Future wife.
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367. Misty Knight
Just wanted to draw a bionic arm and a kick-ass lady with a giant afro. I could IMDB this, but I’m not gonna, because, y’know what? We’re allowed to ask questions and not necessarily need or want the answers immediately. But, I wonder if Misty is gonna show up in the Luke Cage or Iron Fist Netflix shows? I hope so. I’d also like to see a Daughters of the Dragon spin-off. I was a big fan of the two minis Marvel published in the mid-2000s.
366. Captain Marvel
DC Comics has an obscure forgotten character named “Shazam” which is kinda dumb and weird. He’s also got one of those ridiculously dated costumes with all sorts of lines, metal chunks, seams, and energry krackles that just makes it too busy and complicated to look at. Plus a hoodie which covers up a fairly distinctive superheroic face (what would someone like Fred MacMurray think?). So, I decided, hey, lemme take a crack at redesigning this fellas costume. And heck, while we’re at it, how about a name change? I think “Captain Marvel” is much more superheroic and iconic than “Shazam”.
Maybe next I’ll work on that Marvel Comics character, Kimota. Naw, that’d be a miracle if that happened.
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Quote attributed to Paul F. Tompkins.
364. Webstor
One of my first Masters of the Universe figures as a kid.
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I’m a fat guy who can barely find the energy to shave. I’ve got big ears, a big nose, bad teeth, uncooperative hair. I dress cheaply and unfashionably. I’m awkward, I slouch, and I’m just not a handsome dude. What I’m saying is, I have no room to make fun of anyone’s appearance, and yet I saw the dude in this sketch walking through a parking lot, and I laughed for five minutes straight.
He hangs out at a barber shop near my local comic shop with other equally ridiculously coiffed and attired, mysteriously ethnicitied gentlemen. But he’s the one that made me laugh. Like he studied videos of the whitest dudes trying to be rappers in 1991 and said “yeah, this speaks to me”.
362. Judge Dredd
Drawn completely without reference and with only hazy memory.
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The lie I tell myself.
360. Hourman
Time is a flat circle, and to celebrate day 360, here’s Hourman. Hourman is actually a secret favorite character of mine. Mostly it’s the hoodmask. He’s definitely one of my favorite Justice Society members. Even though I’ve grown out of the grim ‘n’ gritty “realistic” superhero thing, I always like Rex Tyler’s portrayal as an addict.
The gimmick, for those not in the know, is that Rex was a Pharmaceutical scientist who created a drug (Miraclo) that would give him super strength and speed for one hour, every 24 hours. So, cocaine.
It was later retconned that he was addicted to Miraclo (who wouldn’t be?). And it made perfect total sense. Eventually Rex died and his son Rick (?) Took over the role. If I remember right, he also had some addiction issues.
In between that, there was the Hourman android from the future (introduced in Grant Morrisons JLA & DC 1,000,000 series). That character went on to star in one of the best DC books of the late 90s/early 2000s. Seriously, track it down. It’s hilarious, fun, mind-boggling and awesome. I should draw that version some time…
Another recommendation, the golden age Hourman was one of, if not the only, JSA characters to appear in the superb “Sandman Mystery Theatre” comic that Vertigo put out. It’s an incredible comic that I cannot stress enough how good it is, but at the very least the Hourman arc is worth tracking down as well.
359. Iron & Ink
A couple of weeks ago, my friend and former creative partner Bruce O. Hughes asked if I could draw a pin-up for the final issue of his comic Iron & Ink. Bruce will be debuting this last issue at the 2016 Independent Creators Expo on February 20th. You can also purchase it and his other comics (Infinite, Clobber Vance) at his website.
The version you see above is my monotone color version, but in the book, it will be graytone, which you can see below.
