Sly Stallone is Rocky by Paul Gulacy!
Sly Stallone is Rocky by Paul Gulacy!
Back in the late 70s to 1983, I bought and sold original comic art and sketches. My favorite series at the time was Master of Kung Fu by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy. I loved Gulacy’s art.
It was so cool to discover Paul was as nice a person as he was great as an artist. We’d talk on the phone from time to time. I commissioned Paul to draw Sly Stallone as Rocky Balboa and this is the end result. It was a dream come true for this Gulacy / Stallone fan.
When I graduated college, I sold my original art collection except for one piece. You guessed it, this one. When I started collecting sketches again a few decades later, I opted for a Stallone character theme. So, it is true to say, this was the piece that started it all for me.
