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:
291 – Wonder Man
My final Wonder Man, the ionic, living Kirby Krackle version.
290 – Wonder Man
This is the (mostly) the costume Wonder Man wore when I first was introduced to the character in John Byrne’s West Coast Avengers. Sans mullet, though. Because, y’know. Mullet.
289 – Wonder Man
Hollywood/Safari outfit, which I think is awesome.
288 – Star
Star was (is?) a supporting character from Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon, a character and creator I have gone on about at length. Star was sort of a Spider-Man-ish character, but Larsen added some twists and to the archetype and to the character itself, making him a beloved recurring hero.
Anyway, there’s a guy I know who’s about to go on even further about Larsen and Dragon, and I’m doing whatever I can to help that happen. Jim Purcell – online friend and longtime supporter – has started a podcast with some buddies of his called The Savage FINcast. The FINcast is dedicated to all things Savage Dragon and Erik Larsen related, and I have offered up some server space and bandwidth to allow The FINcast a place to call home on the internet.
Welcome to the Gutter Trash family, Savage FINcast! Check the show out over at fincast.guttertrash.net, and subscribe in iTunes or RSS feed!
287 – Wonder Man
Simon Williams in his original Wonder Man costume, when he was an undercover bad guy. Or something. The Avengers should have known he was a villain, because no heroes in the Marvel Universe wear green, only bad guys. If Wonder Man were in the DCU he’d be a mega-good guy. They love green over there. But being Wonder Man, he’d probably wear star-spangled daisy dukes and fuck-me boots.