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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.
Today’s sketch of Rambo was created by Patrick Thomas Parnell. I first met Patrick at MegaCon earlier this year. I don’t think I’d ever even seen his art before. Patrick was doing these really cool, tall/thin color sketches for a reasonable price. I asked him if he’d be interested in doing a Stallone piece for my collection and he chose Rambo.
If you’d like to see more of Patrick’s art, then go here.
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!
I had the good fortune to meet Ray-Anthony Height at MegaCon this year. I was talking with a con buddy who had a table near where Ray was set up and I saw him knock out one cool sketch after another. It didn’t take long before I checked to see if Ray would be interested in doing a Stallone sketch. He was, and created the nice Rocky piece that you see above.
You can see more of Ray-Anthony Height’s art here and here. And if you’re so inclined, tell him I sent ya!
Jon Riggle is back, this time with his take on Sly from Demolition Man having a bit o’ rat. 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.
I picked up this piece by Jeff Parker at MegaCon 2009. Jeff and Casey Jones were sketching for the Hero Initiative. Jeff decided to go with Sly as Deke DaSilva from Nighthawks… after all…
“It was a Nighthawks kind of day.”
This is my second Stallone by Jeff Parker. You can see the first here. You can also see more of Jeff’s talents at his site.
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.