If you’re a fan of Marvel Films’ extraordinarily successful movies, you’re no doubt aware that tomorrow’s the day for the DVD and Blu-Ray release of Guardians of the Galaxy, the box-office blockbuster adaptation of the popular Marvel Comics scj-fi series. Starring Chris Pratt (Parks & Recreation), Zoe Saldana (Star Trek), WWE wrestling legend Dave Bautista, and the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper, Guardians has taken the world by the proverbial storm, and is the highest grossing film of the year. Who knew a talking raccoon and a walking tree with a three-word vocabulary could generate such interest?
But, you ask, why am I talking about this movie, here at ’Warp Central? Because long before he became a motion picture star, Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, was the star of a series of comic and magazine adventures published by Marvel—and SWC’s own artistic legend, Bob Larkin, painted the cover for one of them!
What you see here is the cover of Marvel Preview #18, with Quill in his 1970s-era costume—a lot more superheroish than what you saw in GotG, but what would you expect from a company that specializes in superhero comics? (Bonus tidbit: the male model who posed for this painting was actor Steve Holland, who not only played Flash Gordon in a popular 1950s television series, but whose rugged features, from the ’70s to today, remain the gold-standard look for pulp adventurer Doc Savage. Holland posed for Doc covers not only for Bob, but for Bob’s mentor, superstar painter James Bama.)
By the way, science fiction comic book fans, have you purchased a copy of The Bob Larkin Sketchbook? If not, you’re missing out on spectacular pencil drawings of Richard Rider, the original Nova (from GotG’s Nova Corps), the X-Men, the Hulk, Luke Skywalker, and a host of other characters by the talented Mr. Larkin. It’s 24 pages of artistic goodness, available exclusively from the StarWarp Concepts webstore. Visit the Bob Larkin Sketchbook product page for all the ordering information, as well as sample pages.
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Right on the heels of my last post, in which I discussed the use of legendary painter Bob Larkin’s Doc Savage artwork in faux superhero covers at the site Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues, comes some great Larkin-related news for horror movie fans!
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Matched up with Bob for these covers are Captain America by John Cassaday (Star Wars, Planetary, Astonishing X-Men) and Hawkman by…I don’t know; I don’t recognize the image, and the site doesn’t list the artist. (Then again, they don’t list Bob’s name for any of his work on the site; they seem to think it’s by Joe Jusko. Bob was one of Jusko’s mentors/inspirations.) There are other entries featuring Bob’s paintings—for example, one of his Planet of the Apes covers combined with a Jusko Hulk, and a Nick Fury image matched with James Bond (by Robert McGinnis?), Doc Savage, Indiana Jones (by Dave Dorman?), and Batman—so visit Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues for all the comic book team-ups you’ve dreamed about seeing. Since the site’s constantly being updated, if the team-ups you’re looking for aren’t there, it’s probably only a matter of time before they show up!
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Want to know how John Carter—formerly a Confederate officer and self-described gentleman from Virginia—wound up on the red planet in the first place? Then order a copy of 
Tonight on the popular (and well-done) television series Sleepy Hollow, man-out-of-time Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and his monster-fighting partner, police lieutenant Abigail Mills (Nicole Beharie), cross paths with Lilith (Caroline Ford; pictured here in-character), a succubus determined to steal the souls of Ichabod and anyone else she comes across in the Headless Horseman’s stomping grounds. Well, if the notion of lethal sexual demons intrigues you, then do we at StarWarp Concepts have a graphic novel for you!
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