May 29th, 2010
I was a fan of the Marv Wolfman/George Perez Teen Titans late in life. I wound up picking up a bundle of issues that included the “Judas Contract” storyline from a used bookstore when I was 18 or 19. I was aware of Deathstroke from his own series, but had assumed he was just a Punisher rip-off. He’s more like Captain America gone bad. In my mind, anyway. Anyhoo, he’s a little overexposed at the moment, but he’s a great villain with a great look and design. Whenever they changed his costume, it was a crime against humanity.
I drew a Deathstroke sketch about a year ago for the purposes of putting it on here at some time. I found it while digging around looking for stuff to update the blog with, but it was not something I felt good about. I feel like I’m striving toward a more cartoony style, and the old drawing wasn’t bombastic enough (not that this is, either). But I think this new drawing is more where I’d like to head to, stylistically.
I dunno. I’m full of it.
This week on Gutter Trash: Demolition Man.
Tags: art, Color, DC, Deathstroke, Ink, Teen Titans, villains
Posted in Artwork | 4 Comments »
May 22nd, 2010
More Marvel villains. This was, I believe, my fifth attempt at drawing The Juggernaut. I drew him a few times in his normal Marvel Universe look, but I could get past the damn helmet. I know it’s comics, I know it’s supposed to be ridiculous, but my mind couldn’t wrap around the physics of it. Then I tried the Ultimate Universe version, and still had the same problem.
So I jumped onto the old Internets and looked at how other artists have drawn him. None of it helped. But then I saw a statue made for X-Men 3. Apparently it was the original design for the character, and I thought “Wow, that’s fucking awesome.” It’s too bad they didn’t use it in the actual movie, and it’s too bad no one took it to the comics. Because I think it’s bad ass, and it “makes sense” to me. So that’s the variation I went with, and finally did a semi-successful Juggernaut drawing.
This week on Gutter Trash: Umbrella Academy Vol. 2.
This week at Ok, PANIC!: Rock Gig Posters.
Tags: art, black and white, Ink, Juggernaut, X-Men, X-Men 3
Posted in Artwork | 1 Comment »
May 15th, 2010
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!
Tags: art, Color, Ink, Prof. Zoom, Reverse Flash, The Flash, Wally West
Posted in Artwork | 3 Comments »
May 14th, 2010
My pal Jason went to Canada last week and attended the Toronto Comic and Art Festival (or whatever). He sent me this bitchin’ Hellboy postcard! I love Hellboy!
I still don’t know if Jason is back yet, or even alive. Oh well.
Oh, and there was some crap on the back too.
Tags: Cam Stewart, Hellboy, Jason Young, Jeff Lemire, Jim Rugg, postcard, TCAF
Posted in Artwork | 3 Comments »
May 8th, 2010
Favorite cartoon villain as a kid. Can’t say I hated him in the movie, because he was barely in it. And I actually liked the movie. Excited for the animated movie to be coming out on blu-ray. Boom.
This week on OK, Panic!: Cartoon character/horror mash-ups
This week on Gutter Trash: Oldboy and Episodes 1 through 3 of our live SPACE recordings.
Tags: art, Cobra, Cobra Commander, Color, G.I. Joe, Ink
Posted in Artwork | Comments Off
