Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Have you seen this new trailer for director Christopher [The Dark Knight] Nolan’s next film?
Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger and Michael Caine.
I’m interested to see more… but not totally sold yet.
Digging around in the ZONE vault today, I found some vintage issues of RBCC. There was a period of time durring RBCC’s run when you could count on Mike Zeck having at least one piece of art in each issue [and sometimes more]. Yep, that’s Mike’s art above that graced the cover of RBCC issue 132 [from December 1976] which also featured a profile of, you guessed it, Mike Zeck.
If you’re a Mike Zeck fan, you’ll want to check back here daily for the rest of the week. We’re going back in the ZONE time machine and, just to make it more official (sounding), we’re calling it MIKE ZECK WEEK at the ZONE. And yes, this is DAY ONE.
This is the second piece of Stallone art that I’ve gotten from Andrew Charipar. You may remember the Cobra piece that he did at FX. A few months later, Andrew was sketching at the Florida SuperCon and so I hit him up for another piece.
Andrew worked up this very cool shot of Deke from “Nighthawks.” Love the design and how Andrew went back in with the colored pencil for highlights. When I picked up the piece Andrew said he already had an idea for his next Stallone drawing, and I can’t wait to see what it is. Until then we have Andrew’s blog and his DA site to hold us over.
“What if the most dangerous man in the world looked like someone you’d see at the tractor pull on Friday night?”
That was the pitch that sold editors at Wildstorm on the new two issue mini-series by [writer] Jeff Mariotte and [artist] Francesco Francavilla. If the pitch didn’t pique your interest, perhaps knowing that the first time we see Garrison [the most dangerous man in the world]…
“he’s walking away from a town that he has just burned to the ground, with everyone inside. And he’s the hero.”
CBR.com has a great preview of Rick Remender’s “Last Days of American Crime” mini-series. I’ve been a fan of Rick’s work for years and have been hoping to see this mini-series for almost as long. The 17 page preview showcases some really great art by Greg Tocchini, but before you click over on the link be aware that some of the images are pretty violent and the language raw. If you’re okay with that then click on, Leon.
Maybe it’s me today. The “Avatar” trailer didn’t thrill as much as I’d hoped, and neither does “The Wolfman” trailer. Is it me???
I’m a huge James Cameron fan, and have been waiting a long time to see what his Avatar would be like.
This first teaser gives glimpses of some really cool stuff… along with other scenes that make me go “uh, okaaay…”
Hopefully the really cool will greatly outweigh the “okay.”
It’s no secret that Howard Chaykin is one of my all time favorite comic artist/writers. Check out part one of Steven Grant’s profile of Chaykin and you’ll begin to understand why.
This Saturday and Sunday, Orlando, Florida will be the place to be if you plan to atend Mini MegaCon. And why wouldn’t you? Look at all the movie, tv celebrities and great comic artists who’ll be there. Plus hours there will be lots of panels, costume contests and more. It promises to be a lot of fun. Hope to see you there!
My latest addiction is Flickchart. It’s a website based on a simple premise: it is possible to create a definitive ranking for your favorite movies. But you’ve tried without success, you say. How can you choose between “The Wizard of Oz” and “Enter the Dragon” or “Aliens” vs “Terminator 2” or…
But it can be done. The site simply posts two movie posters and you choose the movie you like best, it then ranks the movies based on your choices and repeats endlessly with different movies. If you like movies and rankings, give it a try. Just be careful… a few times and I was hooked… and loving it!
To comic book fans, Dick Giordano is a living legend. During his fifty plus years in the biz he’s done everything from ink all the greats (including himself) to serve as Editor-in-Chief of DC Comics, to co-founding his own comic company. Mr. Giordano also has a great sense of humor.
I recently had the good fortune to pick up six model sheet headsketches of Sly that Mr. Giodano did before starting work on DC Comics adaptation of “Demolition Man.” That’s the second posted above.
On August 29, 2009, UFC 102 will feature Randy “The Natural” Couture facing off against Antonio “Minotauro” Nogueira in the main event. How cool would it be to see Sly Stallone with some behind the scenes “Expendables” footage to help promote the fight?
Click here and then you tell me… better yet, tell your friends!
We’re back into the ZONE vault checking out some more 1978 vintage Mike Zeck art from RBCC 145. Can you imagine Mike doing an issue [or even better an entire graphic novel] featuring Jonah Hex? Yeah. I can hear Beatty saying, “Dream on.” Oh well, at least we have the Jonah Hex movie to look forward to.
Until I saw this trailer yesterday before seeing “District 9,” I hadn’t heard anything about “Law Abiding Citizen.” Heck, it wasn’t until about halfway through the trailer that I even recognized Gerard Butler. Although the concept is a bit far-fetched, the trailer makes “Law Abiding Citizen” look like it will be a fun ride.
And who doesn’t like a fun ride?
Sticking with RBCC #145 from 1978 and yesterday’s Mike Zeck front piece post, we have the letters column header created by John Bolton. Love the side glance the Spirit gives to the arm coming over the tombstone. Is he about to meet a reanimated corpse decades before the zombie craze swept the world [like a zombie virus]?
