This is another piece that I had drawn before, but was completely unhappy with how it turned out, stylistically. It’s also an attempt to draw more female characters, and in a style similar to some other drawings on the blog.
Anyway, Power Girl. She’s a huge hit, a massive fan favorite. The size of her popularity is immeasurable.
This week on Gutter Trash: Tideland.
Eradicator.
I drew this as a Christmas gift for a friend. The idea for it popped in my head and I couldn’t shake it loose. My friend had stated many times in the past how much he loved old Silver-Age Superman covers where he was eating, and for some reason I just kept thinking “Superman vs. Stay-Puft”. It had to be done. I made it an Action Comics cover because I love the logo.
This week on Gutter Trash: Weathercraft.
I was a fan of the Marv Wolfman/George Perez Teen Titans late in life. I wound up picking up a bundle of issues that included the “Judas Contract” storyline from a used bookstore when I was 18 or 19. I was aware of Deathstroke from his own series, but had assumed he was just a Punisher rip-off. He’s more like Captain America gone bad. In my mind, anyway. Anyhoo, he’s a little overexposed at the moment, but he’s a great villain with a great look and design. Whenever they changed his costume, it was a crime against humanity.
I drew a Deathstroke sketch about a year ago for the purposes of putting it on here at some time. I found it while digging around looking for stuff to update the blog with, but it was not something I felt good about. I feel like I’m striving toward a more cartoony style, and the old drawing wasn’t bombastic enough (not that this is, either). But I think this new drawing is more where I’d like to head to, stylistically.
I dunno. I’m full of it.
This week on Gutter Trash: Demolition Man.
An actual concert I attended. I crowd-surfed for the first and only time in my life. I got dropped, my head inches from the railing that separated the crowd from security. The crowd lifted me back up to my feet, and security escorted me through the front back to the other side of the stage. As we jogged past, I got to high-five both Sean Yseult (on whom I had and probably still have a massive crush) and Rob Zombie. Prior to all that, The Ramones played and I am so happy I got to see them in one of their last appearances as a touring band. And before all that was The Supersuckers and the less said about them, the better.
Anyway, I kind of want to re-draw this.
More Marvel villains. This was, I believe, my fifth attempt at drawing The Juggernaut. I drew him a few times in his normal Marvel Universe look, but I could get past the damn helmet. I know it’s comics, I know it’s supposed to be ridiculous, but my mind couldn’t wrap around the physics of it. Then I tried the Ultimate Universe version, and still had the same problem.
So I jumped onto the old Internets and looked at how other artists have drawn him. None of it helped. But then I saw a statue made for X-Men 3. Apparently it was the original design for the character, and I thought “Wow, that’s fucking awesome.” It’s too bad they didn’t use it in the actual movie, and it’s too bad no one took it to the comics. Because I think it’s bad ass, and it “makes sense” to me. So that’s the variation I went with, and finally did a semi-successful Juggernaut drawing.
This week on Gutter Trash: Umbrella Academy Vol. 2.
I am a fan of The Flash in concept and design. He is a character, much like The X-Men that I am always interested in reading, but usually always disappointed in. More so now that Barry Allen is back. I can’t give a flying fuck. Wally West is The Flash to me. And yeah, he’s still around, he’s still called Flash, but it’s not the same, and I don’t care that he’s wearing the John Wesley Shipp costume. Barry taints all.
I did draw Wally here wearing the John Wesley Shipp costume, but I also made it shiny like Mike Wieringo did when he was drawing the character. I always loved that, and his whole take on the book and characters. Wieringo was a fantastic artist, and it’s still devastating that he’s gone.
As has been pointed out to me, I seem to gravitate toward “evil opposites” for favorite villains, and I have always loved Professor Zoom/Reverse Flash. No real reason for it. Even though he did not specifically ask for it, the drawing is dedicated to Joe G.
This week on Gutter Trash: Bullshit!
My pal Jason went to Canada last week and attended the Toronto Comic and Art Festival (or whatever). He sent me this bitchin’ Hellboy postcard! I love Hellboy!
I still don’t know if Jason is back yet, or even alive. Oh well.
Oh, and there was some dumb crap on the back too.
The topic was a mash-up between cartoon characters and horror, and so Garfulu was born.
Favorite cartoon villain as a kid. Can’t say I hated him in the live-action movie, because he was barely in it. And I actually liked the movie. Excited for the animated movie to be coming out on blu-ray. Boom.
This week on Gutter Trash: Oldboy and Episodes 1 through 3 of our live SPACE recordings.