Sketchbook Art: Electric Ice Skater Superman

This version of Superman, which I like to refer to as Electric Blue Ice Skater Superman, is one of the weirder artifacts of the 90's Superman. In truth, I like a lot of the idea. In the story, Clark's powers changed and he got electric abilities. Part of the trade-off was that he lost his invulnerability and other powers. It was fun to see him have to watch what he ate because he no longer had his super-metabolism or be able to shave with a normal razor. The story went on a little too long over way too many issues, though.

But the costume design is still pretty cool, so it was fun to get to draw this!

Sketchbook Art: Up From the Depths, Thirty Stories High

The great thing about doing commissions at conventions is all the stuff you get to draw you'd never think of doing yourself. I was a huge fan of the Godzilla movies as a kid, and drew him all the time. I probably mostly drew the Hanna Barbera cartoon version, but they'd already converted the King of Monsters into lines for me. How could I not?

The 90's remake was pretty abysmal, but if you have the time, do yourself a favor and check out the original script. Much, much better. Godzilla's the good guy!

At ComicPalooza I got the opportunity to draw Godzilla doing his thing. Pretty cool!

Sketchbook Art: Chernabog

Chernabog is one of my favorite Disney villians. He's got such a cool design, and he's in one of my favorite Disney films. I just wish he were on more merchandise (and likewise, that the Villian Shop at Hollywood Studios hadn't become essentially a candy shop) because I would eat it up.

More Chernabog and more Hades, that's what I'd like to see.

This is a commission from DragonCon, and it was a ton of fun to do.

SKetchbook Art: The 7th Doctor

This is another Jesse Jackson sketchbook piece. This one is Sylvester McCoy, the Seventh Doctor. I've done a lot of Doctor Who art over the last couple years, but this is one of my favorites. The visual gag of the universe being inside his umbrella, and "bigger on the inside" really pop. This is one of the very few sketches that turned out better than it did in my mind.

Sketchbook Art: The 5th Doctor

This Saturday is the big Day of the Doctor worldwide simulcast, so I'm digging some of Doctor Who art out of the archives. This piece is one I did for my friend Jesse Jackson's DW sketchbook. He does a very cool thing where he has the actors sign sketches of them. This picture of the Fifth Doctor was signed by Peter Davidson at DragonCon.

Akron Comic-Con recap!

This past weekend I was a guest at the Akron Comic-Con. It was my first time at the show, and I came away impressed. It's a small, one day show, but it had a great collection of guests, vendors and fans. I think there are a few too many shows that either start out too big or don't have their heart in the right place. That's not Akron. It's creating a solid base for a great comic book show. I'm sure it will only get bigger and better.

The crowds and fans were great, too. I was impressed especially at the cosplay. I wouldn't have thought that a smaller show would have brought out things like this awesome Juggernaut, or this Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham. I shouldn't underestimate the passion of fandom, I suppose. It's great to see.

Heck, look at this phenomenally awesome Green Lantern sweater, hand knit for this gentleman by his wife. He is stylin' to be sure, and a very lucky man. Also, this sweater was better than the silly CGI uniforms of the big screen GL movie, but that's another matter altogether.

Huh. I wonder how hard it would be to get a Firestorm sweater…

The show was great. I recommend you consider adding it to your schedule. And I'll be back next year!

"Rimbatmn!" That's Christian Bale for "I'm Batman!"

This was a commission for a friend of mine at Wizard Ohio. I don't draw a ton of Batman art, with most of my world being My Little Pony these days. It was fun to get into the harsher lines and stylized design of the Dark Knight.

I'll Be at the Akron Comic-Con

You thought my convention season was over, didn't you? Hah! Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends! I'll be at the Akron Comic-Con this coming Saturday, November 9th along with bunches of my friends and other cool people. I've got one more appearance after this, at Marc Bowker's excellent Alter Ego comic shop. More details on that soon.

In Brightest Day

A quick one today: Green Lantern! This was done at the New York Comic-Con and I had fun stylizing the linework and the pose. I wanted to make it cool and graphic. I also used some Copics to shade, but used them sparingly.

1.21 Babywatts!

There seems to be a growing trend at comic conventions to trick out strollers and their occupants. I, of course, approve totally. Check out this Back to the Future themed stroller and kid. Of course, at that young an age, I don't think he understands the complexity of temporal mechanics. Then again, neither did Marty McFly. The blue piping here actually lit up, which probably isn't obvious in this photo. Also bonus points for the Einstein. (Or Copernicus.)