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.
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.
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.
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.
