Tag: Movies

Heroes Commissions: Characters from Quentin Tarantino Movies

This is one of the more fun commissions I’ve gotten lately: Clarence and Alabama Worley from True Romance and Mr. Blonde from Reservoir Dogs. Those are actually my two favorite Tarantino movies–and really the only two that I think hold up well over time. I loved Pulp Fiction when it came out but I re-watched …

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In Memoriam: Irvin Kershner – Empire Drawings

I’m sure I’ve posted some or all of these childhood drawings of mine before, but with the recent death of Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner, I thought it’d be appropriate to drag them out again. While there may be one or two folks out there who’d debate Empire‘s status as the best of the …

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Ricardo Montalban R.I.P.

It’s been a grim week or so: first Ron Asheton, now Ricardo Montalban.  As slashdot remarked, “The voice of Rich Corinthian Leather is silenced, but we still have the memories.”

30 Years of Star Wars

There’s tons of hoopla going around of late–NPR stories, postage stamps, etc. regarding the thirtieth anniversary of the opening of Star Wars in the U.S., which is today. While the whole Star Wars machine these days can be cynically viewed solely as an entity which produces lackluster films designed to sell cheap crap to little …

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Pan’s Labyrinth

I don’t have the background or expertise to write a film review that would even be considered well-informed (I’m all about the comics, see?…) but I will say that the new Guillermo Del Toro film, Pan’s Labyrinth, is awesome. Go see it. Given that all of my sketchbook doodles for some reason wind up with …

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