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Tag Archives: Jim Calafiore

Make the River Swallow Them Whole!

14 Friday Dec 2012

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dinosaur, Gail Simone, Jim Calafiore, Secret Six, Skartaris, Warlord

In Secret Six #27, our despicable protagonists ride into battle on a herd of dinosaurs. Except for Catman, who gets to dress up as Warlord and ride a huge white tiger-thing. Cool! More dino carnage courtesy of Jim Calafiore and colorist Jason Wright. Also, Bane rides a dinosaur on the cover by Daniel Luvis. If you missed it yesterday, check out Calafiore’s dino double spash from Secret Six #25.

Secret Six #25-28 contains a four-part story called “The Reptile Brain.” Written by Gail Simone, “The Reptile Brain” takes place in Skartaris. Skartaris, created by Mike Grell for 1975’s Warlord, is basically the DC Comics version of Marvel’s Savage Land.

Collector’s Guide: From Secret Six #27; DC Comics, 2010. Reprinted in The Reptile Brain TPB; DC, 2011. Available in digital format from Comixology: Secret Six, The Reptile Brain.



Jim Calafiore Rocks Dinosaurs in Secret Six!

13 Thursday Dec 2012

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Bane, dinosaur, Gail Simone, Jason Wright, Jim Calafiore, Reptile Brain, Secret Six, Skartaris

You know we loved Calafiore’s Exiles rendition of the Lizard and his dinosaur illustrations for Rex Riders. Let’s enjoy some Calafiore dinosaur art for DC’s Secret Six. Also, Bane fights a griffin. What?!

Secret Six #25-28 contain a four-part story called “The Reptile Brain.” Written by Gail Simone and rendered by J. Calafiore with colorist Jason Wright, “The Reptile Brain” takes place in Skartaris. Skartaris, created by Mike Grell for 1975’s Warlord, is basically the DC Comics version of Marvel’s Savage Land.

Collector’s Guide: From Secret Six #25; DC Comics, 2010. Reprinted in The Reptile Brain TPB; DC, 2011. Also available in digital format from Comixology: Secret Six, The Reptile Brain. Comixology obligingly groups all the issues from the Reptile Brain story arc on one page to make shopping easier. Nice!



Rex Riders in Color?!

10 Saturday Sep 2011

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dinosaur, hadrosaur, Jim Calafiore, JP Carlson, parasaurolophus, Rex Riders

Just when I thought Jim Calafiore’s Rex Riders illustrations couldn’t look any better, he sent this this preliminary color version of the opening panel from the Prologue.

That’s a parasaurolophus herd in the clearing, if you’re keeping count, with pteronadons flying overhead.

Why is it being colored? I’ve been sworn to secrecy by author JP Carlson on the possibilities of Rex Riders’ dominating the universe. Loose lips sink ships — and they might have killed the dinosaurs 165 million years ago! So sssshhhhhhh. Whatever the future holds, JP won’t mind if I share this color artwork with you for now.

I shared a few of my favorite Rex Riders moments with you this summer in a Rex Riders Gallery. Meanwhile… Ride your Rex over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!

You might also enjoy the ever-expanding Dinosaur Comics Gallery.

Hamburgers Made out of Dinosaurs!

22 Monday Aug 2011

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alien, dinosaur, Fabio Pastori, Jim Calafiore, JP Carlson, Rex Riders, western

Rex Riders exploded into bookstores on June 21 like a stampeding herd of triceratops! Did you say you needed aliens with your dinosaurs? No Problem! Bullwhip fights on the frontier? You got it! How about a gigantic platform with four carved apatosaurs waiting in a secret cave to teleport you to another planet? A planet of jungle and roaming carnivore packs from our own distant past? Coming right up!

JP Carlson crafted a 430-page adventure just for you. He even throws in a barn infested with giant flesh-eating beetles that fly. If that doesn’t sound like a good time to you, you’re at the wrong web site!

We preview a page of the text below, along with stunning illustrations from Jim Calafiore, and the amygdala-annihilating cover artwork of Fabio Pastori. Today’s cover art bonus includes JP’s bio, too! We share a few more of our favorite Rex Riders moments with you this summer in a Rex Riders Gallery. Meanwhile, Ride your own Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!

You might also enjoy our complete Dinosaur Comics Gallery.

In the Center of a Cavern of Immense Size Lay a Transporter!

12 Friday Aug 2011

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JP Carlson’s 430-page adventure Rex Riders includes stunning illustrations from Jim Calafiore. Ride your Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!

They Were Willing to Challenge the Dinosaur!

22 Friday Jul 2011

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JP Carlson’s 430-page adventure Rex Riders includes stunning illustrations from Jim Calafiore. Ride your Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!

Creatures That Fed on the Flesh of the Dead!

12 Tuesday Jul 2011

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JP Carlson’s 430-page adventure Rex Riders includes stunning illustrations from Jim Calafiore. Ride your Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!

Rex Riders Exclusive Preview!

20 Monday Jun 2011

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alien, dinosaur, Fabio Pastori, Jim Calafiore, JP Carlson, novel, Rex Riders, western

Imagine riding a juvenile T-Rex the size of a horse through a prehistoric forest; fighting off an attack by a tribe of axe-wielding marauders atop feathered raptors; being chased down a riverbed by a ferocious baryonyx; riding through a herd of stampeding triceratops . . . This is the world of REX RIDERS!

JP Carlson‘s first novel is the kind of adventure story Willis O’Brien would come up with if he was around today. The illustrations are by Marvel and DC Comics’ artist Jim Calafiore. (Jim Calafiore drew our favorite Lizard story!) The cover is by paleo-artist extraordinaire Fabio Pastori.

Ride your own Rex right over to Amazon and score REX RIDERS today!

It Transformed Him into a Human-Like Lizard!

16 Sunday Jan 2011

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Exiles, Jim Calafiore, lizard, Lizard Men, Spider-man

Few things bring us as much joy as scientists mutating into reptiles and taking over the planet. Didn’t you ever just want The Lizard to win for once? Well, this is your lucky day. Let’s rock a scene from Exiles that re-imagines The Lizard’s origin — only without Spider-man to stop his evil plans!

We once thought Todd McFarlane had the last word on drawing The Lizard. But Jim Calafiore knocks it out of the park on this one. Come to think of it, the versions by Clayton Crain and Chris Bachalo also rule!

Collector’s Guide: From Exiles #17; Marvel, 2002. Reprinted in Exiles TPB Marvel Ultimate Collection #1; 2009. Reprinted in Exiles TPB #3.

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