Brad Pitt is a – Watch Your Mouth!
This is a much smaller, cropped version of the new “Inglorious Basterds” poster that AICN has posted here. I like it!
Going to “District 9”
This trailer for District 9 is just creepy enough to make me think this could be a very cool monster movie.
Willis and Donner May Be Red
Congrats to Cully Hamner and Warren Ellis. It looks like the movie adaptation of their comic mini-series “Red” has taken a huge leap forward. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Bruce Willis is in talks to star in the production and to make the potential movie even sweeter, Richard Donner is on the short list of directors.
Man, I would love it if Willis and Donner make the flick.
Welcome to the Bayou
That sweet Reverand Dave Johnson cover will kick off a four-part mini-series by writer Victor Gischler and artist Goran Parlov. Titled “Welcome to Bayou” begins in “Punisher: Frank Castle” #71, in stores June 10th. Gischler describes the mini-series as
‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ meets ‘Devil’s Rejects’ with a little ‘Deliverance’ thrown in,”
You can get a six page preview thanks to the good folks at CBR.com simply by clicking here.
The Last Days of American Crime
I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. I can’t wait for Rick Remender’s “The Last Days of American Crime.”
Ron Salas’ Existence
“Here’s the best advice I can give you – – if you ever get a chance in your life to die, make sure you do!”
Talk about an opening line that makes you want to see more! Ron Salas has posted up a five page preview of his comic Existence 2.0 which is coming soon from Image/Shadowline.
“Curse of the Werewolf” Werewolf
Here’s another gem from the ZONE vault. I dug it then… and I digs it now. This is a spot illustration created by Doug Hazlewood back in 1977. It’s of course a drawing of Oliver Reed from “Curse of the Werewolf.” What, you didn’t recognize ole Oliver under all that make-up?
Growing up I always thought that the wolfman was one of the coolest of all monsters and that the “Curse of the Werewolf” werewolf was the version of the wolfman that I liked best… and I still do!
Gene Gonzales: Lords of Flatbush
The extremely talented, extremely nice, Gene Gonzales created his take on Sly from “The Lords of Flatbush” at the recent FX show. Big John Beatty had requested that he have a table near Gene and it was a great move. Gene is funny, knowledgeable and really nice. [Did you hear that somewhere before?]
Although many artists said the FX show wasn’t as busy as they’d hoped, Gene was constantly signing autographs and sketching for fans. At one point Gene even surprised me by singing the promotional song for “Lords of Flatbush.” That sealed the deal — I asked him if he would draw Sly as Stanley and Gene came through with flying colors.
You can see more of Gene’s work at his blog where he posts art DAILY! Gene is also available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
Thanks again Gene!
Steranko Sketch
Here’s another item from the ZONE vault. This time we have a rarely seen Steranko sketch of Nick Fury. It appeared as the back cover of a fanzine from around 1978. Steranko was [and remains] one of my favorite comic artists so finding the, until then, unknown fanzine with some of his art made my day.
I can remember my excitement when I found the zine at a little comic book store in Tallahassee… or was it Gainesville? John Beatty and I had driven up with Bill Black or to meet Bill or something… Big John, do you recall the specifics of that trip?
Clowns vs SWAT
Do you have two minutes and 19 seconds to spare? If so you can check out this really cool [and really short] film by Adam Berg. One of the things that make it worth checking out is that NOTHING moves but the camera.
I guess in an effort to make full disclosure I should tell you that the film is also a commercial for the Phillips Carousel which is a new really widescreen tv [as in wider than other widescreen sets]. But don’t worry about the commercial — the set is never shown or mentioned and the movie really has a neat twist… if you’re paying attention!
Enjoy!
The Hunter Preview
IDW has posted up a 19 page preview of Darwyn Cooke’s adaptation of Richard Stark’s The Hunter. Man, I want this book now!
Is That Snake Plissken?
Here’s another item from the ZONE vault… at first glance it appears to be a publicity shot of Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken from John Carpenter’s “Escape from New York.” But it’s not… not really. The photo is actually a pre-production still meant to help nail the look for Snake Plissken.
Look closer and you’ll see that Kurt has a snake tat on his arm — in the movie he had a huge snake tat on his stomach. Also Kurt’s arm isn’t as big as it was in the movie — he hadn’t yet pumped up for the role. Even though this photo of Snake isn’t quite the Plissken of the movie — it shows that Carpenter had a handle on the character’s look from early on.
Mike Zeck’s Hulk
After all that talk yesterday about how cool Mike Zeck’s Hulk and frontpieces were, I decided to dig into the ZONE vault and see what I could come up with. So today we have a Mike Zeck frontpiece that appeared in The Hulk magazine #14 dated April 1978.
A couple of interesting tidbits:
The frontpiece originally was published flipped horizontally so that the Hulk’s left hand appeared to be in a fist [to the viewer’s right]. Because it was flipped, Mike’s signature appeared to be SECK. So, 31 years later, I post the art the way Mike meant it to be seen… but unfortunately my scan cuts off his signature… : (
I may be remembering wrong, but I believe the taxi driver is meant to be Mike Zeck his own bad self.
Mike Zeck’s Conan
I was going through some of my old files and came across this xerox of a Mike Zeck Conan sketch that has to be close to 30 years old. Mike is best known for his work on The Punisher and Captain America, and this sketch gives us a little taste of how cool Zeck’s Conan could be.
