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Category: Sketch-a-Day
4. Slim Summers
Cyclops’ nickname in the early issues of X-Men was “Slim”, yet I never thought he was drawn particularly skinnier or ganglier than Angel or Iceman, or even Professor X. So I fixed it.
3. Lady Beetle
Over Christmas my former friend asked if she could draw me something as a present. I said yes, she asked me what I would want. Whenever any of my friends asks me what I want them to draw, I say Blue Beetle (Ted Kord). Not being comfortable drawing male characters, she drew a female version. …
1. Wonder Woman
Oh. Hey. What happened? What’s goin’ on? How’re you? So. I realized today that it was exactly two years ago that I had started my initial Sketch-A-Day project. I worked on it for 369 (my brotha!) days straight and never missed a day. It was an incredibly productive year, if otherwise meaningless. It was tiring …
369 – Marshal Law
Marshal Law is one of those books that was always on the periphery for me when I started reading comics. I would order back issues and trades and such from a mail order catalog – usually X-Men or Batman related stuff. But a couple books always stood out in the ads I would see. Things …
368 – One Punch
So, this is one of the more complicated requests I got over the course of the year. I had actually attempted to do this one many times throughout the months, and always failed or got caught up in something else. A few weeks ago when I decided to expand the Daily Sketches by four days …
367 – Scud, the Disposable Assassin
I have not yet read Scud, the Disposable Assassin, but I own the gigantically hefty complete series omnibus. I got it for about 5 bucks in the aftermath of Border’s Books and Music shutting down. Yay terrible economy with a mix of piracy!
366 – Deadpool
Deadpool is a character who has really risen above his origins. Congratulations, Wade. Sketch-a-Day, One Year plus One! Forging ahead!