197 – Zatanna


This was fun to draw, and I’ve always enjoyed the character of Zatanna. Probably for obvious reasons.

But, as we know, pobody’s nerfect, and I wasn’t thrilled with this drawing as it began. I redrew a small part of it and worked some photoshoppy magic to pull together a drawing I don’t really hate.

I hated her head and face in the original drawing, which you can see above on the far left. I traced it and redrew it so her facial details were more prominent and the hat was neater and smaller, which is the head next to the original. Once I placed it in photoshop on the body, it still didn’t look right, so I scaled her head up a bit, and it seemed to finally come together. What began bothering me after that was the size of her mouth, so I shrunk that down and replaced it, and voila! Hcteks devas!

I apologize for my moment of (extreme) self-indulgence.

196 – Ultimate Evil Ernie


Recently for Gutter Trash, we (I) reviewed the worst comic that I’ve ever read, Evil Ernie: War of the Dead.

There is a small part of me that thinks of Evil Ernie as a neat concept, so I drew him as if I suddenly got the rights to the character. Smiley no longer talks/is sentient, nor is he the source of Ernie’s powers. Ernie may talk to Smiley, simply because he’s an insane zombie demon.

I would pretty much strip away everything else about Evil Ernie, I would keep a version of Lady Death (but not the same one) in his backstory, but get rid of evil psychologists and parents and magical sketching abilities, and most importantly, I’d get rid of Evil Ernie/Brian Pulido’s crazy mid-80s Metal hair.

Ah, to dream.

195 – Apathy


This guy does not care for or about you.

Ok, PANIC!: Not Another Pretty Face

194 – Accusation


This guy disapproves of everything you are doing.

193 – A-Okay


I don’t know who this guy I drew is, but he assures me that everything is alright. That’s all I need to know. I trust him. Just look at him.

192 – Noogies (aka 33)


I turn 33 today.

Normally for my birthday, I usually post something in-depth, even if it’s last year’s shitty sad-sackery. I don’t have much this year. I’ve gotten over the slump I was in, sorta, but still battling my depression and my self-sabotage. I’m getting to the point where I’m ready to acknowledge that I might need some help, but not yet to the point where I actually seek out that help. I was much more interested in celebrating my Dad’s birthday last weekend than I am in my own today. I am lonely, I take advantage of and take for granted all of my friends and yet cannot appreciate that I have friends or that maybe they don’t all hate me, like I just assume that they do. But at least Adam Hughes hasn’t ruined my life this year. On the plus side, there have not been any major setbacks, and some very tiny steps forward to achieving a happier, healthier Eric, so maybe by the time I’m 35 – if I am not dead – I can start my way toward being a grown-up.

Anyway, in the spirit of looking up and looking ahead, I drew something that made me chuckle as I sketched it.

191 – Falcon

190 – Black Lightning


In honor of the new Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, I drew a couple of prominent black superheroes. For BL here, I used the Cully Hamner design from Black Lightning: Year One, which isn’t too different from the stand BL costume, but just enough to make it not totally ridiculous. It also doesn’t hurt that Cully Hamner is great.

189 – Superwoman


Rounding out the Crime Syndicate of Amerika with Superwoman, the evil Wonder Woman.

I think I’m gonna revisit these characters with a team piece at some point.