Happy New Year! I’ve been wanting to do another cover recreation for a while. I picked this issue of Superman up over the summer, and as I read through it, I realized that I had it as a kid. So I decided to pay homage to it. Plus, any excuse to draw Bizarros. Original cover …
I found the original lineart to this Jose Luis Garcia Lopez Justice League online and just decided to absolutely ruin it. Above is the original darker colors I made, below is the lighter, brighter version I’m happier with, and followed by of course, the maestro’s versions. Check out the digital process video on my YouTube …
i don’t think I’ve ever drawn Hawkman before. Also, I got a little accidental dry brush effect on the wings and I’m mad I can’t deliberately do that.
I drew this about 5 or so years ago. Sold it to a friend. I had started coloring it (evidenced by lil GL’s plane). Listen, I’m a trendsetter. Skottie Young hadn’t been doing countless kid variant covers, and Yale Stewart’s cock hadn’t been making money from bootleg fanfic.
Apparently DC is re-re-rebooting stuff. I wish they would have asked me about my idea for “Lou Hawkman, Esquire”. Totally not a rip-off of anything.
My ex-girlfriend loved Hawkman (Hawkgirl, actually. Hawkman just sorta came along for the ride). Her enthusiasm for the Hawkfolk made me really like them too. Interested in seeing what the new DC Reeboo – uh – launch – Savage Hawkman book will be like, despite the fact that I care nothing for the creative team. …
