{"id":42804,"date":"2026-10-05T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42804"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:34:30","slug":"the-boxer-by-tom-reilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42804","title":{"rendered":"THE BOXER by Tom Reilly!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m a sucker for a good crime story.\u00a0 Especially ones with a tough guy who refuses to bow down to mobsters.\u00a0 Way back in 2019, I’d never heard of Tom Reilly<\/a> (or seen his art).\u00a0 I came across the pieces above and below and was SOLD.\u00a0 I thought they were preview art for a new series.\u00a0 I immediately e-mailed Tom to find out where\/when I could purchase the series.<\/p>\n

Tom wrote back to say, that there wasn’t one.\u00a0 He created the art for himself… just toying around with ideas.\u00a0 I asked Tom if he took commissions.\u00a0 He did and so I requested Sly Stallone as Jack Carter teamed with Keanu Reeves as John Wick. (No surprise, right?).<\/p>\n

Tom came through with a winner<\/a>.\u00a0 He also surprised me by gifting me the art above and below.\u00a0 I was (and remain) blown away.\u00a0 What a wonderful, kind thing to do.<\/p>\n

Maybe someday Tom will return to the idea that sparked these drawings.\u00a0 You just KNOW it would make for an awesome story.<\/p>\n

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