Apparently, it’s Batman Day
Got a new (used) Surface last week or so, and upgraded my ClipStudio license along with it. Having some trouble adjusting to the minor difference. While I’ve been sketchoodling, I haven’t done anything in color yet, so I wanted to knock out something quick to test it. Still having a big discrepancy between the colors I’m using and the output on different screens.
I never got “Strangers with Candy”. Ever. I also wonder if my patron is mad at me and making me do so many likenesses. At least Jerri Blank is a monster and was easy to draw.
Never forget.
Couple days ago, Paul Tobin posted a bunch of GA Blue Beetle covers and art. I learned that the Dan Garrett BB started out as a suit/hat hero ala Shadow or Green Hornet. So I decided to whip up a quick Ted Kord (MY Blue Beetle) in a suit.
On chipboard with brush, marker, highlighter, and gel pen.
This WAS for sale at my store, but it has already been purchased. There’s still more though! If you buy something nice, sometimes I’ll doodle on the envelope!
Happy 106th to The King, Jack Kirby. I’ve had a hankerin’ to draw The Original 5 X-Men in their X-Factor days for a bit, and Kirby’s birthday seemed like a good moment. Oddly, I’ve always considered The X-Men to be the least Kirby-esque of his creations. He also had a very short run on the book, and left no real imprint on its future incarnations. But, created them he did, and so we celebrate.
I love these X-Factor costumes. I love classic Iceman, even with a belt. I love classic furry Beast. Not a huge fan of Archangel. Also, wings are a bitch to draw.
Amilyn is the major vampire henchman of the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” movie. To this day, I have still never seen the movie, and I have never watched the TV show. Nothing to do with newly problematic individuals Joss Whedon or Kristi Swanson. It’s just even as a 14 year old, I thought “This seems dumb as fuck”. And then eventually with the TV show, I thought “they made that dumb as fuck movie a tv series?!”. I did try to watch the movie a few months ago. I made it 10 minutes in before I decided that the dialogue was so fucking terrible there was no way I was ever gonna make it through. And at this point, I just have zero desire to ever watch the show. I was, however, a huge fan of “Angel”.
Amilyn is portrayed by the recently, dearly departed Paul Reubens – better known as Pee-Wee Herman. Usually I am not affected by celebrity deaths, but his passing really bummed me out. I grew up on his HBO special (which was NOT kid appropriate!), the Tim Burton movie was on a constant rotation, and of course the Pee-Wee Playhouse show. After he moved on from Pee-Wee (and his weird fall from grace – which was SO overblown and pretty tame by most other celebrity falls from grace), I loved seeing him pop up as an actor in things. I feel like this was his first real post-Pee-Wee role. I didn’t care so much for his return as Pee-Wee, but maybe he felt it was necessary. Either way, I’m glad he remained in the public consciousness and it’s incredibly sad that he is gone so soon. Fuck cancer.
