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I wasn’t expecting to see Andrew Charipar at this year’s Heroes Con.  In fact, he almost didn’t make it due to car problems.  Thankfully, he did and worked up a couple of new Stallone sketches for me.  This is, Sly as one of the many characters he played in Spy Kids 3D.   More of Andrew’s art can be seen at  his blog and DA site.

Jesus Antonio is an artist who lives in Mexico.  Jesus posts on quite a few sites and is always positive and complimentary of the artwork of others and humble about his own.  When I had the opportunity to get a few Stallone sketches and a sketchbook from Jesus, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.  You can see more of Jesus’ art here!

I wasn’t expecting to see Andrew Charipar at this year’s Heroes Con.  In fact, he almost didn’t make it due to car problems.  Thankfully, he did and worked up a couple of new Stallone sketches for me.  This is, of course, Sly as Barney Ross from The Expendables.  I’ll post the other sketch in a few weeks.  Until then we have Andrew’s blog and his DA site to hold us over.

I met James Mason a few years ago at an OrlandoCon.  I knew right away I’d want to get a piece from him for my Stallone art collection.  James worked up this take on Sly as Jack Carter.  Recently James held a contest on his site and I was one of the lucky winners.  My prize — James colored the piece you see posted today.

Big thanks to James!!

Chris DiBari provides this week’s Stallone piece.  It’s Chris’ take on Sly as Deke DaSilva in Nighthawks.   (Excellent choice and an excellent job!) I met Chris, who is also a big Stallone fan, at Heroes Con this year.  This was my first piece by Chris, but hopefully won’t be my last.

Alex Owens did the cool Rambo piece above.  I discovered Alex’s art through his Deviant Art site.  I commissioned this and a few other pieces last year.  You’ll see more of Alex’s work on the StalloneZone, but in the mean time, check out his Deviant Art gallery and send him some love.

Jay Potts, the creator of the very hip blaxplotation web comic World of Hurt,  worked up a Jack Carter sketch for me.  Yeah, he definitely caught the tough guy image that Jack Carter projected!

Before you click over to Jay’s web comic, be advised that World of Hurt is suggested for MATURE READERS due to violence, profanity and a bunch of other stuff that can be found in the best blaxplotation movies.  If it sounds like your stick, then click.

Mark Pennington graduated from the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in 1985.  Upon graduation Mark became a toy designer at Hasbro. Mark created designs for the G.I. Joe line of action figures including a Rocky Balboa GI Joe that never saw production! Mark’s first work as an inker in the comic book industry was for SQP on Judge Dredd!

When I started collecting original sketches of Sly, Mark was one of the first artists that I approached.  I was excited to get this Rambo head sketch from him.  Earlier this month I posted Mark’s take on Sly as Rambo.

Today we have Mark’s take on Sly as an older Jack Carter.  Although we’ll never get a sequel to Get Carter, and it is not a perfect film, Get Carter remains one of my favorite Stallone movies.  Sly was perfect as the “bad brother” — the man who knew that he’d taken the wrong path and saw a chance at redemption by finding his brother’s killer and keeping his niece and sister-in-law safe.  So I thought it would be cool to get Mark to draw Sly as Jack Carter, but with some more years on him… sort of like Clint Eastwood’s performance in Unforgiven.  I couldn’t be happier with the result!

Nic Giacondino is an artist with a unique style that I really like.  So when Nic offered up ten dollar bust commissions, I had to get on board.  Posted above is Nic’s take on Sly as Jack Carter.  How cool is that?  Very cool, I say.  So why not take a few minutes and check out more of Nic’s artwork and keep an eye out for his new comic, The Sisters Grimm?

Mark Pennington graduated from the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in 1985. Upon graduation Mark became a toy designer at Hasbro. Mark created designs for the G.I. Joe line of action figures including a Rocky Balboa GI Joe that never saw production! Mark’s first work as an inker in the comic book industry was for SQP on Judge Dredd! When I started collecting original sketches of Sly, Mark was one of the first artists that I approached.  I was excited to get this Rambo head sketch from him.  In the next few weeks I’ll post Mark’s take on an “older” Jack Carter.  Like today’s Rambo sketch, it’s another winner.