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.

188 – Power Ring


Some months back (March) I drew a couple members of The Crime Syndicate of Amerika, the evil Justice League from Earth 3 (or 2, or whatever), with the promise that I’d come back and draw the other CSA characters. I plum forgot.

So here we are in August, and here’s me making that up with Power Ring. There have been three versions of Power Ring, the evil Green Lantern, and I wasn’t digging on any of their designs or looks, so I combines the appearances of four of their GL counterparts to make one evil Power Ring.

The costume shape and flow is inspired by Hal, the white sash, boots and gloves are inspired by Guy, the mask is Kyle’s and the man wearing it all is the evil John Stewart.