SZoner’s Rambo Tat

Craig / / 2010, Rambo, Sly Fan

SZoner, Mr. Blackwell recently got his first tat to celebrate, well, let’s let him explain…

Hi, new to here but a BIG Sly fan since 1977…I was 12 and saw Rocky at a school film club. Since then, I watched all of his movies and regard him as one of my ‘heroes’…..hell, I even watched Spy Kids 3 on TV the other day!

I went back into education in 2005 and got a B.A.Hons Degree in Creative Lens Media. My final year dissertation was entitled ‘Rambo, Reagan and Bush: American Politics and the Rambo movies.

I then did a Masters degree and promised myself that I’d get a tattoo if I passed it…which I did.


I thought it might be an appropriate tattoo to share with you folks. As you can see, it is from the publicity posters for the last Rambo movie.

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Congrats on the degree and the tat! – Craig

Rocky IV Fan Art

Craig / / 2010, Fan Art

Earlier this week I received an e-mail with the photo above and this message:

Dear Craig!
Happy new year:)

I send you my latest Artwork for your Galleria,that I have finished one minute bevor the new year begins!..no joke:)  since I have startet to paint pictures, I always want to paint a picture from my favourite movie Rocky IV..and this is the result.

This Picture is dedicated to all the Rocky Fans and a very special Girlfriend:)

Thank you and best regards

manuel scholz

*****

Thanks Manuel! – Craig

Sly @ Lakers Game

Craig / / 2010

Actor Sylvester Stallone attends the NBA game between the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on December 25, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images North America.

Thanks to SZoner, Jonathon Becker for the tip!

Andy Kuhn’s Jack Carter

Craig / / 2010, Craig's Sly Art, Get Carter

Andy Kuhn does the best sketches!  He is a master of spotting blacks and knowing just what needs to be put in and more importantly left out.  I love Andy’s sense of design so I was extremely pleased to get on his sketch list at Heroes Con and asked him for Jack Carter.  As you can see he rocked it.  You can check out more of Andy’s art at his blog and his DA site.

SZ Exclusive Rambo Premiere Photos

Craig / / 2010, Rambo, Sly Fan

The following message and these pics came to us from SZoner, SlyStalloneFan…

Dear Craig,

SlyStalloneFan is back again with a few pictures that I took during the Rambo premiere in Las Vegas. I can not tell you how excited I was to be at the premiere and to get to see my idol in person (Again). There is nothing more exciting to me than attending a premiere for a movie starring Sylvester Stallone. It was a wonderful night. I got to see the whole cast from Rambo. What was amazing is that Arnold Schwarzenegger was there too. Him and Sly standing a few inches away from me. Talk about great moments in life. So here are some of the pictures I captured. Hope you enjoy them and again I apologize if some were not best quality. Thanks :)

Thanks to SlyStalloneFan for sharing! – Craig

SZoners Rambo Tat

Craig / / 2010, Fan Art, Rambo, Sly Fan

I received the photo above and e-mail below from SZoner, Samantha:

Hello Mr Zablo,
I have followed your website StalloneZone for many years: I love watching for new pictures and others’ fan art of Stallone, as I have always been a big fan of him. I would love it if you would post a picture of my Rambo tattoo that I got yesterday on your website. It was done by Mike Magee in Thunder Bay, ON and Mike hopefully will be sending a photo to Devries, Stallone’s tattoo artist, so that maybe Stallone may see it as well.
Please let me know,
And thank you so much for your time!

There’s no denying that Samantha is a huge Stallone/Rambo fan! Thanks for sharing your body art, Samantha! – Craig

The Expendables Leads the Way

Craig / / 2010, Expendables

On December 21, 2010, The Wrap posted their yearend studio report card for Lionsgate.  Overall the studio received a “B” rating thanks in a large part to Sly Stallone’s Expendables.  Here’s two reasons why…

  1. Its “Saw” franchise finally ran out of teeth, but the indie studio had a hit with the Stallone action movie “The Expendables,” while the low-budget horror film “The Last Exorcism” was wildly profitable.
  2. Propelled by low- to mid-budget hits such as “The Expendables” and “The Last Exorcism,”…

To read the full piece, click here.