Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Dusty Abell recently posted his take on Superman through the years. It’s cool looking at the tweaks, modifications and riffs by different artists but drawn by Dusty.
My five favorites:
5. Bruce Timm
4. Curt Swan
3. George Reeves
2. Christopher Reeve
1. Neal Adams
I’ve been a Cully Hamner fan for years. [In fact Cully was the first artist I approached to do a Stallone sketch when I started collecting them.] Check out the cool art Cully created for the HeroesCon 30th Anniversary.
The Pitch: ”Hey, let’s do an Americanized remake of the cult classic action film District B13!”
“Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “Their Streets. Their Rules.“
The Overview: *** Beware – spoilers are found below ***
The year is 2018. Because of out of control crime [think The Purge on a daily basis], a part of Detroit called Brick Mansions has been walled off from the rest of the city with military police guarding the few exits in or out [think Escape from New York with two Snake Plisskens].
Paul Walker [the first Snake Plissken] is an undercover cop whose dad was killed in Brick Mansions. David Belle is an ex-con [and the second Snake Plissken] who lives in Brick Mansions and works against the crime lord [played by Rza].
Walker and Belle find themselves as unlikely partners when a stolen neutron bomb is hijacked, armed and aimed at a US city.
The Good
The Bad:
The Ugly:
Rating: 3 out of 5
Perry White always wondered how Clark Kent made those impossible deadlines.
Here’s the latest cast photo from Expendables 3. Would you like to see a much bigger version?
The Last Ship concept sounds great.
The crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth’s population.
Dig the poster. Bring on the series.
Isn’t that Steranko Batman piece sweet? Steranko did this cover for Detective Comics #33, the 75th Anniversary of Batman.
You can see more of Steranko’s art at his Facebook page.
I like the poster for As Above So Below. The trailer is creepy. I’m still thinking Netflix though.
Scott Quick does the web strip Camden Bottoms. I met Scott at MegaCon this year. I took a look at Scott’s sketchbook and decided to see if he’d be interested in doing a Stallone sketch. He was. I ended up getting two. This is the first. I posted the second last week [confusing, huh?].
If you’re so inclined you can check out Scott’s Camden Bottoms!
Most folks consider Cheers a classic comedy. If you’re one of them, then you’ll want to check out Mental Floss’ 30 Things You Might Not Know About Cheers.
That’s a print by Kelly Jones [penciller], John Beatty [inker] and Rico Renzi [colorist] that my buddy, Big Beatty will have for sale at Free Comic Book Day [at “Coliseum of Comics” in the Seminole Towne Center, Sanford Florida, on May 3, 2014!] and HeroesCon.
That’s a candid of Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. If you’re a fan of either you’ll want to check out Crimespree’s recent interview with Max Allan Collins.
Here’s a look at the new trailer for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde…
… [the] Depression era Romeo and Juliet. Brandishing high-powered machine guns and driving the newly invented Ford V-8s, Bonnie and Clyde are mythologized as Robin Hoods for the poor and destitute who had been failed by the American political and financial institutions…
If you’d like to know more about Bonnie and Clyde here are a couple of excellent sources:
