Archive for March, 2010

Ok, PANIC!

Saturday, March 27th, 2010


Eric

I draw myself a lot for someone who generally dislikes autobiographical comics and cartoons. But there is a purpose for this version of my self-portrait.

A friend of mine – Wheeler Hall – decided to form a conglomerate of his favorite local artists, give us a theme and let us run with it, and present a gallery of our work. This self portrait is for my bio page on the brand-spankin’ new website Ok, PANIC!

Ok, PANIC! is myself, my podcast co-host and fellow artist, Jason Young, our pal Pat Kain, and a guy I don’t know – Jeff Potter – who is insanely talented.

Every two weeks, the four of us will be tackling a theme in our own unique styles. For the launch, our topic is Richie Rich. Head on over to Ok, PANIC! to see my own disturbing take on the character, as well as Pat’s, Jason’s and Jeff’s.

I’m going to try my hardest to not repost art from Ok, PANIC! on this blog, or vice versa. So check it out to see brand new art from me and my friends on a bi-weekly basis, in addition to my mostly weekly updates here.

Ok, PANIC!.

Charlton Chew

Saturday, March 20th, 2010


Charlton Heroes

Much like my opinion of Jack Kirby, I’ve spent most of my comic reading career disliking Steve Ditko. Over the past few years I’ve gotten past the things that I disliked – which were all aesthetic issues – and realized the genius of both of those creators embedded in their art. It also doesn’t hurt that Ditko created my absolute favorite superhero ever, Ted Kord – The Blue Beetle. I’m also pretty fond of Captain Atom and The Question, though not necessarily Ditko’s visions of those characters.

Anyhoo.

I like drawing adult superheroes as kids.

Gladiator

Sunday, March 14th, 2010


Gladiator

Cool Dave Cockrum design, pretty cool twist on the Superman archetype. Cool X-Men sometime villain. Bad drawing from a few years ago.

It Means “Go!”, Goddammit!

Sunday, March 7th, 2010


Green Arrow

Seriously, the green arrow means go. Don’t fucking hesitate. And for that matter, when it’s just a regular green light and you’re making a left turn, pull into the damn intersection, for chrissakes.

I believe I’ve already laid out my love for the archer superheroes in the Hawkeye drawing. I’m especially a big fan of Mike Grell’s run on G.A.

This is the most green I’ve ever used to color anything.