Inspired by a comment from Josh Marowitz (friend of Joe Grunenwald and listener of League Night), I decided to give Wally West a Fourth World-inspired makeover to explain that he has become a New God, which is why he no longer exists in the DC Universe anymore.
Since DC apparently refuses to use Wally West for anything worthwhile, I figured I’d draw him here, also so my friend Joe can get mad.
But hey, at least all the Flashes are still ‘merican citizens, dagnabbit. Not like that filthy commie Superman.
I am a fan of The Flash in concept and design. He is a character, much like The X-Men that I am always interested in reading, but usually always disappointed in. More so now that Barry Allen is back. I can’t give a flying fuck. Wally West is The Flash to me. And yeah, he’s still around, he’s still called Flash, but it’s not the same, and I don’t care that he’s wearing the John Wesley Shipp costume. Barry taints all.
I did draw Wally here wearing the John Wesley Shipp costume, but I also made it shiny like Mike Wieringo did when he was drawing the character. I always loved that, and his whole take on the book and characters. Wieringo was a fantastic artist, and it’s still devastating that he’s gone.
As has been pointed out to me, I seem to gravitate toward “evil opposites” for favorite villains, and I have always loved Professor Zoom/Reverse Flash. No real reason for it.
Even though he did not specifically ask for it, the drawing is dedicated to Joe G.
This week on Gutter Trash: Bullshit!
Been busy, and I wanted to wait until I had these things colored before I posted them. But it’s probably not going to happen anytime soon.
Anyhoo, over Christmas, rather than spend money on folks, I drew these cover recreations for some friends of mine. I discovered that doing these are incredibly fun, and I’ve got a mental list of future silver age covers I’d love to recreate. I would also love to take commissions for some as well, if anyone would be willing to pay (I work relatively cheap). If you or anyone you know wants one, send me an email.
This Doom Patrol is the first cover I did, which is why it’s the only one with an unfinished color version.
Next up was Hawkgirl. Obviously, the original wasn’t a Hawkgirl comic, but for the purposes of the gift, it needed to be.
Finally was The Flash. This was hard to do, because almost every Flash cover from this era is awesomely hilarious, and it was difficult to choose.
