Sly Checks In

Craig / / 2010, Celebs, Expendables

Sly has been following some of the discussions on the message boards and wanted to set the record straight:

Dear Craig,

For the doubters and the haters, a picture is worth a thousand words. You
walk the walk, you pay a price. But, as bad as it was at least we have it on
film.

Keep punchin’
Sly


P.S. To the haters, I don’t need to invent pain, there’s enough of it out
there to go around.

P.S.S. The reason I was never seen in a neck brace is because I stayed home
for three weeks to heal.

P.S.S.S. Van Damme may mean a great deal to some of you, but what he’s
putting forth is not truthful.

So there you have it, SZoners.  Don’t waste your time arguing with the doubters and the haters.  – Craig

Treece’s “Machine Gun” Joe

Craig / / 2010, Craig's Sly Art

This week we have Jeremy Treece’s take on Sly as “Machine Gun” Joe from “Death Race 2000”.  This sketchcard was gifted to me by a StalloneZone fan [LittleJohn312] and arrived in my mail unannounced.  I really like what Jeremy did and hope to get more work from him in the future. Jeremy does a live Ustream artcast which you can learn more about here.  You can also see more of his art here.

Thanks to LittleJohn312 and Jeremy for a great surprise!

Sly & Arnold Are Friends

Craig / / 2010, Celebs

On January 6, 2010, The Hindu posted a piece titled “Arnold is My Best Friend Now Says Sylvester Stallone”.  The past rivalry between Sly and the Governor of California is a thing of the past. Sly is quoted as saying:

“He’s my best friend now. It’s strange, given what big rivals we used to be. He’s still ridiculously competitive, though. I have a watch, only one of its kind in the world, so I wore it to our last lunch. Arnold was desperate for me to get him one but I had to explain that wasn’t possible. He was so mad!”

Of course this is not news to any Schwarzenegger or Stallone fan since the two action superstars have been friends for several years.  Still, I thought SZoners would find it interesting. You can read the full piece here.

Sly Hurt During “Expendables” Filming

Craig / / 2009, Expendables

On January 6, 2010, TheDailyMail.co.uk posted an item with the following headline: “Sylvester Stallone Breaks His Neck Shotting Fight Scene in Veteran Action Heroes’ Movie”.  The report comes from an interview that Sly gave to FHM magazine.  In the interview Sly talked about how tough the shoot on “The Expendables” was, partly because of all the testosterone on the set.  Of course with Sly, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li and Randy Couture what else would you expect?  The DailyMail goes on to quote what Sly told FHM:

“Man, it was seven guys, kicking each other’s ass, one guy tougher than the next. No joke, our stunt guys were begging for mercy.

‘Actually, my fight with Stone Cold Steve Austin was so vicious that I ended up getting a hairline fracture in my neck. I’m not joking.

‘I haven’t told anyone this, but I had to have a very serious operation afterwards. I now have a metal plate in my neck.’

You can read the full DailyMail report here.

As you can imagine the Stallone injury story was picked up and ran all over the net.  Here are just a few of the places:

Otis Frampton’s Cosmo

Craig / / 2010, Craig's Sly Art, Paradise Alley

Otis Frampton loves sharing his talents with his fans. Every Sunday [okay, ALMOST, every Sunday], Otis has a live UStream broadcast that he calls the 7×7 Sunday.  Lucky fans can get a headsketch of ANY character drawn live by Otis on a 7X7 inch bristol board for 7 bucks postage paid.   It’s the best deal going.

I’ve been lucky enough to get four pieces from Otis and the Cosmo Carboni from “Paradise Alley” shown above is one of them.  I’ll be showing the rest in the coming weeks.  In the mean time, check out Otis’ Gallery.  Most likely, after seeing more of his work, I’ll be competing against you in Otis’ next 7×7 Sunday.