Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
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]?
ComingSoon.net scored the first look at the new “Zombieland” poster.
“Nut Up or Shut Up” indeed.
Digging around in the ZONE vault and we find a Mike Zeck front piece for RBCC #145 from 1978. Mike was a regular contributor to the RBCC fanzine and he wasn’t alone. Many folks who went on to have successful careers in the comics field were proud to have their art appear in the pages of RBCC. In this issue you could see the early work of Bob Layton, John Bolton, Dennis Fujitake, David Michelinie, Fred Hembeck, Don Rosa, and Kerry Gammill.
Two ads for fanzines caught my eye: the first, for Fandom Playhouse talked up “the fantastic work of Mark Chiarello” — who at that time was an 18 year old kid with a dream; and the second for a fanzine called Grymalkin which featured the work of Neal Adams, Frank Frazetta, John Byrne, Mike Nasser, George Perez, Don McGregor and many others. [I may still have some of the art pages from it somewhere in the ZONE vault…] Grymalkin sold for the outrageous price of a buck-fifty postage paid.
Man, do I wish I had a time machine.
This trailer for “Lawman” looks interesting enough to make me tune in.
One of my favorite crime comics is Gravdigger: The Scavengers by Chris Mills and Rick Burchett. Long time ZONErs have heard me sing its praises many times. I’m happy to report that the long awaited sequel, a graphic novel titled Gravedigger: Hot Women, Cold Cash is coming out in early 2010.
Chris has posted six pages of preview art on his blog. Check it out, and you might notice that one of the characters looks a bit like someone you may recognize… and I ain’t talkin’ about Lee Marvin. If you like what you see [with a story by Chris Mills, and art by Rick Burchett and Fred Harper is there any way you couldn’t?], then let your local comic shop manager know you’ll be ordering one. I know I will.
Newsarama.com is running a 14 page preview of issue one of “28 days later.” If you liked the movie, you’ll probably dig the comic. Check out the preview and see what you think!
Variety announced today that AMC is…
“close to finalizing one of the richest development deals ever with [Frank] Darabont to write and direct a series adaptation of the Image Comics graphic novel series ‘The Walking Dead,’ penned by Robert Kirkman.
As a reader who has been with the series since issue one, and who still reads it immediately after getting home, you’d be right to say I’m thrilled. This has the potential to be really, really good.
