Another Legionnaire for Jim Purcell, co-host and creator of The Savage FINcast, a podcast the celebrates everything Savage Dragon and Erik Larsen related, in addition to being the newest podcast addition to the Gutter Trash Network. I think three podcasts makes it a network.
I have enjoyed the two attempts at drawing Legion of Superhero characters. I may need to tackle some more, and possibly do them better.
Based on a true story.
Next to Roger the Homonculus, Abe is probably my favorite Hellboy supporting character. I really need to catch up on all things Hellboy and BPRD related.
Yet another Jeff or Sarah Potter request (again, I think it’s Jeff). This guy apparently transforms into a flying saucer with lasers, or something. I dunno. I’m more astonished by the fact that he was created by C.C. Beck after DC Comics sued Captain Marvel (Shazam) out of existence.
Another Potter family request, I think Jeff himself is the culprit of this one.
Another request from the Potter family, this one definitely from Sarah. If DC Comics wants to appeal to a larger audience with a strong female character, they can look no further than Ma Hunkel.
A request for either Jeff Potter or his daughter Sarah, can’t remember which.
Have a Merry Christmas, everyone.
My former friend and I exchanged presents last night, and despite being 33 years old, I refuse to actually purchase wrapping paper. So I found a giant brown bag, reversed it and drew the above drawing on the front of the package. She loved it.
So, It’s Christmas Eve. A few years ago, I learned about The Krampus. It was featured in the Venture Bros. Christmas Special (which is hilarious), but I had forgotten about it until I watched an internet cartoon featuring Glenn Danzig and Henry Rollins in a romantic relationship. Danzig was eagerly waiting to celebrate Black Christmas, and The Krampus shows up. It was due to this that I had to read up on The Krampus.
The Krampus is apparently a German demon who was Santa Claus’ sidekick. While Santa went around and lavished gifts upon the good children, The Krampus would dole out wicked punishment – usually lashes – to the naughty. He also likes to carry a wicker basket, usually filled with screaming or horrified children.
The Krampus is fucking awesome!
Merry Christmas Eve!
I love Transmetropolitan. It’s one of the few long-run series that I’ve read multiple times in its entirety (Preacher, The Invisibles and Shade the Changing Man being the others).
A few years back we had a pretty bad winter where it seemed to continuously snow for weeks on end. One morning, sound asleep, I wake up to an incredibly loud crashing sound. I live above a business, and sometimes they do some minor handy-work, so clangs and crashes aren’t entirely uncommon. But still, I got up to investigate. I discovered that the roof above my office had gotten so weighed down with snow that it caved in my ceiling. The damage was pretty extensive, but luckily it missed my computer and other expensive items. However there was now a gaping hole in the ceiling and roof, and everything was wet. Sadly, I had been in the middle of one of my read-throughs of Transmet, and there was a stack of issues directly under what became “ground zero” in my office. I lost issues 7-25 of Transmet. To this day, 6-7 years later, there are a couple issues that I still don’t have, and they are far pricier than I’m willing to pay to get them back. And when I’m at conventions or new comic shops, I can never remember issue numbers.
And that is my slightly personal Transmet history, but not nearly as personal as it could have gotten as I erased several drafts of this. I have been awake for 20 hours at the time I am writing this.