Punisher by Cully Hamner!
Going through the Zablo vault I found this cool Punisher character study by Cully Hamner. Not sure where it appeared, but I’m glad I saved it.
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Z-View – Red: Eyes Only by Cully Hamner
Red: Eyes Only is part of a one-shot published by Wildstorm Comics.
- Writer: Cully Hamner
- Artist: Cully Hamner
- Colorist: Val Staples
- Cover Artist: Cully Hamner
Cully Hamner writes and draws the prequel to the Red mini-series that he co-created with Warren Ellis.
*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***
The Good:
- Cully Hamner on the art and writing!
- Nice misdirection on page 2.
- Wanting to get out of “the business.”
- Silent but deadly page… when Paul Moses comes calling.
- The final line of the comic has a great payoff.
The Bad:
- Disowned by family because “You’re a murderer.”
- Finding out that getting out isn’t easy.
- “You’ll be assassinated, sir. Today.”
- “I have information!”
- “What…what… my God… What did I just do?”
The Ugly:
- Trapped in a moving elevator with an assassin.
- Thinking you always had a choice but finding out you were wrong.
Red: Eyes Only
Rating:
Conversing Comics with Cully Hamner
I’ve been a Cully Hamner fan for years. [In fact Cully was the first artist I approached to do a Stallone sketch when I started collecting them.]
Ah, but I digress.
Cully is the subject of a short, informative interview by the fine folks at CBR.com. Cully talks about making comics, what it’s like having one of his co-creations made into a movie starring Bruce Willis, and a lot more. Check it out!
Cully Hamner Gets Carter
Cully Hamner was the first artist I approached when I started getting sketches again. Cully was up for the task and was so cool about it (and did such a bang-up job) that I can’t think of a better artist to start me down the path of collecting art again.
Cully Sees a Whole Lot of Red
Recently Cully Hamner posted the cover above that he did as one of the four Red movie prequel comics. While I’m happy [especially for Cully] that Red was turned into a movie and that it has Bruce Willis [Bruce Willis!] in the title role; I was really hoping that the film would be a faithful adaptation of the comic series. Instead, we’re going to get a movie inspired by the comic series. And while the comic was more action/adventure, the film looks to be action/comedy with an emphasis on the comedy.
The movie may work. But work or not, it won’t change how the Red graphic novel rocks.
Cully Talks Up Red
My buddy, Cully Hamner talks about writing and drawing the prequel to Red, the comic that the movie is based on, but not the movie. If that seems confusing it’s really not… especially once you read the interview here.
Cully Returns to Red
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Warren Ellis & Cully Hamner’s mini-series Red. I was excited to learn that Bruce Willis is staring in the big screen adaptation. I’m even more stoked to hear that Cully has written and drawn a prequel to the series.
“Body Double” (1984) directed by Brian DePalma, starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith & Gregg Henry / Z-View
Body Double (1984)
Director: Brian De Palma
Screenplay: Brian De Palma, Robert J. Avrech story by Brian De Palma
Stars: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton, Al Israel, Douglas Warhit, Russ Marin, Lane Davies, Larry Flash Jenkins, Monte Landis, Brinke Stevens, Steven Bauer and Dennis Franz.
Tagline: You can’t believe everything you see.
The Plot…
Jack Scully (Wasson) is a struggling actor going through a rough patch. He just lost his role in a low-budget horror film. He came home to catch his girlfriend in bed with someone else. Jack needs a new place to live until things get back on track.
Things are looking up when Sam Bouchard (Henry), an actor Jack met at auditions, offers a place to stay. Sam’s rich friend needs a house-sitter. Sam shows Jack the place. It’s in an upscale neighborhood. Very modern. Plus, there’s a bonus. Every night at a specific time, a lady neighbor does a strip tease as she changes into night clothes. She’s easy to watch through the telescope focused on her window. Jack is skeptical until he sees for himself. She’s beautiful.
Jack agrees to house sit. Watching the woman across the way becomes a nightly activity. He’s becoming obsessed with her. Then one night Jack sees a scary looking hombre across the way, also watching the woman strip.
Jack wants to warn her. But how can he without making himself look like a creeper? The next night as he’s watching her, Jack sees the scary man hiding in her apartment. He races over to warn her, but is too late. Jack finds her murdered.
And that makes him the key suspect. Jack begins to suspect he was set up.
He was. But NOT to be the murderer.
