We wrap up a truly fun Kathleen Coyle Week with Drexl Spivey from the movie True Romance. Drexl is played by Kathleen’s future husband, Gary Oldman. It has been absolute ages since I’ve seen that movie and I honestly don’t remember his role very well. I remember stoner Brad Pitt, Chris Walken and Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer as Elvis, but not Gary Oldman, sadly. I will have to watch this movie again. Maybe even before this actually posts! I know I bitched about likenesses the other day, but while I would never be able to draw Gary Oldman from say… Batman Begins or Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, I could definitely draw him from Hannibal, or this movie. The facial scarring, the dreadlocks, the clothes – he is a recognizable character and it doesn’t truly matter that what I drew looks nothing like Mr. Oldman.
520. Drexl Spivey
519. Jubilee
Happy America’s Birthday! Let’s try to ignore all the terrible, terrible things we’ve done as a nation – past, present and future! If you don’t like it, GTFO! In addition to celebrating our bloody national horror with copious amounts of delicious seared dead animal bits and disgusting “salads” that mostly involve mayonnaise, it also continues to be Kathleen Coyle Week. So we combine the two, with the X-MEN’s own firework disaster, Jubilation Lee! That’s right! One of the top 5 worst X-characters ever written into the book – and despite everything that’s been done to attempt to make her okay, she has only gotten worse. In fact, right now she’s a vampire that stole a baby that eventually becomes Iron Man or some shit. Comics! I made a very conscious decision to make her look Asian here, considering I found out she was always supposed to be but has never ever ever ever been drawn that way (except by Chris Bachalo in his original run on GENERATION X). I don’t think I did a good job at all. But who gives a shit? It’s Jubi-fuckin’-lee.
518. Wicked Witch of the West
I based this loosely off of the Mila Kunis version of the character from Oz: The Great and Powerful (spoiler, B.T.dubs), because, y’know, boobs and a hot chick. I’m sure Kathleen can appreciate that, right?
517. Booger
This is a terrible drawing and a terrible likeness, but hey, even during Kathleen Coyle Week, they can’t all be gold. While I’ve never actually seen Revenge of the Nerds, I was aware of Booger, and of course I’ve seen Curtis Armstrong in other things. The thing is, despite his role as Booger and his typecasting as the ugly, schlubby guy, he’s actually still a handsome man with little to grab onto as far as “character” goes to make for a good sketch (other than wacky t-shirts). He’s not ugly, just Hollywood Ugly.
516. Immortal Care Bear
When I declared that this would be Kathleen Coyle Week and asked her for a wishlist, she said “A Care Bear of your own design” and then suggested a Liefeld Care Bear. I leaned toward that for a while, but I couldn’t mentally mash the two things together. What would I have used for a symbol? A pouch? So then I decided on a Care Bear inspired by the Black Metal band Immortal
515. Derek Hale
Kathleen Coyle Week rolls on with this sketch of Derek Hale from the television progrimm Teen Wolf. The second episode of season four airs tonight. I used to have conflicting emotions about this show, but now, fuck all that. I love it, it’s great. It’s godawful, but it’s great. Anyhoo, Derek is the prettiest pretty boy hunkiest hunk on the show, which honestly makes him terrible to draw, because there is nothing about him. Even in his werewolf form, there is nothing. Handsome, pretty people are the worst to draw unless they wear an elaborate costume. Luckily, Derek has a recognizable back tattoo, so viola, instant character. This sketch also gave me a chance to use a brand new white gel pen – which is now my new love in my life. But this is all moot, since they recast the role of Derek Hale in the previous episode. I guess they wanted to go younger. Fuckin’ Hollywood, man.
514. The Count
I haven’t done this in a while – a week of requests dictated by one of my friends. So, here we begin Kathleen Coyle Week! First up on Kat’s wishlist: Count Von Count!
513. Green Arrow
I finally caught up on Arrow this morning as I was drawing, so hence today’s sketch and why I included Arrow’s most famous catchphrase even though this doodle is of the golden age era G.A.
Ooh, also last night, I watched the Spike Lee remake of Oldboy and now I am no longer friends with Ryan Merrell. Or Josh Brolin for that matter.
511. Bat-Man
I figured since I’ve been drawing a fair amount of Superman villains lately, I should definitely include his biggest arch-nemesis, Bat-Man. Apparently, the Bat-Fella is also celebrating a 75th anniversary. Even if you’re a comic fan, I’d excuse you not noticing. DC Comics and Warner Brothers have kept the celebration pretty low-key. What do you expect with such an obscure villain? I gotta hand it to Bat-Guy’s creator, Bill Finger. Somehow this little-known footnote made Bill Finger a multi-trillionaire, and in the process, Finger was able to screw over a whole bunch of his contemporary comic creators like Bob Kane. Bill Finger, creator of The Bat-Man, you’re incorrigible! Don’t ever change!