Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Drive-ins may have gone the way of VHS tape, but drive-in movies keep getting made. I’d love to see “Stake Land” as part of a horror triple feature at a local drive-in. Guess I’ll just have to wait for Netflix.
The great news is you don’t have to wait if you want to see a drive-in screen-sized version of the poster thanks to the fine folks at IMPAwards.com.
This 1966 commercial for the Wham-O Wheelie Bar really brings back a lot of memories. I would have been 7 or 8 years old depending on when the commercial first appeared. I had a sting ray bike. I rode/loved that bike like a singing cowboy loved his horse. I never had a Wham-O Wheelie Bar though.
Besides the nostalgia factor of the commercial, I also found it interesting that kids riding the bikes in the commercial were riding with no helmets, barefoot, and down the middle of the street. They were also standing on the seat and doing tricks [things that we all did or at least tried back in the day] but that would never pass the safety standards of today.
[Via Neatorama]
Sly Stallone as Barney Ross from The Expendables by Ron Salas. Obviously I’m a huge fan of Ron’s art. Of course when he does pieces like his take on Sly from “The Expendables” who wouldn’t be? You can check out more of Ron’s art here.
If you’re a MMA fan, then you might want to check out this trailer for the movie “Warrior.” It looks like it’ll be a fun couple of hours.
Most of you probably recognize Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike from Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. The artwork is part of Spoke Art‘s Quentin vs. Coens art show which will run from April 7th through April 9th at the Bold Hype Gallery, 547 W 27th St, 5th floor, NY, NY. You can read more about the show and see more art over at /Film.
Want to hear about the best deal in comics today?
It’s Matthew Warlick’s 2011 Sketchbook. Longtime readers will remember when Matthew drew Jack Carter and videoed the process. Ah, but I digress, you want to hear about the great deal Matthew is offering on his sketchbook. Okay, here’s the skinny. The sketchbook is 48 pages for five bucks, PLUS you get a free quickie sketch in the back of the book!
How can you beat that? You can’t. My sketchbook came today with a drawing of Rocky. [I’ll post it soon.] As they say on tv, get your orders in quick, because this deal is too good to last long!
If you don’t watch Breaking Bad on AMC, you’re missing out on one of the best shows currently running. Seriously. I’m surprised I don’t hear more people talking Breaking Bad up. It’s that good. If you don’t know about it, don’t feel bad. I only recently discovered Breaking Bad and now I’m hooked. AMC is about to start running the series again from the start, so this would be a great time to jump on board or at least give it a try.
Saul Goodman [pictured above] is a sleazy lawyer on the show, but he’s not the main character. Saul is just one of the many great characters. Saul’s card might make you think that Breaking Bad is a comedy, but it’s not. Sure, there are some funny moments, but Breaking Bad ain’t no sitcom. It is one of the best shows on currently on tv.
If you’re a fan of crime stories, boy have I got a good one for you. Written by Don [Savages] Winslow with art by Sean [Criminal] Phillips, it’s called Sunset on Sunset and appeared in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times Magazine. Although Sunset on Sunset is only 8 pages long, it packs a whallop.
[Via IFanboy]
Tim Sale did this wonderful wash piece for me at MegaCon last weekend. Tim said that he wanted to do Rocky from the first movie with his turtles Cuff and Link. Excellent choice and a very, very cool piece. Thanks to Tim and John Higashi for making it happen. – Craig
Earlier today I posted about Hunter: The Martini Edition which will combine The Hunter and The Outfit into an oversized 9×13 package with 65 pages of additional material [344 total page count] for a very reasonable $75.00 price tag. At Wondercon, today, the cover of the edition [shown above] was previewed. In addition, Scott Dunbier, the editor of the project said that Hunter: The Martini Edition will…
“contain both of the graphic novels that Darwyn did — both of them were pretty widely acclaimed. It’ll have a number of illustrations, sketchbook material, a lot of cool little extras. One of the best is, it’ll actually have an original eight-page story that will only be available in this Martini Edition.”
