Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Congrats to Max Allan Collins. Collins’ fictional hit man, Quarry, the star of several novels, is going to become a tv star as well.
Cinemax has given the go-ahead for eight episodes with Logan Marshall-Green in the title role.
Now if only someone would give Collins’ Nate Heller the same treatment!
Source: ComingSoon.net.
The Black Beetle: No Way Out #1 in a four issue mini-series from Dark Horse Comics.
Written and Directed by Francesco Francavilla
Black Beetle’s investigation of two local mob bosses is interrupted when a mysterious explosion murders them and a pub full of gangsters—taking out most of Colt City’s organized crime in one fell swoop. Who could pull off such a coup, and what danger might that murderous bomber do to Colt City and Black Beetle?
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Black Beetle: No Way Out #1
Rating: 5 out of 5
The chart above lists Nine Types of Intelligence. Which best describes you?
I would say I’m Intra-Personal followed by Logical-Mathematical.
Source: Tweetsmarter.
The Black Beetle: Night Shift #0 is a collection of three Black Beetle episodes that originally appeared in Dark Horse Presents #11–#13 and will lead into the Black Beetle: Night Shift four issue mini-series from Dark Horse Comics.
Written and Directed by Francesco Francavilla
When a powerful totem of dark magic shows up at the Colt City Natural History Museum, Hitler sends his fearsome Werwolf Korps to collect the piece. Unfortunately for the führer, Colt City’s protector, the Black Beetle, is on the case!
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Black Beetle: Night Shift #0 was a blast.
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Did you know there was an online comic story featuring the characters from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul?
There is. Better Call Saul: Client Development is written by Jenn Carol and Gordon Smith with art by Steve Ellis.
You can read it panel by panel on AMC or where I found it at Bleeding Cool.
Recently the bullet above was found by a treasure hunter. As you can see it was no ordinary bullet in that in contained not gun powder but a secret message. The message was written in code so the finder posted a picture to a World War II forum and received an answer…
My grandfather served in Italy, I inherited all of his military gear. He saved all of his daily code books, so looked it up. Here is the message:
QM is code for the officer that was tasked with coordinating forces for a particular engagement. This is an engagement status letter that is addressed to that officer.
The (6) 5 letter codes read as follows, from left to right, top to bottom:
THEY – THROW – GRENADES – WE – PULL – PINS – AND – THROW – BACK
The final code at the bottom is a phrase:
NOTIFY REINFORCEMENTS STAND DOWN – NOT NEEDED
Could this be some kind of joke that was never delivered? Apparently not. The Nazis were throwing grenades that weren’t armed until the Allied forces armed and then threw them back at the Nazis.
As Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.”
Source: Sploid.
Rasputin is an on-going series created by Alex Grecian & Riley Rossmo published by Image.
Writer: Alex Grecian
Artist: Riley Rossmo
Colorist: Ivan Plascencia
Letterer: Thomas Mauer
BETRAYED! Rasputin’s life changes forever when he’s asked to save the prince’s life. But first the mad monk has to let someone else die. His road to infamy begins here.
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I enjoyed Rasputin 4 and look forward to future issues.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Winter World created by Chuck Dixon and Jorge Zaffino.
Winter World #7 published by IDW Publishing.
Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Thomas Giorello
Colorist: Diego Rodriguez
Letterer: Robbie Robbins
“The Stranded,” conclusion! A confrontation decades in the making! Scully and Wynn are re-united with the truck that’s been their rolling home across two seas, only to find themselves in more danger than ever. What promised to be a sanctuary turns out to be a slaughterhouse as Skitters and the feral Monkey Boy finally catch up with Scully and Wynn in a place where there’s nowhere to run.
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Winter World #7 is for mature readers due to violence.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Here are 20 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About National Lampoon’s Vacation:
Here are my three favorites…
1. In Hughes’ original story “Vacation ’58,” initially published in National Lampoon magazine in 1979, it’s Disneyland that’s closed and Walt Disney who gets taken hostage by the irate dad. The story’s memorable first line: “If Dad hadn’t shot Walt Disney in the leg, it would have been our best vacation ever!” Warner Bros. snapped up the movie rights almost immediately.
10. Chase claims that no one ever spots the gag early in the film, when Ellen and Clark are doing the dishes and the dishes don’t actually get washed. Ellen scrapes the food off of them, and Clark dries them and puts them back in the cabinet.
25. A reboot has been in the works that would star Ed Helms (“The Hangover”) as the grown Rusty, taking his own wife (Christina Applegate) and family on vacation to Walley World, with Chase and D’Angelo to return as his parents. So far, however, the project has yet to make it off the drawing board.
Winter World created by Chuck Dixon and Jorge Zaffino.
Winter World #5 published by IDW Publishing.
Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Thomas Giorello
Colorist: Diego Rodriguez
Letterer: Robbie Robbins
Snowblind! Scully is sightless and must rely on Wynn to survive in a world that seeks to kill them at every turn. Their stolen vehicle is carjacked in turn by even more dangerous lowlifes. And their oldest enemy, Skitters, has stalked them across two frozen oceans and two icy continents and is now within striking distance. It’s a cruel world populated by crueler people where each day, each moment, might be your last.
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Winter World #6 is for mature readers due to violence.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Here’s a trailer for Fast and Furious 7 which is being called Furious 7.
Let’s go behind the scenes on Better Call Saul for some insight on the character and show!
Escape From New York is an on-going series published by Boom Studios.
Writer: Christopher Sebela
Artist: Diego Barreto
Colorist: Marissa Louise
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Between the escalation of World War III and being Number One on America’s most wanted list, Snake Plissken jumps borders and finds himself in the seceded nation of Florida. While he may have escaped the USPF, Snake finds himself in the middle of a whole new level of political corruption.
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Escape from New York #1 should appeal to fans of the movie, Escape from, oh, you know.
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The trailer for Child 44 does it’s job really well. Not only do I want to see the movie, I’m interested in reading the novel it was based on.
