Iron Man villainess. This was never intended to be my Day 300 post. I had been working on a large coloring project with the intent of being ready for Day 300, but some things have come up that prevented that from happening. So it might wind up being Day 328 or something. Who knows. 65 days to go.
300 – Madame Masque
299 – Dormammu
It is fun to say “Dormammu” out loud. Say it. It’s spelled like it sounds. Door – Ma – Moo. Dormammu.
298 – Kilowog
Still a better Green Lantern than Hank Gordon.
I watched the two-part series opener of the Green Lantern Animated series. The story was okay, I’m really not a fan of the Rainbow Coalition of Lanterns, and this seems to be really focused on that. The show seems to be light on “fun” and takes itself way too seriously. That said there were some surprisingly ultra dark moments in the show.
My biggest problem with it is the way it looks. It’s a CG animated show, which, if your name isn’t Pixar, you shouldn’t try this style of animation. It basically looks a couple levels above “ReBoot”, which is still not good. The worst thing about it though, is that it is trying to convert the Bruce Timm style of art and animation into 3-D CG, and it just doesn’t work. Timm’s style – a style he developed over years of work and combining his influences into one cohesive look, a style that is often imitated and never matched – works for 2-D and ink. It is so recognizable a style that to convert it into 3-D causes all the energy and greatness of it to disappear. It is very off-putting to watch that particular style of art and animation translated onto dead-eyed clunky mannequins with a shiny plastic coat painted on top.
I wish this show luck, but it’s not for me.
295 – Baron Blood
Captain America/Invaders villain/goofy-looking vampire.
294 – Nightcrawler
Bonus micro-hero:
293 – Absorbing Man
Crusher Creel, aka The Absorbing Man, aka not Nick Nolte. Back in Junior High I was buying Marvel Universe trading cards, and I remember my friends and I seeing the Absorbing Man card (If I remember correctly, done by Art Adams). They had power stats and things on the back of the cards, including one for mental abilities. His was “mentally deficient”, a phrase that burrowed itself into my brain, where it still resides to this day.
292 – Fisto
Over at Ok, PANIC!, our topic this week was Masters of the Universe. I had an incredibly tough time coming up with something to draw, because I wanted to draw ALL of it. I still do.
The Fisto drawing that is up at PANIC! is like my 5th attempt at drawing something for the topic. The drawing above here is my 1st.
MOTU is probably the #1 toy/cartoon line for me from my childhood. I was obsessed with them and will always have a special nostalgia place in my heart for it. A couple years back, my ex and I watched some of the original cartoons, and I truly wish I hadn’t.
I thought the 2002 reboot cartoon was pretty great, though. Shame it got cancelled.
I had some old MOTU sketches lying around that I never posted here, so here’s some BONUS sketches:
