909. The Flash & Wonder Woman
Always Wally. This card actually led to a small bit of awkwardness. Kid requested The Flash, I said cool. I would have drawn Wally West, as I always (Always Wally) do. He then specifically said “Wally West”. I said ok, awesome. But then I stopped. I would argue that the majority of folks, especially those coming in for Free Comic Book Day, only know of Wally West from the tv show. Then I kind of had to dance around the question of “White Wally or Black Wally”. I would have drawn either. But he said, “original Wally, but in his Rebirth costume”. And here we are. Yay for subtle racism!
Wonder Woman was maybe the 4th one I drew that day. It was the best one. Very popular a full month before the movie even opened.
908. Daryl Dixon & Spike
I hate likenesses, but thought I managed to capture some of these characters.
100 Kirbys
August 28th, 2017 would have been Jack “King” Kirby’s 100th birthday.
In order to celebrate, all throughout the month of August I will be posting 100 Jack Kirby creations.
Each of the 100 sketches is on 9 x 12 bristol board, and I will be selling every single one for a minimum of 5 (five) DOLLARS. I will donate ALL PROCEEDS FROM THESE SALES TO THE HERO INITIATIVE. If you choose to pay more, by all means, please do, but again, a minimum of 5 dollars will get you a piece of original art of a Kirby creation (unfortunately) drawn by me!
Request a sketch be to held, and if you buy multiples, I will ship them at the end of the month. Email me, message me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or leave a reply here on the blog.
First come, first served.
Help me celebrate The King, and help a good cause.
906. Deathstroke & Robin
The Robin request was specifically for the TEEN TITANS GO version, so I had to look it up. While in the middle of drawing it, I was questioning the double widow’s peak, and then realized that actually, Robin’s hair is an upside-down bat. Mind. Blown.
905. Sue & Silk
So I’m doing sketches for people, and this timid, kindly older lady is watching me draw for someone else. When I finish, I look at her and ask her if she wants a sketch, and point out the remaining pre-mades as well. She asks if I can draw her. I do. I’m bad at likenesses, but she seems pleased. I think her name was Sue.
Unfortunately, that set off a bad precedent and then I had to draw two different girls and fucking baby, and then someone wanted a zebra and another wanted a cat. I should have put a stop to it immediately. Word to the wise, you want portraits or caricatures? Ok, but I’m not gonna do it within 5 minutes at a comic shop crammed with a thousand people trying to get free books.
Oh, and I drew Silk.
904. Chucky & Candyman
Here is the start of my sketch cards done during the event of Free Comic Book Day back in May. Some of these are not great. I was very shaky for some reason. I was also under some additional unforseen agitation that shall go nameless for an incredible majority of my morning.
I think I did around 30 live sketches for people, but only managed to take pictures of a little over half. Of those, I’m only going to the show the ones that were not repeats of the pre-made ones, so you don’t get to see 4 more Harleys or Deadpools, I’m afraid.
903. Pikachu
Here’s the last of the pre-drawn FCBD artist trading cards. It’s been a long, strange trip. Tomorrow, the cards I actually drew DURING FCBD begins.
902. Kinski
Ah, Kinski from the movie Nightbreed. As I was drawing these cards for Free Comic Book Day oh so long ago, Kinski was THE SINGLE SOLITARY CARD out of 120 cards that no one wanted.
So if you ever wanted to figure out Nightbreed’s place in pop-culture history, there you go.