351 – Madman


Almost as much as I love Hellboy, I also love Mike Allred’s MADMAN, though he is a subject I have drawn in the past

350 – Hellboy


I don’t have the proper words to express how much I love Hellboy and everything related to it (Mignola, Fegredo, Davis, etc.)

349 – Batgirl


This may be the worst thing I’ve drawn since I started.

348 – Moon Knight


Kurt didn’t have to request Moon Knight. I was gonna draw him before the year was up at some point, this just finally gave me a good excuse to do it. I’m a big Moon Knight fan, though I haven’t really warmed to his current series. I really liked the previous volume that was seemingly cancelled for no reason after the Shadowland storyline in Daredevil. Oh well. This is last chapter of Kurt Dinse Week, Part 7: The Final. Thanks to Kurt for the requests, I had a blast.

347 – Orion


When Kurt asked for Orion of the New Gods, I almost wanted to point out that I’ve already got an Orion drawing on the blog. But, since I didn’t actually draw that one (it’s a Kirby sketch that I “inked” and colored), I decided not to. Plus, I could get to draw the Astro Harness. 30 attempts later, and we have this. I will say that while doing research, I discovered that if you type into Google Image Search “Orion New Gods”, you get that drawing that I just linked to. Unfortunately, it does not link to this site, but to some other blog. I’m not sure how I feel about it. While I did spend many hours working on it, it’s still a piece derived from a sketch I found randomly on the internet, so I’ve got my fair share of dubiousness attached to this as well. Ah well. Internet. It’s Kurt Dinse Week Part 6: The Reckoning.

346 – Raza


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.

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.