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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!!

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?

This week we have a watercolor piece of Sly as Jack Carter by Fatima Camiloza.  I saw Fatima’s art here and noticed that she was doing ten dollar 4″x6″ watercolor pieces.  I liked Fatima’s art enough to give it a go and the piece above is the end result.

I’m extremely pleased to have a piece by Fatima in my collection… and perhaps there will be more in the future!

Today we have Jack Carter as drawn by Dick “The Brush” Giordano.  I’m sad to say that Mr. Giordano passed away yesterday.  Dick Giordano was, in addition to being an amazing artist, a true gentleman and wonderful human being.

This piece was gifted to me by my buddy, Steve Lipsky, who is also a pretty nice fellow.

Today’s piece is Jon Riggle’s take on Sly as Jack Carter from Get Carter. Jon is an illustrator and photographer. He also created the Sci-Fi comic strip Sonic Jack and is available for commissions. You can see more of Jon’s art here and here.

Thanks to Jon and John Beatty for the gift.

This week we have Jack Carter as realized by Tom Hodges.  I discovered Tom’s art through his DA site and then last August, Tom had a 24 Hour Draw-A-Thon live on UStream.  I got on board and commissioned the Jack Carter above and a Rambo which will be posted in a few weeks.  Tom still draws regularly on UStream and it’s always fun watching him go at it.

Otis Frampton is an extremely talented artist who loves drawing for his fans. Every Sunday [okay, ALMOST, every Sunday], Otis has a live UStream broadcast that he calls the 7×7 Sunday.  Lucky fans can get a headsketch of ANY character drawn live by Otis on a 7X7 inch bristol board for 7 bucks postage paid.   It’s the best deal going.

I’ve been lucky enough to get four pieces from Otis and the Jack Carter shown above is just one of them.  I’ll be showing the rest in the coming weeks.  In the mean time, check out Otis’ Gallery.  Most likely, after seeing more of his work, I’ll be competing against you in Otis’ next 7×7 Sunday.

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!