Frank Miller: An Iconic and Vintage Pencil Sketch of Wolverine!
While we are on the topic of rare and vintage pencil sketches by Frank Miller, here’s an iconic Wolverine!
You can see a Marvel Universe-sized version at The Marvel Age of Comics!
The “Earth and Blood” Trailer is Here!
The Earth and Blood trailer looks pretty good…
Saïd owns a sawmill deep in the woods, which he decides to sell. Little does he know that one of his apprentices was cornered by his brother and forced to hide a large amount of cocaine inside the factory.
When the gang to whom the drugs belong shows up, Saïd quickly realizes how determined these tough guys are. Albeit outnumbered, he knows his factory like no one else. Forced to strike back to protect his daughter Sarah, Saïd transforms the sawmill into an embattled camp. And as the number of casualties grows, so does the thirst for revenge…
Frank Miller’s Wolverine vs Daredevil – Rare, Vintage Pencil Sketch!
Here is a rare and vintage pencil sketch by Frank Miller of Wolverine and Daredevil!
You can see a larger version and more at Constant N.’s Comic Art Fans’ Gallery.
Svengoolie, Horror Movies and Bernie Gonzalez!
When I was a kid growing up in Indiana, I looked forward to staying up late each weekend and watching a horror movie. They were hosted by Sammy Terry. It was something most of my friends did and it was always cool either watching with them or knowing they were watching too.
These days you don’t have to stay up late (unless you call 8 – 10pm late) and you can still catch a weekly horror movie. These monster films are hosted by Svengoolie. A lot of folks watching post comments on Twitter and it’s almost like watching with friends when I was a kid. You might want to give it a try if this sounds like fun.
Each week, Bernie Gonzalez, the creator, artist and writer of Midnight Mystery (highly recommended) posts foreign movie posters for the film Svengoolie runs. This week he posted the cool French poster for The Horror of Dracula. Gonzalez’s posts are just another good reason to join in the fun!
“Peninsula” the “Train to Busan” Follow-Up Update!
Hey! We have an update for Peninsula the Train to Busan sequel.
First up, ComingSoon has a Peninsula photo slideshow and update. This quote from director Yeon Sang-Ho jumped out…
“The scale of Peninsula can’t compare to Train to Busan, it makes it look like an independent film…”
Next we have an update on JoBlo. Again a quote from Yeon Sang-Ho…
“It takes place four years after Train To Busan, in the same universe, but it doesn’t continue the story and has different characters. Government authority has been decimated after the zombie outbreak in Korea, and there is nothing left except the geographical traits of the location – which is why the film is called Peninsula.”
Check out both sites for more info!
The “Survive the Night” Trailer is Here!
The Survive the Night trailer looks better than I was expecting.
“Spenser Confidential” / Z-View
Spenser Confidential (2020)
Director: Peter Berg
Screenplay: Sean O’Keefe & Brian Helgeland based on characters created by Robert B. Parker and the novel by Ace Atkins
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Bokeem Woodbine, Marc Maron, Donald Cerrone and Post Malone.
The Pitch: “Let’s turn Ace Akins’ Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novel into a movie!”
Tagline: The Law Has Limits. They Don’t.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
If you’re not a fan of Robert B. Parker and Ace Atkins Spenser characters there’s an outside chance you may like Spenser Confidential. If you are a fan of the books, my guess is that you’ll hate this movie. That’s because not a single character goes unchanged to something fundamentally different from the novels.
Spenser goes from an intelligent, wisecracking ex-cop to a less than stellar (IQ-wise) ex-con who aspires to be a trucker. In the novels, Susan is a Harvard-educated, calm, supporting soul mate to Spenser. In the movie she becomes a foul-mouthed, crazy girlfriend that Spenser works to avoid until he needs sex or help with the “case”. In the novels Hawk starts out as a respected rival who works on the fringes of the law and ultimately becomes Spenser’s best friend (outside of Susan). In the movie Hawk is a big, nerdy, untrained lug who dreams of being a MMA Champion who is forced to be Spenser’s roommate.
Peter Berg is usually a director that makes fun movies. Not here. Brian Helgeland wrote the screenplays for LA Confidential, Payback, Mystic River, and Man on Fire. Spenser Confidential isn’t in the same ballpark… not even the same continent.
You may be thinking that if I wasn’t such a big fan of Parker and Atkins’ Spenser novels I would have liked Spenser Confidential better. Perhaps I would have liked it a bit more… but not much.
Rating:
Barry Windsor Smith Pen and Ink Barbarian!
This barbarian drawing by Barry Windsor Smith is just too good not to share.
Source: Cool Comic Art.
Rare & Vintage Paul Gulacy Morbius Sketch!
Above is a rare, vintage sketch of Morbius the Living Vampire drawn by Paul Gulacy way back in 1980.
The sketch reminds me of the first Paul Gulacy art I ever owned. It was also a Morbius and victim sketch that I purchased in 1978 or 1979. At the time he was a second or third tier Marvel character. Who’d have thought that Morbius would be the “star’ of a movie in 2020?
Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics
On August 4, 2020, Dark Horse Comics is releasing Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics…
…Featuring stories by Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and many more of crime comics’ top talent!
Murder, passion, and criminal enterprise are presented here at their darkest, directly from the most talented writers and artists in crime comics!
In these thirteen pitch-black noir stories, you’ll find deadly conmen and embittered detectives converging on femme fatales and accidental murderers, all presented in sharp black and white by masters of the craft.
If Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics sounds like something you’d like, I’ll be you know what to do.
Legends of the Dark Knight: Matt Wagner
Matt Wagner not only draws a great Batman, but has also created many great Batman stories. Come this June, DC Comics is releasing Legends of the Dark Knight: Matt Wagner with a bunch of them.
Matt Wagner’s prolific run on Batman is collected in one place for the first time ever. From a mad scientist who has created a race of giant monster men to do his bidding, to Batman encountering sinister machinations and new dimensions of wickedness as he confronts the hooded menace of the Mad Monk, there’s plenty of horror and action!
Collects issues Batman #626-641 and #54 (2016), Batman and the Monster Men #1-6, Batman Black and White #3, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #28-30, Batman: The Mad Monk #1-6, Detective Comics #647-649, Robin II: Joker’s Wild #1 and Batman: Riddler — The Riddle Factory.
Legends of the Dark Knight: Matt Wagner is available for pre-order now!
Mike Zeck’s Batman Gets the Spotlight!
Mike Zeck’s Batman gets the spotlight… and deservedly so.
Rare “Batman” Screen Tests: Lyle Waggoner & Peter Deyell and Adam West & Burt Ward
Above is a pretty rare video of Lyle Waggoner & Peter Deyell and Adam West & Burt Ward in screen tests for the original Batman TV series. While Waggoner looked more like Bruce Wayne, West was the right choice.
Source: Jeff Parker.
“Jurassic Park” by Paul Mann!
I love this Jurassic Park poster by Paul Mann. You can see a bigger version at Alternative Movie Poster Movement. If you like what you can see, you should click over to Paul Mann’s site and check out his portfolio. There you’ll find more of Mann’s posters, prints and original art.
Rare Steve Chorney Posters for “Big Trouble in Little China”
How about this rare unused poster comp by Steve Chorney for Big Trouble in Little China? You can see a bigger version of it and another color comp that Chorney did for BTiLC at Brandon Schaefer’s Twitter.
