Anyway, this is another one of those strips where most of the gags are for the longbox set, but thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you can now make jokes about Ant-Man! As always, if you have any questions, feel free to post them in the comments, I'll do my best to explain why all of this is COMEDY GOLD!
I've posted a few of the elements from this strip separately below to give more detail. See, Ms. Marvel's belly cutout is a Christmas tree! Get it?
Done for the EC Comics Instagram Page's Inktober challenge, my take on the classic EC horror hosts (and friends)...
I did this series of some of my favorite movie monsters (et al) for an upcoming art show, NERD ALERT II (co-hosted with my pal, Matt Caputo)... From the top: the xenomorph from Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece, ALIEN, Norma Bates from Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960, oh also, SPOILER ALERT!), the Bride from James Whale's THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935), Good ol' Brucie from Steven Spielberg's JAWS (1975), Count Orlok from F.W. Murnau's NOSFERATU (1922, a hundred goddamn years ago!!), and finally the demon Pazuzu from William Friedkin's THE EXORCIST (1973).
The Alien piece is sold already, the others (they measure 3.5 x 5") will be available at the NERD ALERT II show (at the PS Wine Bar at Pet Shop in Jersey City, running November 4-6 only!), and whatever doesn't sell will be going up on the Etsy shop after that.
Three more Spider-Man commissions, this time AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21 (after Steve Ditko), ASM #148 (after Gil Kane & John Romita), and MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #1 (after Romita).
Commissioned for a friend, a few changes from the Winslow Mortimer original (mostly, I took off the heroes' boots because even a superhero has to surf barefoot! Capes are one thing, boots another!
More Marvel cover redux commissions, mixing it up with some Fantastic Four this time! The cover of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #38 features some radical alterations to the original. Perhaps having to do with this being Steve Ditko's final issue of Spidey, he did not create an original cover for the comic book, instead Marvel cobbled together images from the interior artwork and added a lot of lettering. While the main image is certainly dynamic enough for a cover, the three panels at the bottom felt kind of randomly chosen (I'll place the original cover for comparison) so I found the full comic book online and chose three different panels I felt were more worthy of cover placement.
John Romita's cover to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #62 (introducing Medusa) has always been one of my favorites, so it was super fun to redraw this one. Medusa's green-and-orange color scheme compelled me to color it using fluorescent inks, making this another modern Third-Eye tribute.
Finally, the cover to FANTASTIC FOUR #86, which was also so much fun to do because Jack Kirby's ridiculous genius always smacks you in the face when you have to try to draw it. Try it! It's fun!
Another batch of Spider-Man commissions for my pal Al, this round special because it was the storyline begun in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #144 ("The Delusion Conspiracy!") that cemented our friendship back in Elementary School! The ad for SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1 is after John Romita, as is the cover of ASM #141 while 144 is after Gil Kane & Romita, my all-time favorite Spider-Man art team.
My friend Elisa commissioned me to redo the cover to Dell Comics' PEANUTS #10, originally by Charles Schulz. I added Violet and a background to the original and changed some of the trade dress. Sorry, Sparky!
I did this piece as a birthday gift for my friend, John. I combined elements from four different sources and the background is in fluorescent inks (which you can't tell, but I swear it's true!).
Recreation of the text-heavy poster for the 1956 exploitation film, THE FLAMING TEEN-AGE, a true unvarnished confession of a juvenile delinquent! Can you imagine?
There was a brief but glorious period in the 1970s when Supergirl was trying out a bunch of different super-costumes in the pages of ADVENTURE COMICS. But few remember that famous Hollywood costume designer Bob Mackie threw his hat in the ring as well. Sadly, while fabulous, the design turned out to be inconvenient for fighting crime, and Kara ended up in the hot pants and puffy sleeves.
Sure, you know that Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope had their own comic books published by DC Comics, but who remembers the most censored comic mag of them all?
Next up: Another one-pager, lamenting some beloved extinct elements of old comic books.
POSTSCRIPT: It was almost a month after posting this that I realized I put TWO conflicting issue number / months on the ARCHIE / X-MEN Mashup piece... that's what I get for mixing trade dress from two eras! Apologies!