Now, more than ever I think that IDW should print up an edition of extras for those of us who have supported the books from the start.
[Via CBR.com]
If you missed out on Darwyn Cooke’s two best-selling, award-winning adaptations of Richard Parker’s Stark novels, you’re in luck. This July, IDW is publishing them together in a deluxe format they’re calling Parker: The Martini Edition. The new edition will combine The Hunter and The Outfit into an oversized 9×13 package with 65 pages of additional material running the total page count to 344. It is set to retail at $75.00.
While I’m happy that the books are doing well enough to warrant the special treatment, it bugs me that fans who bought the original editions from the start will miss out on the bonus materials. I understand that in order to make the “special edition” special, bonus materials are needed. I guess it’s a catch-22, but wouldn’t it be nice if IDW published a “bonus materials only” special for folks who had supported the books from the start? They could even do it in the same format as The Man with the Getaway Face and I’d love it. Plus it would be another revenue source to help support the production of the next Cooke/Stark Parker graphic novel.
Recently CBSNews.com posted their choices for the 50 Greatest TV Characters. Using just the characters from their list here is my top ten and 10 more who should have made the list:
Why weren’t these folks on the list? James West, Cheyenne Bodie, Vinnie Terranova, Raylan Givens, Jack Bauer, Barnabus Collins, Rod Serling, Fred Sanford, Rob & Laura Petrie and Ralph Kramden & Ed Norton?
Did you know that Fantagraphics is posting all issues of their long-running magazine, The Comics Journal [which started as a newspaper adzine called The Nostalgia Journal] online? Do you even care? If you do care, then click over and take a walk through comics history.
I really like this Reservoir Dogs piece by Tim Doyle. It is just one of seven images that Doyle created for Spoke Art‘s Quentin vs. Coens art show which will run from April 7th through April 9th at the Bold Hype Gallery, 547 W 27th St, 5th floor, NY, NY. You can see more of Doyle’s images and learn more about the art show by clicking over to SlashFilm.
This past weekend I traveled to MegaCon with my buddy, John Beatty. We always have a blast at the show and this time was no exception. I didn’t take many photos, but I did get a shot of me with these two ladies. They were busy every day of the show posing with fans. I have no idea what they were there promoting… but like most everyone else I ended up getting a photo with them.
One of the best things about going to MegaCon is meeting up with folks I seldom see. That’s Alberto Ruiz in the photo above with a Steampunk Poison Ivy. [I think that Ivy has hypnotized Alberto!] It had been a couple of years since I crossed paths with the mighty talented Mr. Ruiz. I also got to hang a bit with John Higashi, Mike Zeck, Bob McLeod, Mike White, Gene Gonzales, Ron Salas, Dan Panosian, Dave Johnson, and many others. I owe special thanks to John Higashi for “introducing” me to Tim Sale [John works with Tim at his table keeping the commissions flowing].
That’s Alberto [well, his hand, anyway] in the photo above sketching for a fan. John was also sketching and I watched him kick it on a couple of Star Wars pieces and a Black Knight piece. Who knows what I missed when I was out talking with artists and getting a few sketches of my own [which I will post in the coming weeks].
If you follow comics at all then you may have heard about the controversy with one of the artists at the show. Rob Granito was set up at the show selling “his” art when a piece about him was posted at Bleeding Cool. The article exposed that Granito was copying other artists’ work and selling it as his own. In addition Granito was shamelessly taking credit for the work of others in order to help promote his copied artwork. One of my con buds, Matt Crews [be advised that Crews uses adult” language… a lot], actually went over and engaged Granito in conversation about “his art” and professional credits all the while videoing the conversation. A Rob Granito is a Fraud Facebook page went up. Granito was contacted by convention promoters and informed that he was no longer welcome at their shows.
In summary, MegaCon was another fun and entertaining show for all… well maybe all but one.
