1144. John Lynch
David Lynch’s younger brother ran a black-ops team of superpowered teenagers.
1142. Ghost
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!
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.