Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
It’s not unusual to see gargoyles on ancient buildings.
It is pretty strange to see a movie alien gargoyle on the historic 13th century Paisley Abbey.
How could that be? Ancient Aliens? Time-traveling pranksters?
Nope.
It seems the abbey underwent some renovations in the early 1990’s and some of the gargoyles were repaired/replaced.
Well played, mystery repair man!
I love getting a look at where creative people work. MTV Geek! provides a peak at Mike “Hellboy” Mignola’s studio. (Sadly the link is no longer available, but here’s Mike Mignola drawing live! – Craig, 2021)
John Herzfeld is one of Sly’s oldest friends — they met at the University of Miami when both were students there. Sly and John have remained friends over the years.
John Herzfeld is best known as a writer/director on films such as 15 Minutes (starring Robert Deniro); 2 Days in the Valley and Inferno: The Making of The Expendables.
Herzfeld has been working to get his movie Reach Me made. Herzfeld has filmed most of Reach Me, but wants to add a few more touches and so he’s gone to Kickstarter to raise the additional funds.
Reach Me stars Sylvester Stallone, Lauren Cohen, Terry Crews, Cary Elwes, Elizabeth Henstridge, Tom Berenger, Kyra Sedgwick, Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Jane, Tom Sizemore, Danny Aiello, Danny Trejo and Nelly.
Below is Herzfeld’s pitch and here’s a link to his Kickstarter page. How often does the chance come along to help get a movie made… especially a movie featuring Sylvester Stallone? I’m in.
Jeremy Treece has created art for comic books, trading cards, animation and independent films. Today we have Treece’s take on a young Cosmo Carboni from the first film Stallone directed, “Paradise Alley”.
The Dayton Daily News twice accidentally switched the captions for Gary Larson’s The Far Side and Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace. Hilarity ensued.
Thanks and an extra caption to Neatorama.
Dave Wachter is back and he brought his take on Sly from the Bullet to the Head. I met Dave a few years ago and became an instant fan. I wasn’t the only one to discover Dave’s fantastic sketches! How can you not like a great guy who is a terrific artist?
At HeroesCon this year I asked Dave to draw Sly from his first major movie, the Lords of Flatbush and another piece of Sly from his latest film, Bullet to the Head. Last week, you saw Dave’s take on Sly as Stanley Kowalski, so this week we have Sly as Jimmy Bobo.
You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig
I posted about Zero before. At that time I said it was a new comic series by Ales Kot [writer] and Michael Walsh [artist] that looked interesting. Here’s how the advance solicitation described it…
SAVING THE WORLD. ONE MURDER AT A TIME.
Edward Zero is the perfect execution machine – a spy who breaks the rules to get things done. When a stolen device appears in the center of a long-running conflict, Zero comes to retrieve it. The problem is, the device is inside a living, breathing, bio-modified terrorist and there’s an entire army after it.
I just learned that although the series will contain a series of rotating artists, each doing one issue. I also discovered a bit more about Edward Zero…
ZERO is a secret agent. Edward Zero. He’s the perfect execution machine, in a sense — throw him at a problem and he wil solve it. Just remember that the way he reaches the solution may not always be to your liking, because he’s a bit of a sociopath.
But what happens when a sociopath realizes ideas and systems he based his life upon are deeply broken and not at all what they were supposed to be?
Did you happen to see this interview with Andrew Robinson where he talks about his four-year project on The Fifth Beatle?
Thanks and an extra “Yea, Yea, Yea” to Bleeding Cool.
Dave Wachter returns with his take on Sly from the Lords of Flatbush. I met Dave a few years ago and became an instant fan. I wasn’t the only one to discover Dave’s fantastic sketches! How can you not like a great guy who is a terrific artist?
At HeroesCon this year I asked Dave to do Sly from his first major movie, the Lords of Flatbush and another piece of Sly from his latest film, Bullet to the Head. Next week, you’ll see Dave’s take on Sly as Jimmy Bobo.
Until then, you can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig
I’m not a fan of motion comics.
I am a fan of David Twohy and Vin Diesel’s character Riddick.
So, here’s a motion comic to bridge the gap between Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick and Riddick.
Oh, and if like me, you don’t care for motion comics, here is a short interview for you with Vin Diesel who speaks about Riddick.
I like this poster for Gravity.
I think I’d dig it even more if there was part of the spaceship or tether floating in the foreground.
This piece was originally posted at iFanboy as one of their choices for Sketches of the Week.
Cool idea. Cool exection.
Franchesco Francavilla was listed as the artist. No surprise there. Franchesco does neat pieces like this all the time.
Funny thing is, Franchesco wrote in to say he didn’t draw it. Chris Schweizer did.
iFanboy corrected their post. The one thing that didn’t need to be changed is that Bronson as Wolverine is worthy of Sketch of the Week honors.
Chris Flick of Capes and Babes makes his second appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. I had the good fortune to sit with Chris, LittleJohn312 and Patricia at last year’s Heroes Con Drink and Draw event. What a great evening! Ah, but I digress…
Chris Flick worked up this cool sketch of Sly wondering why he was invited to be an Avenger. You can learn more about Chris as well as check out his popular Cape and Babes webcomic.
I seldom run a straight press releases, but IDW’s announcement below is an exception:
San Diego, CA (July 20, 2013) – Darwyn Cooke’s acclaimed Parker series from IDW continues to expand with the classic Slayground. In this newest graphic novel, Parker is put to the test against crooked cops and sleazy gangsters after a heist goes south and he finds himself trapped in an amusement park closed for the winter, and embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse… a game that slowly starts to favor the mouse.
“A boarded up amusement park was an inspired setting for Parker,” said writer/artist Darwyn Cooke, “and Westlake made the most of it. A great story that I’m enjoying the hell out of adapting.”
Based on the influential novels by Richard Stark, AKA, Donald Westlake, Parker is a coldly calculating master criminal, one with a very rigid code. The IDW adaptations by Darwyn Cooke of The Hunter and The Outfit have received multiple Eisner and Harvey awards. The Score, released last year, is nominated for an Eisner Award at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con International. Slayground will be the fourth Parker adaptation in the popular and much lauded series.
Darwyn Cooke’s distinct style has made him a premier writer and artist in the comic book industry. A former animator, Cooke entered mainstream comics in 2000 with his critical hit Batman: Ego for DC Comics.
Donald Westlake, writing as Richard Stark, was the acclaimed author of the Parker series. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner, as well as being named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, that prestigious societies highest honor.
THAT is awesome news.
I knew Cooke was working on Slayground, but I had no idea I could expect it for Christmas.
[Of course, if you’re looking for a great crime comic to read NOW, you can’t do better than theFREE webcomic Gravedigger by Christopher Mills and Rick Burchett.]
Walt Simonson is returning to a character that he made famous – THOR!
Hold on there, Kimosabe. You see it is not the Marvel Comics version of Thor that we’re talking about now. In fact, as Simonson points out, this take on Thor has to be different than Marvel’s.
And it will.
As Simonson explains…
Thor will be more a wild god of the north. The situation in which he finds himself in “Ragnarök” is quite different from the space the Marvel comic inhabits. It’s a different world and a different time. My Thor is almost a raging god, so it’s quite different from the Marvel character in vastly different circumstances.
