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.
Tag: X-Men
366 – Deadpool
Deadpool is a character who has really risen above his origins. Congratulations, Wade. Sketch-a-Day, One Year plus One! Forging ahead!
346 – Raza
I know this character from The Starjammers, a group of Space Pirates who are supporting characters in the X-Men books, designed by the genius of Dave Cockrum, and as a whole vastly underrated and underused characters. That said, I don’t know a lot about this specific character, other than that he had a ponytail and …
340 – Captain Britain
I’ve been a fan of this character since the early days of Excalibur. Later on, I picked up the trade paperbacks collecting the Marvel UK stories by Alan Moore and Jamie Delano and absolutely loved them, though I hadn’t read Excalibur since like issue 50 back in the ’90s. I pretty much ignored all C.B. …
336 – The Orphan
X-Force/X-Statix is a comic I need to re-read sometime.
294 – Nightcrawler
Bonus micro-hero:
286 – Wolverine
Old school whisker-mask, small eye-piece Wolverine. Also, I shortened the gloves and the flares on his boots. I went ahead and made his teeth metal, because they would be, right? No one ever mentions this. He could absotively bite the shit out of people. Finally, I’ve always thought that his mutton-chops should stick out of …