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Sly Stallone was scheduled to be a guest at the Keystone Comic Con, August 23rd – 25th at the Philly Convention Center. Unfortunately Sly has had to cancel. See the announcement from Keystone Comic Con below.
Today we have a video of Thomas Boatwright creating a watercolor Stallone as Cobra sketch for me. I was surprised at how much Boatwright knew about Sly and Cobra. As always, I love the Boatwright’s art. You can see more of it here.
Most fans of this site have probably seen the poster for Stallone in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (You definitely did if you saw Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Action Hero.) Now, thanks to Ctrl Shift Face we can see what the Stallone Terminator 2 movie would have looked like.
Oh, and if you like the Stallone Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster, click on it to see a apocalyptic-sized version.
I usually don’t post any of my Stallone commissions until I’ve received them, but Tom Reilly sent me a scan of the Jack Carter/John Wick piece he did for me and I like it so much I just couldn’t wait!
Tom Reilly is an artist from Mount Desert Island, Maine. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, with a BFA in Illustration. Tom’s work has been included in exhibits such as the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition, the Rhode Island School of Design Illustration Triennial Exhibition, and the 2017 MoCCA Arts Festival.
You can check out more of Tom’s art at his website or follow him on Twitter.
Gil Hibben, the skilled knife maker of many of Rambo’s most famous blades and David Morrell, bestselling author and creator of Rambo have teamed to offer a truly limited edition of 50 handmade “RIII” knives. Each knife is numbered and features the signatures of Gil Hibben and David Morrell.
Included in the RIII Author’s edition:
David Morrell’s limited-edition collectors hardback for “Rambo III,” with numerous essential background essays, including one about Gil Hibben. Each copy is numbered and autographed by David Morrell
A beautiful metal COA, signed by both Gil Hibben and David Morrell
One set of dog tags.
The first tag has a photo of Gil Hibben and David Morrell on one side and their signatures on the opposite side.
The second tag has a photo of the character Rambo holding the knife, with “RIII MOVIE KNIFE, AUTHOR’S EDITION” printed on the opposite side.Gil Hibben bobble head
Handmade leather sheath by Derek Hibben
Embroidered storage pouch
440c Stainless
Stainless guard and Pommel
Makassar Ebony Handle
Blade 11 3/4 x 2 1/4″ x5/16″Price includes FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES! Customers outside the United States please call or email for a shipping quote and the additional shipping charge will be added to the total price.
Click on this link to visit Gil Hibben’s page to learn more or place an order.
Samantha Olthof at Film School Rejects takes us through Shot by Shot with the Rambo: Last Blood Trailer. I did catch something I missed in the trailer – Rambo coming up out of the ground during the attack on his property. Check and out and see if there’s anything you missed.
Our POW [Picture of the Week] is a cool shot of Sly and the cast of Shade. Click on the photo to see a larger version. – Craig
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
Tim Grierson & Will Leitch and Vulture.com present The 50 Best Sports Movies of All Time. I’m happy to report that Creed came in at #28 and Rocky at #3.
The list is a good one, but I’d have included The Set-up, Requiem for a Heavyweight and a couple more from the Rocky series and Paradise Alley. (Would you expect any less?)
Here’s what Grierson and Leitch said about Rocky and Creed:
28. Creed (2015)
The Rocky series had run out of gas several times by the time Ryan Coogler got together with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan to inject the whole franchise with adrenaline and soul … and even liven up old Rock himself in the process. The best scenes of Creed aren’t even about boxing at all, as we see young Adonis Creed struggle with his identity, his purpose in life, and the power of his feelings for a young, hearing-impaired musician (played wonderfully by Tessa Thompson). Putting Rocky Balboa in the Paulie role is a brilliant idea, and the relationship between the young boxer and his trainer works … and even manages to transcend the whole 40-year-old enterprise.
3. Rocky (1976)
Roger Ebert famously wrote, in his initial review of Rocky, that Sylvester Stallone reminded him of a young Brando, and while that classification hasn’t, uh, aged so well, you can understand what he was thinking. Before all the sequels, before the montage sequences, before Stallone became a muscled, chiseled ode to misguided masculinity, he was just a guy who wanted to tell a story about a past-his-prime palooka who met a girl and then suddenly finally got his chance at the big time. This is a big hokey underdog story, but it’s told with a grit and realism that matches the era; Rocky’s just a good-hearted schmo from the neighborhood who doesn’t have the stomach to break thumbs for the mob but isn’t sure what else the world has for him either. But he’s got heart, kid. This series is more than 40 years old now, but, as Creed showed, this story remains eternal. It’s probably going to outlive us all. Even Stallone.
The poster and trailer for Rambo: Last Blood are here.
Check ’em out and let me know what you think. As for me, I like what we’re seeing today and have been seeing on Sly’s Instagram. Rambo: Last Blood seems like a natural progression from the previous Rambo movies. I can’t wait for September 20th.