Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Listverse recently posted 10 Ancient Murder Mysteries that We’ll Never Solve.
The article is interesting reading for the not-faint-of-heart since it contains cannibalism, “ritual killings, revenge, rival culling, and genocide.” It is amazing how scientists can piece together so much information about events that happened so long ago.
Jeremy Treece has created art for comic books, trading cards, animation and independent films. Last week I posted Treece’s take on Sly Stallone.
Today I want to share the quickie sketch that Jeremy drew on one of the backing boards sent to protect the art. Gotta love it!
You can see more of Jeremy’s art here… and hopefully again here at the SZ in the future.
On February 24, 2014, The Playlist ran an article by Gabe Toro titled 12 Action Stars Who Still Kicked Butt After 60. The nicely written piece features Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Seagal, Takeshi Kitano, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Trejo, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Christopher Lee and Sylvester Stallone.
Here’s a bit of what Toro had to say about Sly…
His Career Pre-60: Stallone rose to fame as the Italian Stallion, achieving immortality as “Rocky,” using the underdog sports story to launch an unmatched career in action films…
As Rocky, Stallone is slipping on a warm coat, and this is easily his most touching, low-key performance.
Emboldened by the success of “Rocky Balboa,” Stallone jumped at the chance to return to the world of leading men, uniting the shiniest action stars of yesterday by kick-starting “The Expendables” as a franchise, where Stallone would rub shoulders with legends like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris.
Stallone remains in improbable action hero shape, ready to impress once again in this summer’s “The Expendables 3.”
I really enjoyed Toro‘s article and my only question is, “Why No John Wayne?”
The Halloween figures above are customs made by Dan Polydoris. Dan who runs the Chicago Toy Collector Blog explains how he made the figures…
Admittedly, Captain Kirk and Boss Hogg from The Dukes of Hazzard seem like an unlikely team. But they actually ended up being the perfect models for my new customs. Best of all, each one required very minor “plastic” surgery…
Myers is just Captain Kirk with a white face and new hair. He’s wearing a Planet of the ApesAstronaut outfit without the zipper. Loomis is just Boss Hogg with a goatee and a slight haircut (in the back). His trench coat is a modified Barbie trench made for 12″ figures.
Did you happen to catch Puddles: The Sad Clown with the Golden Voice when he sang on the Headline News Network?
You know there aren’t many performers I’d care to watch in concert, but Puddles’ show is one I’d go to.
Batman vs Terminator.
Today’s Buzzfeed question is What Famous Work of Art Are You?
I ended up as The Kiss because I am a true romantic.
The maniacal laughter you’re hearing is my wife upon reading the sentence above.
I’ve been a Dan Brereton fan since I first saw his work in The Black Terror. [Someone should publish a nice trade edition of The Black Terror, but we’ll save that for another post.]
Here’s a cool ad congratulating Brereton for winning the 1990 Russ Manning Award for Best New Artist. [And I have to say, I’ve always loved that Black Terror drawing.]
No. Your eyes do not deceive you.
That is Jack Burton and it appears that there is going to be a Big Trouble in Little China comic book.
Props to Eric Powell for the awesome teaser poster.
If you’re reading Hit by Bryce Carlson and Vanesa R. Del Rey [and if you’re not you should be] then you’ll want to check out this interview with them at Rhymes With Geek.
Remember when I was going on about how much I liked the Godzilla poster above?
And that I liked this Godzilla-sized version even more?
Well, I think the Godzilla trailer embedded below is even better than both and I would go so far to say as that the trailer below is the best Godzilla movie ever made.
I’m set for MegaCon.
I’ve got my hotel booked and my con passes purchased.
Now all I have to do is sort through the Comic Book Guests and Artist Alley lists to decide who I will I try to get a Stallone sketch from.
Then I need to try to find out their sketch prices and see how it fits my budget.
Then I need to update my reference for artists.
Then I need to pull together the items I need for autographs.
Then I need to check out the panels, to see which I plan to attend.
Oh, and I should probably look at the Media Guests just to make sure there’s no one I’d like to see.
Okay, maybe I’m not quite set for MegaCon, but I do have my hotel booked and con passes purchased.
If you’re still having withdrawal symptoms for Breaking Bad, you might want to check out Zsolt Molnár‘s (aka Zsutti) Breaking Bad posters. Zsutti created a poster for each episode.
Source: Buzzfeed.
Jeremy Treece has created art for comic books, trading cards, animation and independent films. Today we have Treece’s take on Sly Stallone.
