Turner Classic Movies, WW2 history,I love going to the D-Day museum here in my city.The Bowery Boys/Eastside Kids [Leo Gorcey,Huntz Hall] Universal horror movies ,B horror films of William Castle and Roger Corman,Vincent Price films,comic books,art ,portrait painting ,classic film ,even the silent era ,Will Eisner's ''The Spirit'' series.Raiders of the lost ark series Gene Colans artwork ,he is not only the greatest comic book artist ,but my favorite above all. I also love Alex Ross's ingenius work especialy in the ''Justice'' series,and the artwork of Jeremy Lipking whom I consider to be the greatest living ''fine' artist in the world.
I'd like to meet:
Derek Prince,Bill Cosby , Alan Arkin,John Williams,Steven Spielberg,Cary Grant, and would love to have met Bob Hope ,artist Gene Colan ,Neal Adams ,and Alex Ross ,Marv Wolfman and Len Wein, Renee Fleming [the worlds greatest voice]and T.C.M.'s Robert Osborne .
Music:
Steely Dan ,The Moody Blues ,Phil Keaggy,John Michael Talbot,Buddy Holly,Paul Simon ,I'm a real big fan of singer Paul Rodgers [best voice in rock]with Free and Bad Company ,Grand Funk,Neil Young ,Three Dog Night,Donovan,Justin Hayward.The lovin Spoonful',Badfinger,Richie Havens,The Temptations,Neil Diamond,Stevie Wonder, Bing Crosby ,Louie Armstrong ,Mozart ,Tchaikovsky,John Williams[there never was or ever will be a composer with this mans genius] ,Arron Copeland ,Renee Fleming,Neil Youngs Decade ,my favorite album.
Movies:
The Passion of the Christ[best film ever made ,thank you Mel Gibson],Ben Hur[1959 version],any Cary Grant film,Frankenstein ,the Wolfman,the Creature of the black lagoon series,Its a Wonderful life ,Munich,the purple rose of Cairo,Star Wars films [all]Superman 1&2 ,Double Idemnity,Broadway Danny Rose,Hannah and her sisters, the Pianist, Schindlers List, Saving Private Ryan ,The King of Marvin Gardens,The French Connection ,Planet of the Apes ,Silent Running,The Elephant Man,Rear Window,North by Northwest,Safety Last, Easy Rider ,Five Easy Pieces,Sullivans Travels ,The Big Sleep,The big Carnival,Catch 22,Patton,The Bishops wife ,Spiderman 1 ,2 and 3...Clint Eastwood ,Marlon Brando, George C Scott, Alan Ladd,Roger Moore,Harrison Ford,Burt Lancaster, ,Warren Beatty,Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper,Montgomery Clift, Bruce Dern, Jane Fonda ,Tom Berenger,Christopher Walken, Ned Beatty ,Grace Kelly,Cary Grant,John Hurt Jimmy Stewart,Deanna Lund ,Charlton Heston,George Hamilton ,Vincent Price,Phyllis Diller, Morgan Freeman ,Robert Deniro Veronica Lake,Robert Mitchum,Mel Gibson are among my favorite actors......Bob Rafelson ,Dennis Hopper, Frank Capra,Billy Wilder,Roman Polansky ,Charles Laughton,Steven Spielberg,are among my favorite directors.George C. Scott's preformance in ''Patton'' is the greatest acting in the history of film.
Television:
Ron Phillips ministries weekly broadcast,TCM hosted by Robert Osborne[my main tv staple] Survivorman and Dirty jobs on the Discovery channel .I'm also an avid fan of the old tv series ''Emergency''. and ''Kolchak''Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, George Reeves ''The Adventures of Superman'' ,the first two seasons of the show was incredibly written ,even by todays standards.I also love the old Irwin Allen Sci fi ,Land of the Giants ,Lost in Space ,the Time Tunnel,,,and am a big Star Trek fan ,
Books:
Secrets of the shadows ,the art and life of Gene Colan,Mythology ,the art of Alex Ross.Secret of the stairs ,Awakened by the Spirit ,Kisses from the Father by Ron W Phillips, the Grapes of wrath ,East of Eden,Derek Prince a biography.If not for the grace of God by Joyce Meyer ,C.S. Lewis The Screwtape letters...Daredevil ,Fantastic 4 ,Iron Man ,Spiderman ,and Hulk ,any comic illustrated by Gene Colan ,Herb Trimpe, or John Buscema ,and Alex Ross's ''Justice'' series from DC comics is an incredible piece of art ,brilliant concept in using vintage costume design.
Heroes:
Jesus ,Dr. Ron Phillips ,senior pastor of ''Abbas House'', Hixton Tn. ronphillips.com ,Renee Fleming ,Derek Prince, Bill Cosby ,and Bob Hope.William Hannah ,and Joseph Barbara My art was inspired by comic book artist Gene Colan ,and artist Chip Holton who taught me most of what I know about art. I had the privilage of meeting John Romita Sr.and Joe Kubrick ,and shook hands with both masters of comic book art .
