I don’t know who requested it, but I have on my list “Bigfoot”. So I decided to draw Sasquatch from Alpha Flight instead. I’m counting it.
325 – Sasquatch
323 – Miracleman
I know that he’s actually called “Marvelman”, but as long as I have been reading comics, to me, he’s always been Miracleman. Until Marvel finally gets their shit together and starts reprinting the classic Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman runs, it will continue to be Miracleman. That said, c’mon Marvel, what the fuck are you doing with this license? It’s been years since I read Moore’s run on the book, but I definitely liked it, even under the light of decades of comics that were influenced by it and aped it. I’d like to get the remainder of the series that I’ve not read, which is most of it. I think I only have up to issue 10. Joe G. Week, Part 9: Joe in Space!
So anyway, with this, Joe Grunenwald Week is concluded! Thanks, Joe for letting me poke gentle fun at you. You can start requesting things (or commissioning – hint, hint) again after the first of February.
322 – The Wonder Twins
So as I was drawing The Wonder Twins, I began to wonder something: Did John Byrne rip them off to create Aurora and Northstar from Alpha Flight? Both sets are twins who powers only “activate” when they touch hands; both are from strange lands (alien planet & Quebec); both males are homosexual; both have pointy Spock ears and eyebrows; both have monkey companions (Gleek & Puck). John Byrne, you rapscallion. It’s Joe G. Week, Part 8: Joe Takes Manhattan.
321 – Vixen
Joe Grunenwald and I host a podcast called League Night, in which we are in the process of watching the Justice League animated series. In the most recent episode we recorded – which will be available for download in about a month or so – we had a lengthy discussion about Vixen. Vixen was a member of the Justice League Detroit, and featured in at least one episode of JLU, voiced by Gina Torres. She’s also possibly the most sluttily animated character to have ever appeared in the Justice League ‘toon. Boobs. Joe G. Week Part 7: The Final Nightmare.
Ok, PANIC!: Video Games
Pyramidhead from Silent Hill.
320 – Citizen Steel
The only version of this character that I am familiar with is Citizen Steel, the grandson of Commander Steel and cousin of the Justice League Detroit member Steel. He’s also an Ohioan, and while he was a member of The Justice Society of America when I was reading the book, he is probably more famous for having an enormous boner. Joe G. Week keeps trucking along. Leonard Part 6.
319 – Gypsy
I know absolutely nothing of this character other than she appeared in some vaguely remembered issues of Justice League International as part of Booster Gold’s commercially sponsored superhero team, and that she appeared briefly in an episode of Justice League Unlimited, phasing through a wall. But she’s famously part of Justice League Detroit, and Joe G. requested it, and it is his week, after all. Joe G. Week, Part 5: Ghost Protocol.
318 – Vibe
Joe G. Week, Part 4: The Voyage Home. Vibe was a breakdancing latino gang member who joined the Justice League when they moved to Detroit. Because every superteam needs a bad, extremely dated racist stereotype. Also, Alfonso Ribeiro ruined the world back in the 80s. Vibe has an even more ridiculous costume than this, but I didn’t find reference for it until after I finished drawing.
317 – Dick Grayson: Earth 2 Robin
Joe G. Week, Part 3: The Continuing! The adult Robin of Earth 2 has two different costumes that I’ve seen, one is just sort of a modified version of the regular Robin costume with long pants and slightly worse arrangements of the colors. Then there’s this one, which I think is awesome and hilarious.