Another request from the Potter family, this one definitely from Sarah. If DC Comics wants to appeal to a larger audience with a strong female character, they can look no further than Ma Hunkel.
Tag: DC Comics
326 – Transmetropolitan
I love Transmetropolitan. It’s one of the few long-run series that I’ve read multiple times in its entirety (Preacher, The Invisibles and Shade the Changing Man being the others). A few years back we had a pretty bad winter where it seemed to continuously snow for weeks on end. One morning, sound asleep, I wake …
322 – The Wonder Twins
So as I was drawing The Wonder Twins, I began to wonder something: Did John Byrne rip them off to create Aurora and Northstar from Alpha Flight? Both sets are twins who powers only “activate” when they touch hands; both are from strange lands (alien planet & Quebec); both males are homosexual; both have pointy …
321 – Vixen
Joe Grunenwald and I host a podcast called League Night, in which we are in the process of watching the Justice League animated series. In the most recent episode we recorded – which will be available for download in about a month or so – we had a lengthy discussion about Vixen. Vixen was a …
320 – Citizen Steel
The only version of this character that I am familiar with is Citizen Steel, the grandson of Commander Steel and cousin of the Justice League Detroit member Steel. He’s also an Ohioan, and while he was a member of The Justice Society of America when I was reading the book, he is probably more famous …
319 – Gypsy
I know absolutely nothing of this character other than she appeared in some vaguely remembered issues of Justice League International as part of Booster Gold’s commercially sponsored superhero team, and that she appeared briefly in an episode of Justice League Unlimited, phasing through a wall. But she’s famously part of Justice League Detroit, and Joe …
318 – Vibe
Joe G. Week, Part 4: The Voyage Home. Vibe was a breakdancing latino gang member who joined the Justice League when they moved to Detroit. Because every superteam needs a bad, extremely dated racist stereotype. Also, Alfonso Ribeiro ruined the world back in the 80s. Vibe has an even more ridiculous costume than this, but …
317 – Dick Grayson: Earth 2 Robin
Joe G. Week, Part 3: The Continuing! The adult Robin of Earth 2 has two different costumes that I’ve seen, one is just sort of a modified version of the regular Robin costume with long pants and slightly worse arrangements of the colors. Then there’s this one, which I think is awesome and hilarious.
316 – Dick Grayson: Owlman
Joe Grunenwald Week, Part 2! Back in Batman #107, Dick Grayson (Robin) was exposed to some chemical that caused him to grow into adulthood. Batman – who has no problem whatsoever with placing a 10 year old child in incredible, life-threatening danger every night in the brightest colors possible – refuses to allow the now …
315 – Kite Man
So, this begins Joe Grunenwald Week(s?)! Joe has made a ton of requests, and as the year-long experiment comes to a close, I aim to fulfill those requests. So for the next 7-10 days, expect nothing but Joe-centric art to pave the way for him to make more requests when I am done with the …