Month: May 2011

Neal Adams, John Beatty & Conan

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The sketch above comes from the Zablo vault with a bit of a story.  The sketch was a copy of a Neal Adams original.  The colors [by John Beatty] were done on a copy of the sketch.

I was at an OrlandoCon back in the late 70’s.  I was just starting to collect original art.  I was approached by a guy about my age who had a pencil sketch of Conan by Neal Adams that he was offering me.  The sketch was in a mat covered by acetate.  It was a really nice sketch, even if it was a bit costly.  I showed it to my buddy John Beatty.  John looked at it and then took a closer look.

“It’s a xerox.  It’s a good copy, but it’s definitely a copy.”

The guy acted surprised… with acting being the key word.  I couldn’t swear that he knew the piece was fake, but you’d be hard-pressed to convince me otherwise.  Needless to say, I didn’t buy the piece, but I think the guy gave me a copy because I’m pretty sure that’s it posted above.  The colors were added to the copy on one of Beatty’s visits to my apartment in Orlando when I was still in college.

At least that’s how I remember it.

Dave Wachter’s Rocky

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Dave Wachter joins us this week with his take on Sly pounding the beef from Rocky. I’m a huge fan of Dave’s art and own several pieces [and hope to get more in the future]. He’s a tremendous artist, but more importantly an all-around decent guy. You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig

UFC 129 Results

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United States Nate Diaz lost to Canada Rory MacDonald – MacDonald dominated all three rounds and won a unanimous decision.
Prediction: Diaz by decision made me 0-1 for the night.

Canada Mark Bocek lost to United States Ben Henderson
Prediction: Henderson gets the decision made me 1-1 for the night.

United States Randy Couture was KO’d in the 2nd round by a front kick to the face from Brazil Lyoto Machida
Prediction: Couture by decision made me 1-2 for the night.

Brazil José Aldo defeated Canada Mark Hominick in a war the went the distance but earned Aldo a unanimous decision.
Prediction: Aldo by TKO or KO made me 2-2 for the night.

Canada Georges St-Pierre won a unanimous decision over a very game United States Jake Shields
Prediction: GSP by decision made me 3-2 for the night.

Final Thoughts:

  • Nate Diaz didn’t know what hit him.  Rory MacDonald is a fighter to watch!
  • I hate that Randy Couture got KO’d in his last fight.  Machida said in a post fight interview that Steven Seagal taught him the front kick that he used to KO Couture.
  • GSP did what he needed to do to defeat a very game Jake Shields.  After the fight GSP headed to the hospital to be checked out and missed the post-fight interviews.  I was of the opinion that GSP, if he won would go up in weight and fight Anderson Silva.  I’m not so sure about that now.
  • Next up UFC 130 on May 28th: Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard // Matt Hamill vs. Quinton Jackson // Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson