A redesign of the Golden Age Starman, based on my previous attempts at G.A. redesigns. But not as successful. I was kind of going for a mix of crazy mad scientist combined with the James Robinson Starman. Eh. Another one for the “retry later” pile.
041 – Golden Age Starman
Ok, PANIC!: Wizard of Oz
X-Men/Oz mash-up. I guess Cyclops is Scarecrow? Still better than anything Jonathan Hickman is doing (yes, this is a post from the FUTURE!).
039 – Robot
Just a robot. On a post-it.
038 – Skin Mask
Sort of a Batman-y Rogue that I thunk up all by myself, though I’m sure there are similar looking characters somewhere. I just wanted to draw a dude with most of his head skinned, except for a domino-esque mask of face. I like masks. Done on a post-it.
037 – Clark Kent
I tried to draw Clark Kent as kind of a schlub, in the style of a Frank Quitely from All-Star Superman. But Frank Quitely is a special kind of genius, and I am a special kind of failure.
036 – Diabolik and Eva
Tying in to today’s episode of my podcast, Gutter Trash, where we review Mario Bava’s 1968 adaptation of the Italian comic book, Danger: Diabolik.
035 – B’wana Beast
Fulfilling a request by my pal Joe G. The only thing I really know about B’wana Beast is from his appearance in Grant Morrison’s Animal Man comic, and appearing on a Batman: Brave and The Bold, the Justice League cartoon (which Joe and I do a podcast about), and having more action figures than any DC character that isn’t Superman or Batman.
This was fun to draw.
034 – Daredevil vs. Daredevil
I have gone on at length about my love of Marvel Comics’ Daredevil before, so again, he’ll probably pop up once or twice throughout the next year. Decided to have a DD vs. DD faceoff with the Golden Age Daredevil (or Death Defying Devil, if you’re Alex Ross and Dynamite). I love the bizarreness in the looks of certain golden age characters.
Drew this one entire with a brush pen. I need to work with one more. I think part of my tax return will be going toward brush pens.
033 – Mr. Terrific
As I think I mentioned when I did The Spectre piece earlier, I was a big fan of the John Ostrander/Tom Mandrake run on the book. During the later part of their story, they introduced Michael Holt as a suicidal man that The Spectre helps out by telling Holt the life story of Terry Sloan, the golden age Mr. Terrific. Inspired, Holt becomes the new Mr. Terrific and The Spectre takes another step toward his redemption.
Goddamn, that’s a great series.
Anyhoo, I honestly never expected to see the new Mr. Terrific beyond that issue of The Spectre. Imagine my surprise when he joined the reformed Justice Society and become one of my favorite characters in that series. It’s hard to believe anyone with “FAIR PLAY” stitched onto their costume would be a character that is anything but a giant mound of cheese. That’s what good writing gets you. What the fuck happened to you, Geoff Johns? Go write your stupid rainbow fan fiction and silver-age (but edgy and dark!) wankfests.