Jeff Wamester’s “Nighthawks”

I’ve been a fan of Jeff Wamester’s art since I first laid eyes on it.  We exchanged a few e-mails and I’d picked up a copy of sketchbook, but we’d never met.  You can imagine my surprise to discover that he was going to be a guest at Heroes Con this year.  I was fortunate enough to get on his sketch list and he came up with the very cool take on Deke DaSilva from “Nighthawks”. 

You can see more of Jeff’s work at his site, Deviant Art, WMD: The Saga, and hopefully again here at the SZ!

Mike Torrance’s “Nighthawks”

Mike Torrance is an artist who does it all — he pencils, inks and colors. Mike has been running a regular contest at Retro Cowboy Productions and his Deviant Art site.  Each week he posts a subject and the first one to make request which fits the theme is the winner!  I was one of two lucky winners for “Detective Week.”

Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.  Check him out.

Andrew Charipar: Nighthawks

This is the second piece of Stallone art that I’ve gotten from Andrew Charipar. You may remember the Cobra piece that he did at FX. A few months later, Andrew was sketching at the Florida SuperCon and so I hit him up for another piece.

Andrew worked up this very cool shot of Deke from “Nighthawks.” Love the design and how Andrew went back in with the colored pencil for highlights. When I picked up the piece Andrew said he already had an idea for his next Stallone drawing, and I can’t wait to see what it is. Until then we have Andrew’s blog and his DA site to hold us over.

Sly Movies Part of Encore Special

Sly Movies Part of Encore Special

If you receive the Encore movie channel you may want to tune in to “Shooting the Police: Cops on Film,” premiering July 1st at 8:00 p.m. The original half-hour special takes a look at the cop film phenomena and how the heroes have changed over the years. The special was produced as part of Encore’s “Summer Heat: 31 Days of Cop Movies,” a month-long festival of cop films every night at 8:00 p.m., all month in July.

Clips from “Nighthawks”, “Die Hard”, “Heat”, and many other movies will appear as filmmakers such as Larry Cohen (“Phonebooth”), Carl Franklin (“Out of Time”), Steven de Sousa (“Die Hard”) and others discuss the popularity and changes the genre has experienced.

Sly films represented during the month arre “Nighthawks” [July 3rd and July 19], “Judge Dredd” [July 20], and “Demolition Man” [July 29th].

For more details click HERE.


– Craig Zablo