tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post1427037407376200658..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: The Black Dragon’s Revenge (1975)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-58942439495806652892022-11-21T05:52:14.134-08:002022-11-21T05:52:14.134-08:00Just a correction----the "white guy" who...Just a correction----the "white guy" who starred with Ron Van Clief in this film, Charles Bonet, was actually Puerto Rican. There's some extensive interviews with both him and Clief in a new book that came out very recently called These Fists Break Bricks:How Kung Fu Swept America And Changed The World, by Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali. It also has a hell of a lot of pics of old-school kung-fu movie posters in it--so maybe some of this Adams work is in there, too. And yeah, Van Clief should have had a Hollywood career, since he was handsome, a legit professional martial artist, and could actually act. He was also the very first American martial artist signed by Shaw Brothers to do kung fu flicks, interestingly enough. He also wrote a book about his life in martial arts and HK films called Black Artists of the Martial World some years back. squeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605962176523261516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-1658560755168386372017-09-01T13:15:51.974-07:002017-09-01T13:15:51.974-07:00My bad.
Thanks!My bad.<br />Thanks!Guy Callawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237807931893298891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-70001266023289602392017-08-31T17:59:30.993-07:002017-08-31T17:59:30.993-07:00The Three Fantastic Supermen poster is a fun one b...The Three Fantastic Supermen poster is a fun one but it's actually by comic book artist Keith Pollard rather than Neal. It's signed.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-41886991665535055202017-08-31T17:36:49.639-07:002017-08-31T17:36:49.639-07:00Another odd Neal effort is the art for 'The Th...Another odd Neal effort is the art for 'The Three Fantastic Supermen' - an extremely odd Italian film from 1967(!), but issued (Stateside) in the mid-'70's.Guy Callawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237807931893298891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-11630098686978384392017-08-30T10:18:07.951-07:002017-08-30T10:18:07.951-07:00Unmistakably Neal. One strange aspect of exploring...Unmistakably Neal. One strange aspect of exploring the lower depths of 70s cinema has been discovering how many posters he did, with only a few for real movies (e.g., Westworld). Strange he never caught fire in that business, as his combination of photo-realistic illustration and bold graphics would seem a natural fit. Given the busy layout for this one-sheet and some of the others he did, I would guess he tried to serve too many notes instead of following his own instincts. A little Saul Bass minimalism would've gone a long way.By Peter Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-207929836526419752017-08-29T13:16:26.195-07:002017-08-29T13:16:26.195-07:00That IS by Neal. He tried to get into the lucrativ...That IS by Neal. He tried to get into the lucrative film poster market with a half dozen or so posters in the mid-70s but he somehow just never really made it in that field. Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-53070691679431602632017-08-29T11:12:10.882-07:002017-08-29T11:12:10.882-07:00That poster art sure looks like it was done by Nea...That poster art sure looks like it was done by Neal Adams. Looks like the cover to an issue of Deadly hands of Kung Fu Magazine!Steve Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00354997639456484459noreply@blogger.com