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The Jack Carter & Marv (from Sin City) piece above was created as a commission for me at HeroesCon 2018 by Karl Slominski. I met Karl for the first time at the 2017 Heroes convention when I requested Karl’s take on Jack Carter and John Wick (which will be posted in the near future).
When I picked up the sketch, my buddies LittleJohn and Mike Cross were with me. They both liked my sketch so much they commissioned sketches of their own. LittleJohn got John Wick and John McClane, while Mike asked for Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) and Maggie (Adrienne Barbeau).
This encouraged me to go back for another “Jack Carter and…” sketch, this time getting Carter and Raylan Givens from Justified. I’ll post that in the near future as well. (Yes, I am way behind in posting my sketches. I do plan to, ah, justify that in the coming weeks.)
If you’d like to see more of Karl Slominski’s art check out…
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Our POW [Picture of the Week] is a rare shot of Sly and his Lords of Flatbush male co-stars, Paul Mace, Perry King and Henry Winkler. – Craig
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week…
Trav Hart created this piece for me at last year’s HeroesCon. It’s actually my third piece from Trav (so watch for the other two).
Pairing John Wick and Jack Carter seems like a natural.
You can see more of Trav’s art at his site… and here in the coming weeks.
If you’re a Rocky or Stallone fan, then you probably noticed right away that the scene in the photo above doesn’t appear in the movie. Sadly, although the scene was filmed, it and all of the other Rocky deleted scenes and outtakes were destroyed some time in the 1980s.
Luckily for fans who’d love to see what could have been, The Edit Room Floor features rare and unpublished stills from classic films… and they have coverage of The Lost Scenes from Rocky.
So what are you waiting for? Click over!
While going through the Zablo vault I came across this rare shot of Rocky and Adrian from the original Rocky. It’s one of my favorites. You can see a larger version by clicking on it.
Leroy Neiman, the world famous sports artist, made cameo appearances in Rocky 3, 4, 5 and Rocky Balboa. Neiman’s art could also be seen in several of the Rocky movies. The most famous Neiman Rocky art is the painting shown above. You’ll see copies hanging in many sports bars and man caves throughout the world. I have one of the original release prints that my wife surprised me with when I was in college way back when the piece was first released.
The painting above is the second most known Neiman Rocky painting. It appeared at the very end of Rocky III. To the best of my knowledge it was never released as an official Neiman print although there are many knock-offs and other artist copies out there.
Neiman created the painting above for Rocky V. My understanding is it was released as a limited edition print for a fundraiser. The print above was signed by Tommy Morrison.
The Neiman watercolor study above was offered up for auction and hopefully won by a Stallone fan.
And now for the mystery. The very bad image above is of a Neiman Rocky piece that sharp-eyed fans spotted during a vintage Barbara Walters interview with Sly Stallone. The art was/is in Sly Stallone’s personal collection. Here’s the mystery — was the piece ever released as a print or shown anywhere else? Are there any good copies of it around? If anyone knows, please forward the information and I’ll be sure to share it.