Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Return of the Saw


Drawn for Matt Brassfield for some reason.

258. Mr. Terrific


Terry Sloane, the original Mr. Terrific, had a Mr. Terrible costume. A very long time after his death, he was replaced by Michael Holt and got a pretty sweet updated outfit. Even the New 52 version of Holt’s costume was neat. Unfortunately, that’s all I had in mind while trying to come up with a new look for Sloane. I went for streamlined and tried to incorporate elements from both Sloan’s O.G. look and Holt’s, as a sort-of bridge between the two. The biggest hurdle is trying to figure out where to slap that “Fair Play” slogan. I think it’s adequate.

257. Havok


Havok has had his share of terrible costumes. Pretty much anything past 1994 or so. I’m pretty sure you can add this one to the list. For me, you can’t get past the perfection of his original outfit. It’s great and if you don’t think so, there’s the cliff off which you can dive.

I’d also like to point out that TRON ruined comics forever.

That said, I tried to keep this simple and slightly reminiscent of his original look with something to call back to the headgear (which again, is great) without doing the headgear.

256. Patriot


Same problem with Captain America,every variation of the patriotic superhero costume has been done. That and I’ve really liked both of Patriot’s costumes from “Young Avengers”. I’m not sure what’s happened to the character.

I gave him Cap’s energy shield thing from back in the mid 90s, during one of Mark Waid’s run. Can’t remember if it was pre or post Heroes Reborn.

Posting this super-early from the hospital as my Dad checks in to surgery.

255. Captain America


The problem with redesigning Captain America is that every variation of a patriotic superhero has pretty much been done. That and everytime Cap has been redesigned, it’s usually not for the better. This is definitely not an improvement. But I like an old-school cap when artists would hint at the scalemail armor instead of drawing every individual scale. I like the flared gloves and swashbuckler boots. I like the lack of a utility belt.
But what the fuck do I know?

254. Kyle Rayner


Kyle Rayner has a had a series of unfortunate costumes over the years. I for one always enjoyed his original costume with the plasticky gloves, boots and crab-mask. But pretty much everything he’s worn since then has been pretty bland or obnoxious. I can only blame Jim Lee (I did kind of like his “Ion” look with the full face-mask thingy).

If I was lazy, I’d have just given Kyle Guy Gardner’s costume and called it done, since that is my favorite Green Lantern and GL costume. But I’m just a little lazy, not full blown lazy. I gave him short gloves and boots since I don’t think I’ve ever seen a GL wear those. I’m a fan of the general look of the GL costumes and Kyle has always seemed to go against it so I brought it back to basics and still kept other elements of his costumes I’ve liked. The mask is a Hal-Jordany type, but the design evokes the crab-mask. The GL symbol is both Kyle’s original design and also white like his others have been.

253. Dazzler


I’m not sure who requested this one.

Anyhoo, Dazzler’s an X-Man, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, a dimension-hopping adventurer and apparently future president (fucking spoilers). But the one thing she is above all else: Pop Star. So that’s what I went with here. I tried to combine her two most famous looks and meld it together all at the same as ripping off the singer Pink. Because she wore an outfit almost exactly like this once and I dug it.

252. Red Tornado


This is the Golden Age Ma Hunkel version of Red Tornado. I tried to keep her look true to her origins without being blatantly ridiculous. She was a mother who was inspired by her son’s superhero comic books to dress up and fight the crime that was overrunnning her neighborhood.

So she was the first fictionalized version of real-life superheroes. So suck it, Mark Millar. Kick-Ass wasn’t the first by a long shot.

I decided to pad her up with protective gear and an actual helmet instead of one made from a cooking pot, but I also wanted to keep her thick and sturdy, like someone’s “ma” in an old-timey gangster movie, and make it look like she would be mistaken for a guy. And then I added the red aluminum bats, ‘cuz why not?

251. Flaming Carrot


My pal Jason loves The Flaming Carrot and asked for him to be redesigned. Which is weird. His most prominent thing is that his head is a gigantic carrot that’s on fire. Can’t really improve on that. Jason then told me he wanted to see F.C. as a more traditional superhero, so here we go.

250. Black Panther


I was hesitant to do a redesign on this character. I think Panther’s costume is so slick and simple that there doesn’t need to be any drastic redesign to it. So I just sorta “New 52’d” this one and just added some lines. I made some other tweaks too. The mask is the big difference. It still feels unneccessary.

B.P. is, however, one character I’d like to write an “ultimate” version of. I’ve always thought it was ridiculous that Wakanda is supposed to be this hidden country that is also the most technologically advanced place in the world, but the citizens run around in loincloths, wielding spears and living in grass huts. Wakanda should be a high-tech utopia, like living inside a computer. It should be Tony Stark’s wet dream.

It’s a groovy time for a movie time:

Dark House Terrible movie I gave up watching far too along into it than I should admit.

Torture Garden An anthology Tales from the Crypt-type movie featuring Burgess Meredith in the wrap-around as Dr. Diablo, a carnival barker type character who shows different characters their grisly fates. Jack Palance and Peter Cushing are also in one of the stories. It was enjoyable if forgettable

Room 237 My friends Jason and Kathleen warned me to not watch this movie. They watched about 20 minutes and it pissed them off. However, they thought they were watching a documentary about “The Shining” instead of what it really is: a documentary about crazy, crazy, bat-shit insane motherfuckers. I dug it a lot.