Dick Giordano: “Demolition Man” 2

Craig / / 2009, Craig's Sly Art, Demolition Man

To comic book fans, Dick Giordano is a living legend. During his fifty plus years in the biz he’s done everything from ink all the greats (including himself) to serve as Editor-in-Chief of DC Comics, to co-founding his own comic company. Mr. Giordano also has a great sense of humor.

I recently had the good fortune to pick up six model sheet headsketches of Sly that Mr. Giodano did before starting work on DC Comics adaptation of “Demolition Man.” That’s the second posted above.

Venice Film Festival to Honor Sly

Craig / / 2009, Expendables, Honors

On September 12, 2009, Sylvester Stallone will be honored at the 66th Annual Venice International Film Festival when he will receive the  Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award.   The awards ceremony will include the world premiere of scenes from “The Expendables.” 

The Venice Film Festival opens September 2nd and will be headed by director Ang Lee who is joined by Sandrine Bonnaire [French actress], Liliana Cavani [Italian director], Joe Dante [American director], Anurag Kashyap [Indian director] and Luciano Ligabue [Italian film-maker]. 

You can read more about the Venice Film Festival and Sly’s award at:

 

Sly Fan Art

Craig / / 2009, Fan Art

German Vazquez is a self-taught artist living in the UK, but born in Argentina.  German is a Stallone fan and created the piece above [the first time he’s ever drawn Sly] to share with SZoners.  Thanks to German for sharing his talent!

Matthew Warlick’s Jack Carter

Craig / / 2009, Craig's Sly Art, Get Carter

Matthew Warlick is a studio mate of my buddy Evan Bryce.  Matthew is also freelance illustrator, art director and comic book artist based in Dallas, Texas.    Matthew contacted me to say that he’d been talking to Evan and wanted to work up a Stallone sketch for the SZ.  We exchanged a couple of e-mails and soon enough, Matthew sent in his very, very cool take on Jack Carter. 

How could it get any better than that, you ask?  And I’m glad you did because Matthew created a video of himself inking the piece.  I love the art and the video is the icing on the cake.  You can check it out here.  You can also see more of Matthew’s art at his website and artblog.

BIG THANKS to Matthew for sharing his talents and to Evan for talking up the SZ.  Hopefully we’ll see more from Matthew in the future!

“Cliffhanger 2” Speculation

Craig / / 2009, Cliffhanger

Will Sly return to the role of Gabe Walker for “Cliffhanger 2”? There’s renewed speculation that it could become a reality. Alex Billington of FirstShowing.net attended a screening of the 1987 cult classic “Monster Squad” and in attendance were the film’s writer, Shane Black and director, Fred Dekker. During the Q&A session, Dekker said he was currently working on the screenplay to “Cliffhanger 2”.  Unfortunately, Dekker didn’t elaborate on the screenplay, so we don’t know much else.  

“Cliffhanger 2” could be written as a starring vehicle for Sly, it could be written as a reboot with a cameo by Stallone, or even with totally new characters.   One of the things that was shocking about the original was that it opened with a failed rescue and what could have been a major character died.  They wouldn’t kill off Gabe in the opening would they?  Of couse, that, like most everything else in FirstShowing.net’s post and SlashFilm.com’s follow up is pure speculation.

Chris Moreno’s “Cop Land”

Craig / / 2009, Cop Land, Craig's Sly Art

Chris Moreno worked up this very nice color take on Sly from “Cop Land” for me at a convention last year.  My buddy picked it up when I had to leave the show early and I didn’t end up getting it in my possession until just recently.  Man, I really like Chris’ art and my piece is an excellent example of “why.”  He’s a talented artist with a huge sense of humor.  What a great combination!  You can check out more of Chris’ art here.