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
Body Double is a love letter to the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Brian De Palma and Robert J. Avrech are both fans of Hitch. They screened Vertigo and Rear Window for inspiration.
Deborah Shelton’s voice was dubbed by actress Helen Shaver.
Melanie Griffith was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for this film for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.
Body Double is a fun ride.
Body Double (1984) rates 4 of 5 stars.
John Benteen’s FARGO: HELL on WHEELS graphic novel – adapted by Howard Chaykin
John Benteen’s Fargo: Hell on Wheels graphic novel – adapted by Howard Chaykin just launched today on Zoop. I immediately jumped on board. Here’s the lowdown…
Legendary comic book creator Howard Chaykin launches his first ever crowdfunding campaign!
A 96+ page prestige format, action packed, hardcover graphic novel starring soldier of fortune Neal Fargo, based on the legendary ‘Fargo‘ paperback series by John Benteen! Imagine if Conan was an American in the early 20th century. He still wouldn’t be as hard as Neal Fargo. Adapted, written and illustrated by the inimitable HOWARD CHAYKIN!
Supporters of the campaign are in for massive treats, as there are art contributions to the book by a murderer’s row of artists, including Gary Frank, Butch Guice, Eduardo Risso, Denys Cowan, Mahmud Asrar, Ron Garney and lots more, with a variant cover provided by Dave Johnson!
Here are two sample pages from Howard Chaykin.
Art by Dave Johnson and Walt Simonson!
Pinups by Denys Cowan and Giancarlo Bernal!
Pinups by Dan Panosian and Cully Hamner!
If this hits the right notes, then get on board before the train pulls out. John Benteen’s Fargo: Hell on Wheels graphic novel – adapted by Howard Chaykin.
The Justice League of America 100 Project
The Cully Hamner cover is my favorite from the Heroes Initiative JLA 100 Project.
The Heroes Initiative is an organization that…
…creates a financial safety net for comic creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. Since inception, the Hero Initiative has been fortunate enough to benefit more than 50 creators and their families with over $950,000 worth of much-needed aid, fueled by your contributions! It’s a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment.
One of the cool fundraising ideas that the Heroes Initiative came up with was the JLA 100 Project. Heroes Initiative in collaboration with DC Comics got over 100 artists to create an original JLA cover on specially printed blank Justice League of America #50 covers. The original art was then auctioned off with the proceeds going to the Hero Initiative. In additional the 100+ pieces were collected in special edition hard and trade paperback books again with the proceeds going to support the Hero Initiative.
You can see all 100+ pieces of JLA art here.
20 Truths About the “X-Files”
Jennifer M. Wood and Mental_Floss present 20 Truths About the X-Files. Here are three of my favorites…
1. THE IDEA FOR THE SHOW ORIGINATED WITH A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY.
Chris Carter’s interest in the paranormal was piqued when he read Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/psychiatrist/Harvard Medical School professor John E. Mack’s analysis of a 1991 Roper Poll survey, which stated that at least 3.7 million Americans may have been abducted by aliens. “Everybody wants to hear that story,” Carter told Entertainment Weekly. “[Abduction] is tantamount to a religious experience.”
6. IN REAL LIFE, SCULLY IS THE BELIEVER.
In a 1994 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Gillian Anderson admitted that Duchovny was a skeptic and she was the believer. “Psychokinesis appeals to me,” she said. “ESP, telling the future, I love that stuff.”
10. CARTER DIDN’T THINK OF THE SHOW AS SCIENCE FICTION.
“I actually resisted the ‘science fiction’ label in the beginning, because the show is actually based in science,” Carter told WIRED. “If it weren’t for Scully, I think the show could be just kind of loopy. So the science and the accuracy of the science is all-important to the success of the storytelling. I think Steven Spielberg called Close Encounters of the Third Kind ‘speculative science’ and I would say The X-Files, for me, has always fit more into that category.”
11 Deluxe Facts About “The Jeffersons”
Kara Kovalchik and Mental_Floss present 11 Deluxe Facts About The Jeffersons. Here are three of my favorites…
2. THE FIRST GEORGE JEFFERSON WE MET TURNED OUT TO BE A FAKE.
Producer Norman Lear had pegged Sherman Hemsley from the very beginning to play George Jefferson. However, at the time All in the Family hit the airwaves, Hemsley was co-starring in Purlie on Broadway and was reluctant to break his contract. So Lear improvised and hired Mel Stewart as a sort of placeholder.Stewart posed as George when he joined Louise for dinner at the Bunker home; it was later revealed that he was actually Henry Jefferson, George’s brother. Henry Jefferson appeared in a few more All in the Family episodes before Hemsley was able to assume his role as the Jefferson family patriarch.
