275. Captain America
A commission done for DeMario Winston that he gave to a friend.
You too can buy a commission for a friend or loved one! Do it!
My first time drawing Sam Wilson, aka Falcon, as Captain America. What a needlessly complicated costume.
274. Alan Moore
This one was “Alan Moore as a Werewolf”.
Is there a difference?
273. Bat Vampire
Hey, here’s a character I rarely draw!
I was asked for “Batman/Dracula”, and I may be disappointing them with this, because when I read that, the first, last and only thought I had was of the epic Doug Moench/Kelley Jones trilogy of Batman vampire comics. It started with Batman/Dracula: Red Rain, continued in Batman: Bloodstorm and wrapped up in Batman: Crimson Mist. All three are available in one fine package called Batman: Vampire. I can’t recommend ’em enough if you like the unlikely combo of Batman and horror. Seriously, though, Kelley Jones is kinda the greatest. So, I wanted to draw his vampired up Batman here.
272. Super Zombie
No need for me to blather on here. Pretty self-explanatory. I did spend last Sunday in a sort of Superman haze. I don’t know why, but I decided to watch Superman The Movie, which, I dunno if you know this, is pretty good. The first 45 minutes of that movie are fucking great. Punches me right in the feelings balls.
I followed that up with Superman vs. The Mole People, the first George Reeves Superman film, pre-television show. After that I watched about half of the Fleischer Superman cartoons from the 40s, and then wrapped it up with the entire first season of Superman: The Animated Series. Up, up, and away, ’til 3am, apparently.
I should mention that I was working on stuff while doing all this. I didn’t just veg out with Clark Kent all day. I was busy as shit.
271. Hulkenstein
I have iffy feelings about the Hulk, but I do kinda love drawing him sometimes. For Hulkenstein, I just thought about Hulk with stitches and electrodes, but whenever I’ve drawn The Frankenstein Monster, I usually like to make him a lot more patchwork quiltified than he’s usually shown. So, multi-colored Hulks get Frankensteined together.
270. Samaralocke
So you might say, “Eric, I bet you’ve never drawn a woman crawling out of a tv before!” And I would take you up on that bet, because this isn’t even the first time this week I’ve drawn a woman crawling out of a tv!
Psylocke meets The Ring girl, Samara. Someone asked me to draw a character once, and I thought they meant Samara, but it turns out they wanted the girl from The Grudge. I think? Man the mid-00s were a clutter of Japanese horror remakes, and they all jumbled together.
269. Slenderman Rorschach
I’d always held V for Vendetta to be Moore’s superior work, but held Watchmen pretty high up. Shortly before the movie came out, I tried re-reading it and could not make it through at all. I kinda find it tedious now. The movie didn’t help.
Rorschach is still a great character though. I learned about the Slenderman a few years ago from my friend Jim. It’s weird to witness the birth of a boogeyman.
267. Hack/Slash
Another old gift for a former friend.