Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd decided to go a round with Sly as Rocky Balboa.
You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd and his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable. You’re also going to be happy to know that once a month Mike has a contest for someone to win a free sketchcard!
UFC 131 was last night and the card was a winner. Unfortunately for all the fighters the same could not be said. Let’s look at my predictions and results:
The following bouts were all on the main card pay-per-view:
UFC 131 airs tonight. There will be prelim fights on Facebook and Youtube. SPIKE will also air other prelims and then the feature fights will appear on pay-per-view starting at 9pm EST. Here are my predictions:
The following bouts are all on the main card pay-per-view:
September 2011 looks to be a great month for comics coming from Dark Horse. My favorite Dark Horse cover, in a month full of cool covers, goes to Eric Powell for his iconic The Goon Volume 5: Wicked Inclinations 2nd Edition TPB.
That’s the cover to Conan: Road of Kings #7 with art by Aleksi Briclot. Although I’m not familiar with Briclot’s art, it didn’t stop me from choosing his Conan cover as my favorite from Dark Horse Comics August solicitations.
Conan: Road of Kings #7 was written by Roy Thomas, with interior art by Mike Hawthorne (pencils), John Lucas (inks) and Dan Jackson (colors).
Did you ever wonder how well you’d survive if the world fell to a zombie-apocalypse? Now you can find out thanks to the folks behind AMC’s The Walking Dead website. I took The Walking Dead – Survival Test and my survival skills rated me as a…
FATHER FIGURE
Have you ever wondered how much contestants on American Idol make? I’m not talking about the winners, I’m referring to the guys and gals that make the cut to get on the show but don’t go all the way. And who pays for their outfits? Do they get meal allowances? How much cheese do they get for the Ford commercials?
You can find out the answers to all those questions and more right here thanks to Bankrate.com.
I spent this past weekend at HeroesCon and had a blast. I will do a proper con report later in the week with some photos and more details. Each year Heroes is a lot of fun, but this year was especially so. I attended panels, got several new sketches for my Stallone theme collection, discovered some amazing new [at least to me] artists, got to visit with old friends, attended a Drink & Draw session hosted by Urbanbarbarian Dan Panosian, Rev. Dave Johnson and Jeff Johnson [the talents who created D&D], hung out with my wife, LittleJohn and his bride, got the inside scoop on a long-running joke played on Mr. Mean Green Jeans himself, and so much more.
If you’re at all interested in Heroes tune in this weekend!
I was sad to hear that James Arness died on Friday, June 5, 2011, at the age of 88 of natural causes. Most fans know Mr. Arness as Marshall Matt Dillon from the long-running tv series Gunsmoke which aired from 1955 to 1975 and then returned in the form of five made-for-television movies. If Matt Dillon was the only role that James Arness was known for, it’d still be enough reason to post about his passing. I spent many hours watching Gunsmoke with my grandfather and those are memories I’ll always treasure. [It was my grandfather who informed me that James Arness and Peter Graves [Mission Impossible] were brothers. LOL. The things that we remember.]
James Arness was also an important part of my childhood because he played roles in two of my favorite monster movies. Mr. Arness was the thing in the classic The Thing from Another Planet. He also played the romantic lead in another sci-fi classic, Them! You can also find James Arness in the John Wayne classic, Hondo! One of my favorite James Arness‘ roles was as the mountain man Zeb McCahan [a role that he played in a made-for-tv movie and two mini-series].
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and fans of James Arness.
Did you happen to see the three new character posters for Captain America – The First Avenger movie? The posters are of Captain America [Chris Evans], Peggy Carter [Haley Atwell] and The Red Skull [Hugo Weaving]? If you haven’t seen them, then swing over to ScreenRant for a looksee.
Whenever Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips get together for a crime comic series they create magic. Well, the boys are at it again with their latest arc Criminal: The Last of the Innocent. Based on Brubaker & Phillips track record, I like many of you, pre-ordered it, sight unseen. Well according to this five star review at CBR.com, we made an excellent decision in getting on board early.
If you haven’t ordered yours yet, it’s not to late to contact your local comic shop. You’ll be glad you did.
This cover of The Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter by Playing for Change really works. It’s a cool video made cooler when you know the process of getting people from around the world to join in…
[Via Gizmodo]
This trailer for season four of Breaking Bad makes me wish that July 17th wasn’t so far away.
On Friday, May 27, 2011, if he was still alive, Vincent Price would have celebrated his 100th birthday. Zach Bellissimo decided to honor the milestone by creating 100 Vincent Price drawings of the horror legend in the roles that made him famous. What a cool idea!
Well done, Zach. I’m sure Vincent Price would have gotten a kick out of them!
What better way to spend part of Memorial Day, than reading an excellent interview with comic’s legend, Joe Kubert, brought to us by the fine folks at CBR.com?
