Crusher Creel, aka The Absorbing Man, aka not Nick Nolte. Back in Junior High I was buying Marvel Universe trading cards, and I remember my friends and I seeing the Absorbing Man card (If I remember correctly, done by Art Adams). They had power stats and things on the back of the cards, including one …
November 2011 archive
292 – Fisto
Over at Ok, PANIC!, our topic this week was Masters of the Universe. I had an incredibly tough time coming up with something to draw, because I wanted to draw ALL of it. I still do. The Fisto drawing that is up at PANIC! is like my 5th attempt at drawing something for the topic. …
291 – Wonder Man
My final Wonder Man, the ionic, living Kirby Krackle version.
290 – Wonder Man
This is the (mostly) the costume Wonder Man wore when I first was introduced to the character in John Byrne’s West Coast Avengers. Sans mullet, though. Because, y’know. Mullet.
289 – Wonder Man
Hollywood/Safari outfit, which I think is awesome.
288 – Star
Star was (is?) a supporting character from Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon, a character and creator I have gone on about at length. Star was sort of a Spider-Man-ish character, but Larsen added some twists and to the archetype and to the character itself, making him a beloved recurring hero. Anyway, there’s a guy I know …
287 – Wonder Man
Simon Williams in his original Wonder Man costume, when he was an undercover bad guy. Or something. The Avengers should have known he was a villain, because no heroes in the Marvel Universe wear green, only bad guys. If Wonder Man were in the DCU he’d be a mega-good guy. They love green over there. …
286 – Wolverine
Old school whisker-mask, small eye-piece Wolverine. Also, I shortened the gloves and the flares on his boots. I went ahead and made his teeth metal, because they would be, right? No one ever mentions this. He could absotively bite the shit out of people. Finally, I’ve always thought that his mutton-chops should stick out of …
285 – Conrad Lant
Spent the day at Horrorhound Cincinnati with Kurt Dinse, whose cartoon avatar is Conrad Lant, star of Kurt’s comic One Year in Indiana. Conrad is the world’s smartest death metal vocalist who is stranded in Indiana when his band stops touring. It is loosely based on Kurt’s own experiences, and one of the best comics …