This #POOC is based on an infamous Batman comic book panel (the dialogue is verbatim) from BATMAN #66 in 1951. For the full story on "The Joker's Comedy of Errors," read here, but in the meantime, here's my take on this iconic piece of artwork (originally by Bob Kane and Charles Paris).
Oh, the original of this is available for sale in my Etsy, shop, ToughGuyGoods. It glows in a black light!
I just did this drawing yesterday (as I post this) and I think it may end up being the first in a series of comic covers redux in holiday colors. Or this may just wind up being my Christmas card next year. We'll see. In the meantime, if you are one who celebrates this particular season.... Merry Christmas.
Do you know Brian Musikoff? You should if you don't. A beloved north Jersey rock / bar fixture, member of the band, Stuyvesant, podcaster, and noted cartoonist / animation designer, Brian departed NJ for Seattle, WA some years back, and the Garden State has never been the same. For a few years now, Brian has been enlisting people to "put hair on bald Brian" using Photoshop and drawing skills, and recently enlisted me to do this mashup that really should've happened long ago.
The theme for this merch design for Jersey City salon, The Hair Room was "Wizard of OZ meets the 1980s," which of course meant giant metal hair for the Cowardly Lion. You can buy this on a bunch of different products at the Hair Room's Threadless Store!
I've done more artwork for Kearny NJ's Secret Country than any other band, but this latest work might be my favorite I've done for them. "Under the Mistletoe" is their new holiday single for 2020, including a VERY limited edition vinyl pressing. You can listen / buy on Bandcamp or snag the single at the Killing Horse Records' website!
After a 1947 Spanish Batman comic book, Alas de Acero (translated: Wings of Steel!). The crazy colors are source-authentic.
This installment of Prince Street News is a mix of fanboy and layperson jokes. Some of this stuff is really weird... f'rinstance, teenaged Green Lantern Arisia had a big crush on Hal Jordan, so she used her power ring to skip some years and make herself age-appropriate for Earth's GL.... ew! When Kent Nelson donned the helmet of Dr. Fate, he became basically a different entity, with little or no connection to his wife, Inza. Abby Arcane had sex with a vegetable. You know... superhero romance!
Next up: What if some monstrous heroes wore traditional superhero costumes?
Another round of POOC (Panels Out of Context) homages to Charles M. Schulz, all holiday-themed. Expect more of these, because I am loving doing them, and with Christmas 2020 shaping up to be pretty dreary, I need all the holly jolly I can muster. Originals of these are available on my Etsy shop, ToughGuyGoods.
Recreation of a DC Comics 1973 house ad for SHAZAM! #1, re-introducing the original Captain Marvel (not to be confused with the Marvel Captain Marvel. Or the other Captain Marvels). Original artwork by CC Beck.
Classic metal-inspired tee-shirt design for Barcade (tied to the original Brooklyn location). Limited Edition, available HERE until it isn't anymore!!
Hey! It's another round of Spider-Man cover recreations, commissioned by my pal, Al! I've now done enough of these that Dan Greenfield kindly did a feature on them over at the wonderful 13th Dimension! Look at these, then go look at them! And then look at some other stuff! LOOKEE LOOKIE LOOOO!!!
Sorry, I've been at the computer all day, I'm a little batty. What we have here are redos of THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #2 originally painted by John Romita (Marvel dabbled in this new magazine format in the late Sixties before diving in later in the Seventies, albeit mostly in non-superhero genres), THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3 originally by Steve Ditko (introducing Doctor Octopus), ASM #89 (that darned Doc Ock again!) and ASM #136, with the Green Goblin (or, Green Goblin Jr.), both by Romita.
BONUS! Originally, I scripted the punchline to include Bumblebee as one of the sillier alumni of the previous Teen Titans, but I realized she's actually not a goofy character, so I replaced her with the defrosted teenage caveman, Gnarrk. Much funnier. The original penciled panel is shown after the finished strip.
Next issue! Superhero Romance! It's often times a goopy mess!!
I did this quick poster for Poster Army on Instagram. Go there for a hi-res download if you want to slap it in yer window!
This was a fun commission: I was asked to do a classic-style Poison Ivy pinup incorporating a Frank Sinatra song (because why not?). I chose "When the Wind Was Green" (written by Henry Stinson) off of his classic 1965 Reprise album, SEPTEMBER OF MY YEARS.
Here are two commissions I did this past summer of two dear, departed Lancaster PA institutions (both owned by the late Steve Murray): Zap & Co. and BBC Records, both part of what was (briefly) known as "Uptown 300," the artsy block of Queen Street in downtown Lancaster.
Redrawing of the classic FOOM (Friends of ol' Marvel) mailing envelope by Jim Steranko.
Wear a mask. It's not an infringement on your freedom. It's being a decent fucking human being.
Yeah, I did another round of these things... to be blunt, doing reinterpretations of existing artwork has been about all I've been able to mentally handle during the pandemic. I'm a bit wiped. But, hey, they're fun! So... yeah (four new Star Wars and Star Trek wrappers are posted separately).
Again, most of these are available in the ToughGuyGoods ETSY Store...
