I ran across this fun piece of fan art the other day that I thought was worth sharing:
The artist is a cat named Jonathan Harris, and here’s what he has to say about this piece:
Indiana Jones and the Rise of the Valkyrie featuring the Rocketeer.
18×24 Acrylic and color pencil on Watercolor paper.
Well, the comp is pretty much done. Maybe I can make this poster size this year We’ll see.
This little art idea came about out of love and frustration.
Love for the Indiana Jones franchise and all things Indy, for the Rocketeer and the late Dave Stevens, and lastly for the incomparable talent of Drew Struzan whose posters inspired the imagination of a 9 year old boy and the continuing artistic endeavors of a 39 year old man.
Frustration over the fact that the Indy (Harrison Ford) movie franchise may be never continue, that Dave Stevens is no longer with us to give us further adventures of the Rocketeer, and that Drew Struzan is semi-retired and Hollywood doesn’t seem interested in classic movie poster production.
But in my corner of the world, imagination and heart, they will always continue. Appreciation for what has come and imagination for what might always be.
Of course, Jonathan isn’t the first to imagine a meeting between two of pop culture’s most beloved 1930s adventurers. Just sayin’.
Never thought about this particular team-up (crossovers are not my bag, man!), but these two wouldn’t be all h
(Grumble, grumble…damn phone!) as I was saying…these two wouldn’t be all that bad. They’re both from the same era, both are great at Nazi-stompin’ and it makes for a great poster!
It’s a pretty obvious combination, for a lot of reasons… the time period, the general flavor of their respective adventures, the Nazis… Joe Johnston, who directed The Rocketeer, worked for ILM earlier in his career, and I believe was involved in either Temple of Doom or Last Crusade, or both (he’s the cat who directed the first Captain America, too… he knows his ’30s/40s pulp heroes!). And I recall the novelization for The Rocketeer even had a throw-away line to the effect of Sinclair counting himself lucky he’d gotten the assignment in Hollywood, and not that “interminable archeological dig near Cairo…” Something like that… 😀