions years ago. So it was a huge surprise when Mike announced that he will be at Heroes Con next weekend as part of their 30th anniversary celebration.
Mike will join a panel featuring the guests of the first Heroes Con, and he’ll also be set up signing autographs, selling his sketchbook as well as the crime graphic novel, Damned, that he did with Steven Grant [writer], Denis Rodier [inker] and Kurt Goldzung [colorist]. If you enjoy crime comics, I highly recommend you give Damned a look. Mike’s sketchbook is also well worth the price of admission.
If you’ve never met Mike Zeck and want to, plan to swing by and see him at Heroes next weekend. Odds are if you miss him, your next shot will be at Heroes’ 50th anniversary celebration.
Even though I’m a big fan of Sean Gordon Murphy, I was a bit put off by the title of his up-coming five issue mini series, Punk Rock Jesus. However, the more I read about Punk Rock Jesus, the more I thought I’d like it. Now, I’m fully on board.
CBR.com has an interview with Sean where he talks about Punk Rock Jesus and a whole lot more. Perhaps, if you aren’t already, after reading the interview, you’ll be booking passage as well.
Gerardo Moreno is back with his version of how a new Rambo movie poster could look. I’ve always enjoyed Gerardo’s Stallone art, but this may be his best piece ever. To see more of his art, click here.
Chris Flick of Capes and Babes makes his first appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. I had the good fortune to sit with Chris, Thomas Zahler of Love and Capes , LittleJohn312 and Patricia at last year’s Heroes Con Drink and Draw event. What a great evening! Ah, but I digress…
Chris Flick worked up this cool sketch of Sly accepting a well-deserved award for his amazing working on Rambo. You can learn more about Chris as well as check out his popular Cape and Babes webcomic.
CBR.com caught up with Walking Dead artist, Charlie Adlard, and got him to talk about what it’s like to work on the world’s greatest and longest running zombie comic.
Jack Robinson was a photographer for Vogue in the 1960’s. After he died in 1997, many never-before-seen prints were found in one of his chests. This shot of Clint Eastwood along with other photographs of Cybil Shepherd, Michael Caine, Elton John, Tina Turner, Ralph Lauren, Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson can now be seen at Buzzfeed
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This week we have Michael Duron and his take on Sly as Rambo. Michael is from Florida and I met him at OrlandoCon where he was nice enough to fit me in on his sketch list. You can see more of Michael’s art at his site.
The photo above is just one of many rarely seen movie posters, designed but not used, that are featured in an article posted at the San Diego Reader titled, Movie Poster Rejects. Click over and see rejected, and sometimes superior posters than those used for Over the Top, The Fly, Near Dark, Rocky 5, Midnight Run and more!
Today we have Sly as Barney Ross by Shawn Surface. Shawn is an all-around nice guy and his art should be getting more attention. This is the second of three pieces that I recently picked up from Shawn. Here’s the first of my recent Shawn Surface purchases, and the third will be posted in the coming weeks. Until then, why not check out his site and give him some love?
Today’s Rocky and Adrian drawing above was created by the uber talented Chris Brunner at last year’s Heroes Con. I’m a huge fan and it was a joy to get a second piece from Chris for my collection. He did my first piece from him back in 2003!
You can see more of Chris’ art at his site.
