Category: Sketch-a-Day

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Last night, I started watching Guillermo Del Toro’s Mimic. I did not finish it due to needing to get up earlier than usual. Tonight, I am watching The Phantom and I realize that James Remar (Dexter‘s dad) is in two of the most unfairly maligned comic adaptations of the 90s (the aforementioned “The Phantom” and …

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530. Return of the Fly

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I’m currently house/cat-sitting for my folks. So, cable is happening. And on Sunday I watched three of the original batch Planet of the Apes films (Escape from, Conquest of, and Battle for). They were on. I also re-watched Oz the Great and Powerful and the pilot episode of Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain. I enjoyed …

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528. The Riddler

I watched Batman (1966) yesterday. Twice. It is a delightful movie and I love it. I particularly think Frank Gorshin as the Riddler is fantastically perfect. So, I was inspired.

527. Batgirl

Bandwagon! I jump it. With the news of the new creative team on board Batgirl and her slick new costume, I decided that I too wanted to draw it. I like better than the jagged armor thing she was wearing, but I still bristle about comic characters with “realistic” costumes – which is what this …

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Last night, on the word of one Joseph G. Runenwald, I watched a fillim called Perfect Sense – which is a terrible title. It stars the ever lovely Eva Green and even lovelier Ewan McGregor (who I feel deserves better in this world. The Star Wars prequels were a long time ago [in a galaxy …

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More white ink on black paper.

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522. Rondo Hatton

I’ve drawn characters like this numerous times, but this one is an actual person. Rondo Hatton was an b-movie actor and a horror icon in the 30s and 40s, usually playing thugs, monsters and brutes. He was a journalist before that. He suffered from acromegaly, which distorted his face as an adult and makes him …

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