127. Fantomah
I wanted to draw a lady character last night, and I also wanted to draw a Golden Age character as well. Ta-dah! The very first female superhero. Read more about her here.
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HANNIBAL returned to the airwaves last night. Even though circumstances prevented me from watching the last 10 minutes, the previous 50 were just as exhilarating and beautiful as the previous two seasons. I’m so glad this show exists and I hope this is not the final season. So, y’know, WATCH IT. That said, after the show was over, I finally caught up on the season finale of ARROW. Which was, y’know, ARROW. It was basically a lot like going out to dinner with a stunningly beautiful genius and following it up with Li’l Debbies with a decent looking idiot.
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I would like to drink all of the alcohol, please.
120. The Black Hood
Last night while drawing with my friend Jason, I started to draw Conan the Barbarian. It looked okay in pencil, but the second I added ink to it, it got ruined. So I scrapped it. It took the wind out of my sails a little. But Jason, having just brought home a short box of comics from a show he was at, was drawing a character called The Black Hood – inspired by one of the books he picked up. Back in 1991 or whenever, I remember reading the first couple issues of the comic, from the DC Comics imprint Impact Comics. They had licensed the old Archie Comics superhero characters, but Black Hood stood out to me. I loved the first couple issues, but then never bought any others. I remember distinctly, sitting in my parent’s bedroom watching TV and drawing The Black Hood with issue 1 open in front of me. Eventually, I tracked down all 12 issues and the annual. Watching Jason draw this character, with that old comic sitting between us, I got the ol’ nostalgia pangs. I wasn’t gonna let another drawing night be a waste of time. So, I drew The Black Hood as well.
Go see Jason’s version, as it is far, far superior to mine. And also, he’s got a link to the wikipedia page for Black Hood. Fer learnin’.