Whos Who: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, Volume XXII - Superman

On the latest Whos Who: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, we discuss the Superman entries from this issue. Including Earth-2 Superman by Wayne Boring & Jerry Ordway, Eath-1 Superman by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (Praise Be His Name), and Post-Crisis Superman by Curt Swan and John Byrne. Lots to discuss. Click each below to enlarge.

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Yesterday’s warm-up sketch.

DragonCon commissions!

Weekly Warm Up Round Up: Disney Villains

I'm really enjoying doing these warm up sketches. They're expanding my digital drawing technique and they're also a lot of fun. Inspired by Walt Disney World's upcoming Villains Unleashed event (which, man, I'm tempted to make a stupid road trip down to) I started drawing Disney baddies. Chernabog, from my beloved Fantasia is well-known as my favorite villain. I love the design of Hercules' Hades so I had to do him. I'm a huge Uncle Scrooge fan, so Magica De Spell was a natural. I think Princess and the Frog is vastly-underrated so I did Dr. Facilier. The Mignola-artwork that was the basis from Atlantis was just too pretty to ignore, so I did Roarke and Sinclair from that movie. And I wrapped up with Ratigan from Great Mouse Detective. It's one of Disney's largely forgotten films, and I have the one-two punch of one of my Kubert instructors having worked on it and telling great stories of Vincent Price re-recording his voice to do it better and the great memories of taking my younger brothers to a dollar show to see it.

So enjoy my walk on the evil side.

Your Guardians of the Galaxy

As part of my continuing sketch warm-up/Manga Studio expanding process, I decided to draw the Guardians of the Galaxy… the original Guardians. Well, the 70s versions that I remember. So Starhawk, Yondu, Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Martinex and Nikki. I also tried to expand my drawing techniques in Manga Studio. I tried a few more things with guides and rules, especially on the Charlie-27 rivets on his uniform. I also did a couple of things as separate layers, such as the brush-like highlights on Starhawk which I could just change the color of in Photoshop. I also had a lot of fun figuring out the fastest way to do Martinex's look.

I kept the characters close to their Bronze Age incarnations. I wasn't looking to re-invent them, though I did tweak some gloves and other accessories to help delineate each character.

And want some Bronze Age fun? Check out the first Guardians collection on Amazon or Comixology.