“Dirty Harry” by Tony Stella
Check out this very cool poster of Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry Callahan by Tony Stella. It is available as a print from Tony Stella!
Category: Art
Bernie Wrightson: The FPG Years – On Kickstarter Now!
Bernie Wrightson: The FPG Years is a book that Wrightson fans are going to want. It’s on Kickstarter now, so don’t sleep on this one!
RIP: Ken Kelly
Ken Kelly died yesterday at the age of 76. No cause of death was reported.
After serving four years in the marines, Ken Kelly decided on a career in art. He studied under his uncle, the legendary artist Frank Frazetta. Ken Kelly’s first professional assignment was for Warren’s Vampirella magazine. That assignment led to Mr. Kelly becoming one of Warren’s most popular and used artists. Soon other magazine and book publishers were seeking out Ken Kelly to produce covers for them. His art was especially suited to science fiction, horror and heroic fantasy.
Then in 1975, Mr.. Kelly was commissioned to create the cover for Kiss’ Destroyer album. The popularity of the Destroyer cover opened up new opportunities. Soon Ken Kelly’s art was in demand for more album covers, games, calendars, book & magazine covers and books solely dedicated to his art.
I’ve always enjoyed Ken Kelly’s artwork. My favorites were his barbarian paintings. He made warriors that didn’t look like they’d just come out of the gym, but had instead spent time on the battlefield.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Ken Kelly’s family, friends and fans.
“They Live” Poster by Jim Rugg!
I really like this They Live poster by Jim Rugg. Click on it and see it biggie-size. Wowzers!
George Perez and Svengoolie – The Fan Connection!
The photo above is of George Perez (in the middle), George’s wife Carol, and Svengoolie. If you don’t know who George Perez is, either do a search on my site or Google him. I’ll wait.
Ok, now that we’re on the same page with the late George Perez, one of the most popular artists to ever draw a comic, let’s talk Svengoolie.
Svengoolie is a host of horror movies. He’s been doing this gig for over 40 years. For the last decade or so, Svengoolie’s show has been on Me-TV every Saturday at 8pm. It’s a weekly ritual for many horror movie fans who Tweet along.
As it turns out, George Perez was a Svengoolie fan, and Svengoolie was a George Perez fan! George and/or his art had appeared on Svengoolie’s shows. When George passed, Svengoolie paid tribute on his next episode. Which brings us to the art below. Svengoolie says George…
… once asked me about who some of my favorite superheroes were — and surprised me by sending a fantastic book about his artwork — in which he had actually drawn, on the inside cover, Batman and Captain America discovering a familiar artifact of our set! It is a cherished reminder tome of a friend who was not only a great artist, but a really good and generous man.
Svengoolie shared this in his latest newsletter. You can learn about Svengoolie, his upcoming shows and more here.
“Enter the Dragon” Print by Peter Panayis
Peter Panayis gives Enter the Dragon a worthy alt poster treatment! Evil Eye Art has it as a print if you’d like a copy for that blank space on your wall!
Marv from “Sin City” by Victor Santos
Above is Marv by Victor Santos. Santos would be a natural for a Sin City story from Frank Miller Press.
“Rocky III” Poster by Colin Murdoch
Every week Joblo.com posts Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net. This week one of the pieces was the Rocky III poster above by Colin Murdoch. You can see more of Colin Murdoch’s amazing art at his site.
“Tombstone” Poster by Aurelio Lorenzo
Aurelio Lorenzo created this amazing alternative poster for Tombstone. Sadly it was a private commission and no prints are available. You can see much more of Lorenzo’s art at his Instagram page. You might even find some that is available as prints.
Rocky by Erica Galema
Our “Stallone Art Found on Twitter” train keeps rolling. Erica Galema created the nice piece above. You can see more of her art on her Instagram page.
Rocky II by Anthony M – Le Duc!
Anthony M – Le Duc created this sketch of Sly from Rocky II. Very nice! I found it and Anthony M – Le Duc on Twitter!
Rambo by Jon Lankry!
One of the things that I love about Twitter is that you can find so many things of interest on it. While scrolling the other night I came across this fun sketch of Rambo created by Jon Lankry way back in 2014! It kind of reminds me of a Rambo/Terminator mash-up and I like it!
You can see more of Jon Lankry’s art on Twitter.
BULLET TRAIN: The ART and MAKING of the FILM is Coming!
Bullet Train: The Art and Making of the Film is coming on August 2nd. Here’s what will be in it…
The official companion to the film Bullet Train from Deadpool 2 and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch, starring Brad Pitt. Screenplay by Zak Olkewicz.
Assassin-for-hire Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is filling in for a colleague and just wants an easy in-and-out mission for once. What he gets is far from it. There are four other assassins on this Japanese bullet train (Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Zazie Beetz) and when each assassin’s mission impedes the others’, it leads to disastrous consequences.
Go behind the scenes of this action-packed film in exclusive detail. This beautiful coffee-table book is full to the brim with concept art, behind-the-scenes photography, and storyboards, accompanied by exclusive interviews with the cast and crew, including David Leitch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, and Hiroyuki Sanada.
If Bullet Train: The Art and Making of the Film sounds like something you’d like, click on the link since pre-orders are now available!
Rocky by Richard Cox
Richard Cox created the cool Rocky art above. I was able to get on Richard’s commission list at HeroesCon 2019 and he came through like a champ. (See what I did there?) You can see more of RIchard’s art on his Twitter feed and here.
THE CULT OF ICARUS by Jenna Lynn Wright & Karl Slominski is Coming!
The Cult of Icarus trade paperback written by Jenna Lynn Wright and art by Karl Slominski will be released on July 12, 2022. Check out the synopsis…
Cult Of Ikarus is a dark, coming-of-age fantasy comic book series featuring vampires and a magical, supernatural underworld written by Jenna Lyn Wright, illustrated by Karl Slominski, lettered by Taylor Esposito, published monthly by Scout Comics.
Tossed out by her foster family after one-too-many rides home in the back of a cop car, Hunter packs up her meager belongings and hops a train on a mission: stop drifting and finally find out who she is.
That trip to the city is more like a trip down the rabbit hole, as she’s introduced to a covert world of magic and danger running parallel to our own, complete with undead rock stars, a pair of sorcerer brothers with questionable morals, and a prophecy that puts her at the top of an ancient vampire coven’s hit list.
Turns out Hunter is half-human, half-vampire. The product of a forbidden love; she’s an anomaly that shouldn’t exist. And if those vamps get their hands on her, humanity’s time at the top of the food chain may come to a swift and vicious end, and the world as we know it will cease to exist.
Hunter came looking for answers. What will become of her once she gets them?
If Cult of Icarus sounds like something you’d like, you can pre-order it here. I did.
