I know this character from The Starjammers, a group of Space Pirates who are supporting characters in the X-Men books, designed by the genius of Dave Cockrum, and as a whole vastly underrated and underused characters. That said, I don’t know a lot about this specific character, other than that he had a ponytail and metal arm long before it was cliche, so I guess that makes him one of the O.G. Badasses. Sweet. Kurt Five, Dinse Furious.
346 – Raza
345 – The Mandarin
Kurt Dinse is opening my mind up to an amazing wonderland of ridiculously dressed villains! I’ve known for a long time that most of the classic silver age Marvel villains were all decked out in green and purple, but I had never seen The Mandarin in this get-up before. I’ve only seen him as a slightly regal Chinese dynasty royalty-type. This may also one of the more borderline racist drawings I’ve ever done. It’s Kurt Dinse Week, Part 4: Back to da Hood.
344 – The Beetle
I’ve always kinda dug Beetle, the Spider-Man/Iron Man villain. I remember him from one of the old cartoons and thought he had a cool distinct look. He’s incredibly underused. I honestly can’t think of any comic I’ve seen him in other than The Ultimate books. So, when Kurt asked for this particular version, I was a little take aback. I had never seen this character look this way. It’s ridiculously amazing. Kurt Dinse Weeks, Part 3: A Game of Shallows.
343 – Eggheads
It’s Kurt Dinse Week Part 2: The Quickening. Kurt had asked for Egghead, the Marvel villain, which I had never heard of or seen before this request. But I knew of Egghead, the Batman villain from the 60s Batman tv show portrayed by Vincent Price. So I sketched up a little Egghead vs. Egghead action.
342 – Man-Thing
Kurt Dinse is a person that I have grown to consider as a friend, despite being two states away and only interacting via internet or during random comic conventions (or as a guest on Gutter Trash via text). Kurt is the creator of One Year in Indiana, a comic I would love even if I didn’t know him. He’s also the newest participant in Ok, PANIC!, and has pretty much made us all try to up our game to keep up with him.
So, when Kurt asks me to show him my Man-Thing, what else am I gonna do? Of course I will. Many others have asked to see my Man-Thing since I started the Sketch-a-Day but I have refused. But since the year-long effort is coming to a close, I figured maybe it’s the right time to whip it out. So, gaze upon my Man-Thing! But don’t fear! Or will you burn at it’s touch! Which I am positive is the reason why I am still single. Ladies fear it and don’t want to get burnt.
And with this begins the last “theme” week at the Carpal Tunnel. It’s Kurt Dinse Week! The next seven days will all be Kurt Dinse requests, and none of them will be as immature as this one.
Following that, I’ve only got about 15 days left and 4 more fairly complicated requests that I am desperately trying to squeeze in. I am confident I will get three of them. The pressure’s on, and time is running out.
340 – Captain Britain
I’ve been a fan of this character since the early days of Excalibur. Later on, I picked up the trade paperbacks collecting the Marvel UK stories by Alan Moore and Jamie Delano and absolutely loved them, though I hadn’t read Excalibur since like issue 50 back in the ’90s. I pretty much ignored all C.B. related appearances until Captain Britain and MI:13, probably the only worthwhile thing to come out of the “Secret Invasion” supermegaultracrossoverevent. So of course, it lasted only a little over a year. It looks like C.B. is gonna be part of the Secret Avengers written by Rick Remender, whose work I’ve grown to enjoy, and he’s back in his classic costume (not his original, which I think is the worst costume in the history of awful costumes), so I’ll probably check that out. And for some reason, I feel that I need to point out that despite his heavy involvement in the X-Men books, he is not a mutant. Some people don’t know that. I didn’t for a long time.
2021 UPDATE: I have recently discovered that this piece has been pilfered by a lot of different sites to be used as art accompanying articles rumoring a Capt. Britain movie from several years ago. It’s infuriating. And flattering?
339 – Guy with a pipe and no eyebrows
Title says it all.
