Category: Rocky

Insignares Takes Us Back

Craig / / 2009, Fan Art, Rocky

Miguel Insignares is back with a new e-mail and another cool scene from a Stallone movie.  Miguel says:

Hey Craig-

Here is a new StalloneZone world exclusive ROCKY drawing from the first fight with Spider Rico at the Resurrection Gym.

Thanks and I’ll be sending you more artwork in the upcoming weeks!

Miguel — thanks for sharing your Stallone art here at the SZ.  You picked another cool scene to illustrate.  I can’t wait to see more of your Stallone art here at the SZ as well as your The Rufnex: Island of the Dead comic [www.islandofthedead.com.

Miguel Insignares’ “Cut Me, Mick!”

Craig / / 2009, Fan Art, Rocky

Miguel Insignares is back with a new e-mail and art.  Miguel says:

Hey Craig–
Good to see you at the show. Here is another Sly piece NEVER seen before!  This one is from Rocky and the always quotable, “Cut Me Mick” scene.  Hope your readers dig these Stallonezone Exclusives–I got a brand-new  Rambo illustration that I’ll send your way in 2 weeks!

Thanks again and keep up the great work!

-Miguel

Miguel — thanks for sharing your Stallone art here at the SZ.  I also look forward to your The Rufnex: Island of the Dead comic [www.islandofthedead.com.

Robbi Rodriguez’s Rocky

Craig / / 2009, Craig's Sly Art, Rocky

I first saw Robbi Rodriguez’s art at a convention. Robbi was set up selling his sketches, and sketchbooks. I didn’t have a clue who he was, but I really liked his art. Since my sketch budget was already shot, I couldn’t hit Robbi up for a sketch. I decided if I ever saw him at another show, I’d definitely try to get on his list.

Lucky for me, Robbi was at this year’s Heroes Convention.  Luckier, still was that he agreed to do a Stallone piece for me.  I really love the loosenes of Robbi’s style.  The kid is talented.  You can see more of Robbi’s art here and here… and hopefully again here at the SZ in the future.

“Rocky 7” Rumors

Craig / / 2009, Rocky

There are a lot of rumors floating around the internet that Sly is planning to make a seventh “Rocky” film.  This story appears to have started with the posting of this piece at TeenSay.Co.Uk. That article says that Sly told Tele5 in Germany [with no link to the original piece or video]:

“I know I’ll probably make a fool of myself if I make another ‘Rocky’ film after turning 60… I also know there’s gonna be a lot of criticism. Even my wife says, ‘Don’t do it…’…  But I also know that I’d be successful if I can make this a film about becoming older, not about boxing but about myself.”

Several sites have picked up the story and run with it.  It sounds to me as if the Sly quotes were made BEFORE he began filming “Rocky Balboa”.  I really don’t think that Sly plans to return to “Rocky” again since the last film was such a fitting tribute to the character and a perfect bookend to the orginal.  

However, there is always a small chance that Sly would.  I remember when filming was starting on “Rocky II” and Sly told an interviewer that he felt it would be interesting to revisit Rocky every five years or so and see what was happening in his life.  He went on to say that the movies would move away from boxing and the drama would come from Rocky’s life, not who he was fighting.  Sly added that to follow a character in movies like that would be a first and might be interesting to do. 

So perhaps Sly is thinking about another “Rocky” film.   I’d say odds are against it and don’t believe it until you hear it from Sly or reported here.  ; )