Been thinking about The Tick a lot lately, and it was just serendipitous that the patron asked for him. The Tick is very special to me, but I didn’t want to just draw him standing or posing. I consulted a friend about what I should do with this sketch. He suggested Tick reading a comic …
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Even though he made only one appearance in The Tick comic, Chainsaw Vigilante made quite an impression on me. One of these days, I’ll have to track down his spin-off series. Maybe if the Amazon show (which I did not enjoy) gets picked up, he’ll show up there. He’d fit in fine with the Chris …
Boom, baby, boom! It’s the Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight! And so he says to me, ‘you wanna be a bad guy?’ and I say, ‘Yeah baby! I wanna be bad!’ I say ‘SURF’S UP, SPACE PONIES! I’m making gravy without the lumps!
SPOON! Seriously. I love The Tick more than I love you. That’s not saying a lot, because I don’t much care for you. Guaranteed then that if I had to save The Tick, I’d throw you in front of an oncoming train. Yeah. You. Don’t think I’ll do it? Just fuckin’ watch. If I paid …
There are not enough words in every human and non-human language combined to describe how much I love The Tick. Post-it sketch with ballpoint pen.