4. SANFORD WAS NONPLUSSED WHEN SHE FIRST MET THE ACTOR HIRED TO PLAY HER HUSBAND.
Isabel Sanford recalled during an interview with the Archive of American Television that she first met Sherman Hemsley when she reported to the studio for work one day. An assistant caught her attention and told her that this “young man” (Sanford is 21 years older than Hemsley) had an appointment to see director John Rich, and could she please take him upstairs with her and point him in the direction of Rich’s office? Sanford agreed and when she located Rich she was taken aback when he announced, “Isabel! This is your husband!”Sanford eyed the “little man that she could squash like a bug” and wondered why the director thought anyone in the world would ever believe that the two characters would be a married couple. Of course, she was cheerfully proven wrong, because years after the show ended, she and Hemsley were often hired as a couple to appear in commercials and other TV shows.
8. MARLA GIBBS DIDN’T QUIT HER DAY JOB … FOR TWO YEARS.
Marla Gibbs had been working as a reservation agent at United Airlines for 11 years (and acting in plays during her spare time) when she landed the role of Florence on The Jeffersons. The character wasn’t intended to be a recurring one, but Gibbs got such a positive audience response that she was called back again a few episodes later. She was eventually offered a contract, but it was for just seven episodes (at the time the Florence character had to alternate stage time with Zara “Mother Jefferson” Cully). Two years later Gibbs was still making the daily commute from the Sunset Boulevard studio after filming had wrapped on The Jeffersons to the Sixth Street United Airlines reservation office in downtown L.A. The producers were surprised when they found out; worried that she was stretching herself too thin, they suggested that she take a leave of absence from the airline. “Not unless you plan to pay me for it,” was her response. She was offered a full contract shortly afterward and said farewell to United.
Z-View: Winter World #7 by Dixon and Giorello
Winter World created by Chuck Dixon and Jorge Zaffino.
Winter World #7 published by IDW Publishing.
Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Thomas Giorello
Colorist: Diego Rodriguez
Letterer: Robbie Robbins
“The Stranded,” conclusion! A confrontation decades in the making! Scully and Wynn are re-united with the truck that’s been their rolling home across two seas, only to find themselves in more danger than ever. What promised to be a sanctuary turns out to be a slaughterhouse as Skitters and the feral Monkey Boy finally catch up with Scully and Wynn in a place where there’s nowhere to run.
*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***
The Good
- Thomas Giorello and Diego Rodriguez continue to impress.
- The interplay between Scully, Wynn and Trina. The sneer on Wynn’s face.
- “We’ll find them. Won’t we Scully?” “Damned right we will.”
- Rah-Rah to the rescue!
- Preview of Tommy Lee Edwards’ art for next issue!
The Bad:
- “Where’s Wynn?”
- Told to throw his gun down, Scully does just that.
The Ugly:
- Wynn to the rescue!
- Trina to the rescue!
Winter World #7 is for mature readers due to violence.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Z-View: Winter World #6 by Dixon and Giorello
Winter World created by Chuck Dixon and Jorge Zaffino.
Winter World #5 published by IDW Publishing.
Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Thomas Giorello
Colorist: Diego Rodriguez
Letterer: Robbie Robbins
Snowblind! Scully is sightless and must rely on Wynn to survive in a world that seeks to kill them at every turn. Their stolen vehicle is carjacked in turn by even more dangerous lowlifes. And their oldest enemy, Skitters, has stalked them across two frozen oceans and two icy continents and is now within striking distance. It’s a cruel world populated by crueler people where each day, each moment, might be your last.
*** Beware – spoilers may be found below ***
The Good
- Thomas Giorello and Diego Rodriguez continue to impress.
- “HaHaHaHa! Didn’t know it has a hundred gallon reserve tank?”
- “You not run?” “I knew you lied.” “You not scared?” “I’m scared.” “You not RUN.” “I’ll choose how I die. It won’t be by getting shot in the back.”
The Bad:
- Scully is still snowblind!
- Being left naked in the barren, freezing cold.
The Ugly:
- The poor baby polar bears.
Winter World #6 is for mature readers due to violence.
Rating: 4 out of 5
