I never really read Ghost in her heyday. I picked up the Kelly Sue DeConnick reboot from a few years ago, but didn’t love it. I guess my interest in this character doesn’t extend much past some Adam Hughes artwork and a general love of boobs & cleavage. Thank you JB Sapienza Week!
1142. Ghost
1141. Starman
I recently drew a hipsterfied version of Jack Knight back in DCember, so for JB Sapienza Week, I went for a more classic version of Jack. Not much else to say here other than I loved this Starman series. To a point (when Tony Harris left for good).
1140. Green Beetle
So it might seem like I’m bitching a lot about JB Sapienza Week, but it has been fun and I’ve definitely drawn some stuff I’d never usually think about. I just wish I had more time to do them justice and do all 38 choices he gave me. But sometimes JB Sapienza Week knows just how to appeal to the real me.
I almost didn’t draw this one because I once drew Ted Kord – the one true Blue Beetle – as a Blue Lantern. Seemed a little too close. But then again, I spent an entire month drawing Batman, so I should never complain about repetition. On the other hand, I drew that about 9 years ago. So I drew it.
1139. Booster Gold
Beware the Ides of March, they bring you another JB Sapienza request.
So while this costume design looks as awful as NFL SuperPro, the main difference is that underneath, Booster Gold is a great character. This is merely the result of having a giant pile of turds dumped on him called “90s comics”. This monstrosity came about post Doomsday/Death of Superman and someone thought BG could use a redesign/downgrade. While referencing this, I also discovered that he had some sort of robotic prosthetic arm during this period, I guess? He was also appropriately 90s anguishy and moody. Oh, and EXTREME.
1138. Public Enemy
Another JB Sapienza Week request of sorts.A friend of mine once called Fear of a Black Planet more punk than any other punk album, and I’m inclined to agree. So, Public Enemy as superheroes. One could argue that PE are already superheroes. Luckily, what I consider to be the core group of PE – Chuck D, Flava Flav, Prof. Griff, & Terminator X (who recorded his debut solo album here in Dayton at a studio where my high school friends’ ska band recorded their album) – are pretty cartoonish (in a good way) and were easyish to draw without adhering to likenesses.
1137. Doctor NFL SuperFate
JB Sapienza week rolls on with an amalgam of Dr. Fate – one of the sharpest, simplest designs in comics for one of the best characters – and NFL Superpro – none of the above.It’s like eating only cupcakes, taking a massive shit and then presenting it as cupcakes.
1136. Beastie Boys
Because you can’t, you won’t, and you don’t stop. Hey, it’s the beginning of a new theme week, dedicated to one Mr. JB Sapienza. He’s a good dude who’s treated me well promoted me more than anyone should ever have done and got me involved in some pretty awesome stuff. He’s the reason I have an IMDB page, which is still the weirdest shit ever.Speaking of weird shit, JB made some pretty weird requests, a lot of them were very, very, very specific and complicated. Like, some to the point of someone would need to pay me to do them. So I did the easiest ones, cuz I still have stuff I need to work on, and I simplified them the best I could. So you know, instead of The Beastie Boys as a superhero team, or just a drawing of The Beastie Boys that would require likenesses, I just drew really cartoony versions of their Sabotage video characters. Because it was easy.
