261 – Crazy Clown
Drive angry.
258 – Misery
I was in a really dark and foul mood when I doodled this.
257 – Golden Age Starman (2)
Back in March, I posted a redesign of the Golden Age Starman. I was not happy at all with how it turned out, so I decided to give it another shot. I’m definitely happier with the color choices (plus better rendering) and overall line-art for this version. It retains the mad scientist/pilot feel I was looking for, with a little bit of the Jack Knight Starman for flavor. The browns of the leather pieces are closer to the red I was trying for, I changed the pants to an olive green, and made the goggles and other miscellany elements gold, all to reflect the colors of Ted’s original costume.
Covered: Daredevil #7
The last time I was ever Covered. Ironically, I submitted this on purpose to be rejected, so I could have it be posted on my friend’s blog Rejected by Covered.
256 – Invincible
I’ve been trying to catch up on season one of The Walking Dead before season two starts, so I decided to draw a character from Robert Kirkman’s other fantastic comic, Invincible. It is truly one of the top 5 best superhero comics being published. Unfortunately, I have chosen to read it in the “Ultimate Edition” format, so I have to wait like two years to catch up on the book. But that’s how I started reading it, and I’m not switching formats now. Luckily I stick with the trades of The Walking Dead, so I get caught up slightly more regularly. Which still doesn’t explain why I’ve waited a year to watch the show.
255 – The Lone Ranger
He had Tonto, so I’m not sure why he was considered “lone”. My friend Matt and I were talking about The Lone Ranger on the way home from work, remembering how we liked the character as kids, but couldn’t figure out why.
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Yesterday’s sketch was retweeted by The Thrilling Adventure Hour folks, and I am honored that that happened. I wish it had been a better drawing.
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I keep forgetting to link to this, but my friend Jason Young came over for Drawing Night last Saturday and didn’t have anything to draw. I requested that he draw for me Blue Beetle. The result was a pretty funny cartoon about Jason’s workplace. I kept the original and colored it, and you can check it out on his blog.
254 – Frank and Sadie Doyle
I listen to a ton of podcasts at work. Actually, it’s all I listen to at work. Most of the shows I listen to are of the comedy variety, and include a show called The Thrilling Adventure Hour. TAH is a show in which old-timey type radio shows are performed live in front of an audience, and are always of a comedic nature. The shows that they perform are things like Sparks Nevada: Marshal on Mars, Captain Laserbeam, and Jefferson Reid, Ace American (with Nathan Fillion as Jefferson).
A few months back I had to change my RSS podcatcher. I had noticed that the one I was using was not downloading my own podcasts, and wouldn’t download the Never Not Funny podcast because of the password protection for that show. Eventually, it just stopped downloading random episodes of random shows. I switched it out, but for some reason, Thrilling Adventure Hour was the one show my new RSS Feeder couldn’t accept. Luckily, this past week, TAH switched over to being hosted by The Nerdist podcast network, and I was once again able to subscribe. So for the past two days, I’ve been listening to like 20 episode of TAH in a row, including my favorite show of the bunch, Beyond Belief.
Beyond Belief is performed by comedian Paul F. Tompkins and actress Paget Brewster, who portray Frank and Sadie Doyle – socialite lushes with a penchant for dealing with the supernatural and other horrific creatures, often while incredibly drunk and droll. I’ve been a fan of Paget Brewster’s since her time on Andy Richter Controls the Universe and from her performance in The Specials (the forgotten superhero parody movie). I’ve only become aware of Paul F. Tompkins in the past two or three years, but he has easily become one of my favorite comedians. He appears frequently on many of the podcasts I listen to and always makes my day better when that happens.
After overloading on Beyond Belief episodes today, I felt the need to doodle Frank and Sadie, or at least, how they appear in my head. Clink.