Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I had the good fortune to meet Ray-Anthony Height at MegaCon this year. I was talking with a con buddy who had a table near where Ray was set up and I saw him knock out one cool sketch after another. It didn’t take long before I checked to see if Ray would be interested in doing a Stallone sketch. He was, and created the nice Rocky piece that you see above.
You can see more of Ray-Anthony Height’s art here and here. And if you’re so inclined, tell him I sent ya!
When I was a little kid first reading comics, one of my favorite characters was the Rawhide Kid. In 2003, Marvel decided to bring back the Rawhide Kid in a mini-series called Blaze of Glory. It was supposedly a humorous take on the Kid as being gay. I said “supposedly humorous” because I didn’t read it.
Marvel is bringing back that Rawhide Kid in a new mini-series called The Sensational Seven. Although the change in the Rawhide Kid’s character still bugs me, I might give this series a shot. Written by Ron Zimmerman with art by Howard Chaykin the story will bring together some of the most popular Marvel western characters along with real western legends.
When Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil Earp are taken prisoner, The Rawhide Kid sets off to rescue them. Along the way he meets up with The Two Gun Kid, Kid Colt, Red Wolf, Doc Holiday, Annie Oakley, Billy the Kid and others.
If this sounds like something that you’d like, then you might want to check out Zimmerman’s interview at CBR.com where he talks about his plans for the series.
Here’s a pencil sketch of the The Hulk for a Marvel trading card set. It was drawn by Andrew Robinson and appeared [in much smaller form] in Rough Stuff #4 [April 2007]. Yep, the same Andrew Robinson who drew The Punisher and Nick Fury cards. Here’s what Andrew said about the piece:
“I think this is the only time [for publication] that I’ve drawn the Hulk, and man, did I have a good time.”
Looking at the drawing, I can’t help but smiling. The funny thing about the Hulk is that I’ve never really cared for the character. Outside of his “guest appearances” to fight Ben Grim or Spider-Man, or the X-Men, I probably have read less than a handful of Hulk comics. The best of those being Hulk drawn by Jim Starlin and Alex Nino in the Hulk’s own magazine. But, although I’m not a fan of Hulk stories, I am a fan of Hulk drawings. Perhaps it’s because there are so many ways that artists can draw him. Andrew Robinson’s take is one of my favorites.
Vin Diesel recently posted the art above on his facebook page. It’s pre-production art for the proposed sequel to Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick. Man, I hope Riddick gets made!
As promised, here’s a pencil sketch of the Nick Fury for a Marvel trading card set. The art is by Andrew Robinson and appeared [in much smaller form] in Rough Stuff #4 [April 2007]. Here’s what Andrew said about the piece:
“Nick and the commandos in one war and I was in another, the battle of tangents. In this case I used Photoshop after finishing the sketch, to cut out background figures and move them slightly to avoid bad tangents. For example Nick’s right arm seems to be leaning on a commando’s back. So to correct this bad tangent, I just moved the background figure to the left.”
The “Saul Bass-inspired” Tron credits has folks talking. Steve Kasansza posted a link to an equally “Saul Bass-isized” opening sequence for Lost.
Jon Riggle is back, this time with his take on Sly from Demolition Man having a bit o’ rat. Jon is an illustrator and photographer. He also created the Sci-Fi comic strip Sonic Jack and is available for commissions. You can see more of Jon’s art here and here.
Thanks to Jon and John Beatty for the gift.
Here’s a pencil sketch of the Punisher for a Marvel trading card set. The art is by Andrew Robinson and appeared [in much smaller form] in Rough Stuff #4 [April 2007]. Here’s what Andrew said about the piece:
“When I think of the Punisher I see him as being very stoic. For this composition I was inspired by the propaganda posters of WWII. The straight lines in his form help define his defiant attitude as he pulls a ‘John Wayne’ in the midst of enemy fire.”
If you’d like to see the finished card, then click here. We’ll be back tomorrow with another of Andrew’s card pencils.
Mitch Byrd provides today’s art. Like yesterday’s piece, it comes from Sketch magazine #37.
I love Mitch Byrd’s art. Check out the pencil sketch above and you’ll get a taste of why. Although Mitch doesn’t do a lot of comic work, when he does, it’s always exciting. This piece comes from Sketch magazine #37 and an article that Mitch wrote about making each character in a scene distinctive.
Batman and Hellboy is always a cool team up… especially when drawn by an artist like Rob Haynes. Today’s piece appeared in Rough Stuff #9 and contains a lot more of Rob’s art and can probably be found in the back stock bin at your local comic shop.
A few weeks ago we took a look at some cool redesigns of classic Hitchcock movie posters created by Laz Marquez. Now Marquez is back with the same treatment for four classic Stephen King novels.
Thanks to Neatorama for the original link.
Yesterday we were speaking about classic movie images and just a bit later I happened across this pencil piece by Dan Brereton of Leon and Mathilda from The Professional. [It appears, along with a ton of other Dan Brereton art and interview in Draw! #7]. I thought it was pretty cool and worth sharing.
Hope you dig it too.
The poster above was one of several iconic image posters created to celebrate TCM’s Classic Film Festival running April 22 – 25, 2010. You can see other classic posters re-created for the festival at IMPAwards.com by clicking here. You can learn more about the festival by clicking here.
I picked up this piece by Jeff Parker at MegaCon 2009. Jeff and Casey Jones were sketching for the Hero Initiative. Jeff decided to go with Sly as Deke DaSilva from Nighthawks… after all…
“It was a Nighthawks kind of day.”
This is my second Stallone by Jeff Parker. You can see the first here.
