Our POW [Picture of the Week] this week is Sly from Expendables 3. Click on the image to see a larger version! – Craig
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
- Sly’s Official Instagram: This…incredible… painting… by super artist John Rivoli
- CBR: Sylvester Stallone Would Be Perfect for This Justice Society Hero
- Collider: Ragtag Mercenaries Clean Up the Grime in Epic New ‘Expend4bles’ Poster
- Flickering Myth: Expend4bles poster assembles its roster of stars
“First Blood” Alt Poster by Laurent Carbonelle!
Check out this cool alt First Blood poster by Laurent Carbonelle! You can see more of Laurent Carbonelle’s art here!
POW: “Grudge Match”
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
- Sly’s Official Instagram: Everyone should try to paint what they are feeling ! Keep Punching!
- MovieWeb: How Many Rocky Movies Are There?
- ScreenRant: The Expendables 4 Rectifies A Core Complaint From The Original Movies
- ComingSoon: The Expendables 1, 2, & 3 Get New 4K SteelBook Releases
- MovieWeb: Sylvester Stallone’s 18 Best Movies, Ranked by Rotten Tomatoes
- Daily Mail: Sly Stallone frolics with wife Jennifer Flavin during sun-soaked Italian getaway
- Page Six: Sly Stallone keeps tight hold on bikini-clad wife Jennifer Flavin on vacation
- Daily Mail: Sylvester Stallone and wife Jennifer Flavin walk hand-in-hand…
- People: Sly Stallone and Jennifer Flavin Share PDA During Italy Getaway
- Daily Mail: Sly Stallone enjoys a shopping trip in Italy w/ glamorous wife Jennifer Flavin
Sly Stallone’s All-Time Best Movies
Thomas Leatham and Calum Russell at Far Out came up with their list of The 10 best Sylvester Stallone movies. Before you click over to see their thoughts on each film, here is how our rankings compared. I also included some Stallone films that would have made my list, but didn’t make theirs.
Leatham & Russell |
Zablo |
10. Cobra (George P. Cosmatos, 1986) 09. The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021) 08. Demolition Man (Marco Brambilla, 1993) 07. Rocky IV (Sylvester Stallone, 1985) 06. Cliffhanger (Renny Harlin, 1993) 05. Nighthawks (Bruce Malmuth, 1981) 04. First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, 1982) 03. Cop Land (James Mangold, 1997) 02. Creed (Ryan Coogler, 2016) 01. Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976) |
10. The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021) 09. Demolition Man (Marco Brambilla, 1993) 08. Cobra (George P. Cosmatos, 1986) 06. Cliffhanger (Renny Harlin, 1993) 06. Rocky IV (Sylvester Stallone, 1985) 05. First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, 1982) 04. Creed (Ryan Coogler, 2016) 03. Nighthawks (Bruce Malmuth, 1981) 02. Cop Land (James Mangold, 1997) 01. Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976) |
- Get Carter (Stephen Kay, 2000)
- Rambo (Sylvester Stallone, 2008)
- Paradise Alley (Sylvester Stallone, 1978)
- FIST (Norman Jewison, 1978)
- Rocky III (Sylvester Stallone, 1982)
Two New “Rocky” Paintings by John Rivoli!
The new reimagined ROCKY BALBOA poster by official MGM artist John Rivoli www.iconsinart.com
Two “Rocky Balboa” Newspaper Strip Samples by JOE KUBERT!
Back in January of 2005, I posted about meeting the legendary comic artist, Joe Kubert. Here is part of what I wrote then:
I had the good fortune to meet Joe Kubert in the early 80’s. He was Guest of Honor at one of Jim Ivey’s OrlandoCons. Joe Kubert was there to pick up his Ignatz award. At the time Mr. Kubert was also promoting a series that he was to write and draw for DC called The Redeemer. Sad to say it never appeared.
Another thing that Joe Kubert worked on that never appeared is, interestingly enough, a proposal for a Rocky Balboa newspaper strip. Mr. Kubert told me that he was approached to work on a daily newspaper strip and that he had in fact worked up character sheets, some daily samples, etc. Sadly the strip was never picked up.
You can imagine how excited I was to hear that JOE KUBERT had drawn Rocky Balboa. I asked Mr. Kubert if the art was available for sale, but it wasn’t. I then asked if I could buy Xeroxes but again, Mr. Kubert politely declined. Man, you just know that those pieces look great… maybe someday we’ll get the chance to see them in a treasury of his work.
The two strips you see above (click on the art to see them biggie-sized) are samples that Joe Kubert created for the proposed Rocky Balboa newspaper strip. These are the only two I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure how many others he may have drawn. One thing I am sure of: Any strip Joe Kubert drew would contain great art.
The 10 Best Sly Stallone Films Ranked by Reddit and Craig Zablo
Vidhi Narula at Collider posted The 10 Best Sylvester Stallone Movies, According to Reddit. How the list doesn’t contain a single Rocky or Rambo film is beyond me. Before you click over to get Narula’s thoughts on each film, here is how I’d rank the Reddit choices.
10. Cop Land (1997) |
Zablo 10. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) |