Category: 2007

Sly and MGM Chairman

Craig / / 2007, Celebs
From the Associated Press AP – Mon Jul 23, 9:15 PM ET Sylvester Stallone and MGM Chairman and CEO Harry Sloan at the Los Angeles Team Mentoring (LATM) 9th annual Summer Soiree event. (PRNewsFoto/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., Eric Charbonneau)

Ringo’s Rocky

Craig / / 2007, Craig's Sly Art
Mike Wieringo is one of the nicest and most talented artists you could ever meet. Soft spoken and humble, but oh man, what an artist!

Mike did this drawing of Rocky Balboa for his blog [which I read daily and suggest you do as well]. Mike knew about my Stallone art collection and told me it was mine for the asking when I commented about it.

Check out Mike’s Blog when you have some time to spend. You’ll be amazed and impressed with the amount that he’s posted [but his insightful comments will also be part of what brings you back]. – Craig

Ringo’s Jack Carter

Craig / / 2007, Craig's Sly Art
Mike Wieringo’s drawing of Jack Carter is one of my favorite pieces from this year’s Heroes Con. I not only love the look and attitude of the piece, but I was able to watch Mike sketch it!

Mike was selling his latest sketch book and if you bought a copy, Mike threw in a head sketch for free! Talk about a great deal. I was worried that because Stallone isn’t a character that Mike had drawn repeatedly, it might be more difficult and therefore he might decline my request. Boy, was I wrong. Mike proceeded to sketch it out in no time and like I said, he really captured the look and attitude of Sly as Jack Carter.

In my previous post, I suggested you check out Mike’s Blog. I should have remembered to tell you about where you can buy Mike Wieringo original art. Now you have all the facts and links you need. Enjoy!

Rambo’s Gonna Knock You

Craig / / 2007, John Rambo
SZoner, Alain from France, sent in a link to Hollywood.com’s article titled “Stallone: “Fourth ‘Rambo’ Will Be Goriest Yet.'” Sly is quoted as saying, “If you thought other movies were extreme. John Rambo’s gonna knock you for six.” For the full article, please click HERE. – Craig

Balboa Band vs Red Elite

Craig / / 2007, Sly Fan
Sly Stallone and Rocky Balboa have provided inspiration to people around the world… and now they’ve inspired a band…called Balboa.

Here’s what their press release says… At a combined weight of 1083 lbs., Balboa is a 6-man team of rock and roll warriors. With unfaltering determination, they play your favorite songs from the Rocky soundtracks. Songs included in the audio/visual spectacle will be “Eye of the Tiger”, “Living in America”, “No Easy Way Out”, “Burning Heart”, “Gonna Fly Now” and other training montage classics. The night of August 3rd, 2007 marks the band’s live debut when they perform at The El Mocambo in Toronto, Ontario. Believe it or not, appearing with [against?] them is a band called The Red Elite [not Drago?].

Learn more about the Balboa Band at their myspace page. Any SZoners who can make the show should mention that they learned about it through the StalloneZone. Who knows, maybe they’ll give you a break on the cover charge. – Craig

Rocky by Andy Smith

Craig / / 2007, Craig's Sly Art
My buddy, Andy Smith whipped up this cool rendition of Rocky Balboa. Andy is mostly known for his penciling and inking work for DC and Cross Gen comics. But I like to tell people is that when it comes to dynamic drawing, Andy wrote the book. You see, he truly did. Really! You can check it out HERE! You can also check out Andy’s site by clicking HERE. – Craig

Fan Art

Craig / / 2007, Fan Art
SZoner, Terrance Kennon wrote in to say that his xbox was broken and so for the first time in about four years he decided to to pick up a pen and paper. The result is the drawing above. Not bad for his first effort in years! – Craig

Rambo Fan Art

Craig / / 2007, Fan Art
SZoner, Jim Miskell had this to say: I love all the fan art people are sending in it’s inspiring. I have created my own in Adobe Illustrator. Man I can’t wait for John Rambo to come out! I will send more hopefully if I have some free time to complete them.
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Thanks for sharing! – Craig

Sly’s Tattoo

Craig / / 2007
Sly recently got his first tattoo from Mike Devries. Here’s what Mike had to say:

Artist: Mike DeVries
Studio: Mike DeVries Tattoos Encino, CA (818) 266-9445
Image name: Jennifer Flavin
Placement: Arm Comments: A portrait of Jennifer Flavin, Sylvester Stallone’s wife that i did on Sly’s arm. Including three roses for there three girls that have rose for there middle names. We have about 14 hours into it already and his arm is pretty much done except we are still going to continue the piece onto his a chest a little bit.

Click HERE to see a close-up of Sly’s tat and to check out Mike’s site. – Craig