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Adventureblog Gallery: Frankenstein and Friends

Filed Under addams family, frankenstein, hyde, jekyll, sam hiti

The Addams Family

By Sam Hiti.

Mr. Hyde

By Dave Malan.

Frankenstein’s Womb

Art from Warren Ellis’ Frankenstein project by Marek Oleksicki. I love how faithful it is to Shelley’s description.

Wake the Dead

Concept art by Gino Acevedo from the film based on Steve Niles and Chee’s modern-day retelling of the Frankenstein story. Another faithful depiction.

Happy Birthday, Dear Monster

Today’s not an anniversary for Mary Shelly or her book or any of her creations, but this picture’s too cool not to share anyway. It’s Boris Karloff celebrating the 150th anniversary of Frankenstein’s publication in 1968. (Found in Life’s photo archive.)

Oh, and as long as we’re talking Frankenstein, check out this short interview with actor Doug Jones (Abe from Hellboy) about Guillermo del Toro’s planned Frankenstein film. Jones wants to play the Monster and there’s a strong chance that this version’s depiction of the creature will be yet again faithful to Mary Shelly’s description. Turns out that del Toro is a big fan of Bernie Wrightson.

(I feel like I should mention that my preference for this look on the Monster doesn’t have nearly as much to do with fundamentalist demand for faithfulness to the source material as it does with the design just looking really really cool.)

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Adventureblog Gallery: Ookla, Frodo, End Times monster, Doctor Who, and a killer robot

Filed Under doctor who, giant monsters, lord of the rings, robots, sam hiti, thundarr

Ooka the Mok

By Gnarfdeath. (Thanks, House of Duck!)

Why Frodo sucks

According to Chris Sanders.

Los Tiempos Finales Giant Monster

By Sam Hiti. I cannot wait for this book.

Doctor Who

By Dave Perillo.

Robur the Conqueror

By Frank R. Paul.

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Awesome List: Kong sequel, Crystal Skulls documentary, Thor casting, and more

Filed Under brad meltzer, conventions, cori doerrfeld, eli stone, indiana jones, king kong, robots, sam hiti, scott foley, star wars, superman, the unit, thor, tyler page, victor garber

Kong movie sequel

I haven’t read it all the way through yet, but I’ve got Joe DeVito’s book Kong: King of Skull Island. There was nothing really wrong with the book to make me put it down, but I was trying to read it directly after the disappointing prequel novel, King Kong: The Island of the Skull and the Thoroughly Awesome Peter Jackson movie. The prequel novel burned me out on anything that wasn’t the movie and unfortunately, DeVito’s book fell into that category.

Still, it’s got pretty pictures and promised to be a cool story, so I’d like to get back to it if only I had the time. Markosia did a comics adaptation, but the art was disappointing, so I didn’t buy it. Fortunately, there’s going to be a movie. Hopefully, it’ll be better than the previous attempts at movie sequels.

My two bits on the Thor casting rumor

Of course it’s not news that Marvel would love to have Brad Pitt play Thor. I’m sure Marvel would love to have Brad Pitt play Batroc the Leaper if they could get him. What’s important about this no-brainer is that it’s made me realize that yes, someone like Brad Pitt would make a good Thor and that no, it doesn’t have to be a no-acting muscle-man in the role.

Super hero movies rule right now because they’re starring real actors and I’m confident that whoever they get to play Thor will be able to hold his own next to Robert Downey Jr., Ed Norton, and Samuel L. Jackson in the Avengers movie.

Mystery of the Crystal Skulls

The SciFi Channel’s currently running a documentary on the crystal skulls legends. Gotta set my TiVo. Looks like the next showings are tomorrow at 4:00 PM and May 28 at 10:00 AM. I’m assuming those are Eastern Times.

The Terminator countdown clock marches on

The US military is building warbots that look like spiders. Do these people not watch movies?

Why I’m not at all excited to see the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon

Because Topless Robot is totally right that we don’t need more Jabba and Tatooine stories. I think Lucas is as tired of Star Wars as I am. I saw the trailer before Speed Racer and I was actually bored. I never thought I’d say that about Star Wars.

Eli Stone and The Unit renewed

This may fall under the category of Stuff Nobody Cares About But Me, but it makes me very happy that both Eli Stone (Yay, Sydney’s Dad!) and The Unit (Yay, Dreamy Noel!) have been renewed for next season.

Seriously? Victor Garber is probably my favorite actor right now. He’s “sinnnnfully delicious.” (My undying love to you if you get that reference.) And it occurs to me that his daughter on Alias used to be married to Dreamy Noel, so… small world.

Welcome to Your World, Baby

Cute, pink, children’s books are something else that I don’t often talk about here, but it’s Truly Awesome that Cori Doerrfeld – one of my favorite visual artists – is illustrating a cute, pink, children’s book for Brooke Shields. Cori and her husband Tyler Page are two people I always look forward to seeing at conventions and getting new stuff from.

Speaking of conventions

Here’s a picture Jess Hickman took of me and Sam Hiti jawing before MicroCon while Grant Gould is hard at work.

The Book of Lies

Brad Meltzer’s new book will feature the search for two murder weapons: the gun that killed the father of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, and the item that Cain used to kill Abel. Sounds very, very cool.

Indiana Jones makes everything better, ad infinitum

Fast food.

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Artist of the Day: Sam Hiti

Filed Under lone wolf and cub, sam hiti

Sam Hiti’s version of Lone Wolf and Cub:

There’s another one in the link, so make with the clicky!

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