Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
If this description doesn’t get you interested…
The Ghoul, a monstrous investigator with a reputation for solving the world’s weirdest crimes…
…then perhaps knowing that it’s created and written by Steve “30 Days of Night” Niles with art by Bernie “Frankenstein” Wrightson will be enough to get you to pick up a copy. Of course you may be a real hard sell and want to see CBR.com’s five page preview before you’re willing to part with your hard-earned cash.
My buddy John Beatty recently did this quick sketch of Sly as Jack Carter. Not too long ago John began doing a weekly Wednesday Night Sketch Session live on UStream. These are full figure pieces and fans have the option of getting them with or without gray tones. Here are a few of examples [with tones /without tones / and again with tones]. Fans get on his list, John let’s them know the date he’ll be doing their piece and they can tune in [along with others] and interact with John as he completes the art. This has been going over so well, that John is booked through the end of the year.
In addition, John set aside a monthly time [usually a Saturday midday] that he goes live on UStream and does Ten Dollar Head Sketches. Because these move at a much faster pace [usually 20 to 30 minutes] and the turnout is so great, I serve as co-host. Here are two of my favorites – Captain America and Two-Face from the last session.
If you’re interested in getting in contact with John, just click here!
Today I’ll be at the Tampa Comic Con & Toy Show. Tim Gordon, who runs the show, is debuting his first Christmas Comic for Charity and John Beatty and I have a story in it.
When Tim decided to put together his charity Christmas comic, he contacted several artists and writers to see if they would donate a pin-up or a short Christmas-related story. John decided that he wanted to participate and said that if I would write a short story, he’d pencil, ink and color it. How could I refuse?
What you see below is the result of our efforts. I hope that you enjoy them.
The “Sons of Anarchy” is one of my favorite shows on tv. If you’re not watching, you should give it a try.
Really.
Here’s the poster to “Green Zone”. It’s okay, but not as good as the trailer that we saw here. [Thanks to IMPAwards.com for the original post.]
This Saturday, I’ll be joining my buddy, John Beatty at Tim Gordon’s Tampa Comic Book and Toy Convention. If you’re a regular ZONE reader, then you’ve probably read about Tim’s shows many times. We try to attend as many as possible because they’re always a blast.
This one should be no exception. In addition to Big Beatty, you can also meet Todd Nauck, Billy Tucci, Tommy Castillo, Dick Giordano, Alex Saviuk, Gene Gonzalez, “Leaping” Lanny “The Genius” Poffo, Santa Claus, and a whole bunch of other talented folks. There will be a film room, give-a-ways, artists sketching and more.
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of movies and books which focus on a small band of people who find themselves up against incredible odds in a life or death struggle. That’s one of the reasons that zombie stories appeal to me. Not because of the gore, but how much more outnumbered and against it can you be then when you’re fighting a world of dead beings? That’s why I love really good zombie stories like the original “Night of the Living Dead”, the remake of “Dawn of the Dead” and the comic series “The Walking Dead”.
Of course the “bad guys” don’t have to be zombies. The could be aliens [“Aliens”], nazis [“The Dirty Dozen”], Mayans [“Apocalypto”], but there’s just something about zombies that kick things up a notch. Maybe because they want to eat you and maybe because anyone in the group could become one. At any rate…
Earlier this year Miguel Insignares told me about a project that he’s putting together called “The Rufnex: Isle of the Dead”. It was such a cool concept that I wanted to start talking it up right away, especially after seeing some of the prelimiary art and names attached to the project. Yesterday Miguel’s Isle of the Dead site went live. If you go there, you’ll learn more about the project as well as see the names already attached. You’ll even learn how you could become a zombie in the comic. What could be better than that?
Bill “The Raytrix” Marimon is back with his take on Sly from “The Expendables”. I got this piece from Bill at the Mini-MegaCon. He wasn’t set up as a guest, but I was able to persuade him to do a couple of Stallone sketches. This is the second. I posted the first here.
Have a safe and Happy Halloween! Give out some fun treats, eat a few yourself, and watch something scary!
[Art for today’s post is by Dan Brereton]
Seeing this trailer for “24: Season 8” reminds me of just how much I miss my weekly Jack Bauer fix.
Did you ever wonder why Dan Brereton loves monsters so much? I’m just glad he does so we get cool art and Nocturnals stories.
I don’t know about you, but I really get a kick out of the e-greetings cards that JibJab offers. You know, like this one for Halloween.
If you’ve got 26 seconds to spare, you might want to check out this fun ad for the November 7th Tampa Comic Book and Toy Show. I’d have suggested it even if John Beatty wasn’t featured.
The only thing that I know about Green Zone is what I’ve seen in this trailer.
The good news is, that may be enough.
Steven King is going to write a five issue arc of Scott Snyder’s “American Vampire” series which is set to premiere in March of 2010. The main character, Skinner Sweet, became a vampire in the days of the old west. Skinner is a new breed of vampire and Steven King has made him a “bottomless pit of evil”.
If this sounds like something you’d like, then let your local comic retailer know. Until then, here’s the full article about Steven King and “American Vampire”.
