I dunno a thing about this character. Skateboard! 90s!
February 2014 archive
373. Cyborg
My list for this month is a little Marvel-heavy, so I’m trying to break it up with other characters when I can. Cyborg was a character I first “found” from the Super Powers cartoon back in my childhood. I always liked him, Firestorm too. Eventually I discovered Wolfman & Perez’s TEEN TITANS and continued to …
372. Nick Fury, Jr.
This may be the one character I draw this month that I actively hate. Classic Nick Fury is awesome. Even Ultimate Nick Fury is awesome. Samuel L. Jackson as Movie Nick Fury is double plus awesome (I just listened to the 1984 audiobook). But holy crap is Nick Fury, Jr. a turd and a half. …
371. Michonne
If I had any foresight, I would have saved Black Panther for today’s entry. 20 years ago today, we lost Jack “King” Kirby, creator of B.P. (originally Coal Tiger). But I didn’t, so I decided to go against type and put up my one non-superhero entry for this month, Michonne from The Walking Dead. I’ve …
370. Chapel
So I made this list of black superheroes with help from my friend Jason. When we were brainstorming characters, he kept asking who the guy from Youngblood was. Jason is – shockingly – a huge Rob Liefeld fan. I kept saying “Chapel”. He kept saying “no, the other guy”, as if he was dismissing Chapel …
369. Black Panther
I’ve talked about my weird admiration of Black Panther before, I think. This also makes the 6th time I’ve drawn him for the blog. Anyhoo. If Marvel is reading, when you make the movie: A) Wakanda is a high-tech utopia & the most advanced civilization on Earth. No straw huts, loincloths or spears, please. B) …
368. Shadowman
Having recently read an old Valiant comic for Gutter Trash, I got some Valiant on the brains. If you choose to believe the wikipedia page, Shadowman is the mostest popular character in the history of all comic books from all time. I get that he was indeed popular, enough to launch a video game franchise …
367. War Machine
James “Rhodey” Rhodes. I just read his wikipedia page and now my head and heart hurt. Anyway, I think he’s now the Iron Patriot in the comics as well as the movies, but to me, he’ll always be War Machine. Mostly because that is also the name of the last good KISS song.
366. Luke Cage
So yeah. Hi. Thus begins Year Two of The Sketch-A-Day 2.0. February is going to be a theme month, coinciding with Black History Month. I am going to draw 27 black superheroes and 1 non-superhero. I was initially going to include black supervillains, but much like Marvel and DC, I am too afraid to present …