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.
343 – Eggheads
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.
337 – The Angel
I’ve been reading Ed Brubaker’s “The Marvels Project” hardcover, and the Golden Age Angel is a major character through it. Felt like drawing him.
336 – The Orphan
X-Force/X-Statix is a comic I need to re-read sometime.
335 – Happy New Year
Happy 2012! Ringing in the New Year with… this. I guess. I don’t know what this is, it just sort of happened. He’s wearing a tux, though, that’s kind of New Yearsy, right? Right? But hey! It’s the last year ever! I’m excited!
30 More days to go.