Always loved this cartoon as a kid. Still watch it occasionally when schedules align. Have wanted an excuse to draw him for a long time.
Patreon Commission: Dr. Volkh
Apparently like an evil Russian Mr. Fantastic from the 90s
Punisher
Just wanted to drawn an old fat Punisher, to represent most of the old fat assholes who seem to absolutely love The Punisher.
By the way, as always, Punisher = Villain.
Uncanny X-Men #139
From the Vault!
I was doing my taxes the other day, and stumbled across these drawings in a folder. I drew this in 2009, presumably to submit to the Covered Blog – a much missed presence on the web. Or, to Rejected by Covered – another much missed presence on the web (Hey, JB). I drew this in pieces and was going to stitch it together (much like I did here), and color it (back in the day with mouse clicks and Photoshop). I think I even had colored the Angel portion at some point, but must have lost the file. So, in lieu of not publicly sharing stuff I’ve been working (Check out my Patreon if you wanna see that stuff!), I’ll post it here in a quickie slapdash format without color.
Jesus. 2009. I was one year into my first podcast. I was 3 years into my only real “career” job I ever had. I was single, nothing new there. Obama was in office. We had HOPE. Marvel movies had yet to ruin the entire cinema experience for the next 20 years. Dark Knight had just started to rear the absolutely execrable comic-movie fan-choads of the world into being. We didn’t know what we had! What a time.
Patreon Commission: Combo Man
Special commission for a longtime supportive and loyal Patron. I’ve always kinda wanted to draw Combo Man, and a 4×6 black and white card wasn’t gonna cut it.
Combo Man was a promotional ad in 90s Marvel Comics for the snack food Combos. If you guessed all 14 characters that made up Combo Man, you got blahblah. I’m a Combo loyalist (Pizzeria are my go-to). I love Marvel Comics. This wormed a special place into my brain.
However until the beginning of this month, there were 2 sections of Combo Man that I could never guess, and finally looked them up. Elbows & lower abs, and lower thighs above the knees.
In the original ad, Combo’s elbows & lower abs were just a plain dark red heavily shadowed area. My instinct would have said Daredevil, but his was in his Black Armor phase at the time, as represented by the forearms & waist. Otherwise it could be anybody. Turns out? Carnage. I don’t know where they cobbled the art from, but the original ad looks like no version of I’d ever seen. He was always squiggly, messy, and gooey. This was just… nothing.
The lower thighs, with white squares… I had no idea. Upon discovering that it was the beloved Avenger “Century”, my reaction was “whodafuck?”. Who is this nobody tool? How did he rate a piecd of the Combo Man glory?
Anyway. I’ve been snacking on Combos for the last two weeks.
Patreon Commission: Hourman
I love all iterations of Hourman. Quietly the best of the JSAers.
Patrin Commission: The Thin Man
I had never heard of this Golden Age Marvel hero before.
Where’s Myrna Loy?