Prince Street News: Super Summer Fashions

The new BACK ISSUE (#160, July 2025) is a "Summer Fun Issue," which gave me the opportunity to return to a theme I've visited a few times in the past in Prince Street News, being the weather feasibility of some superhero costumes. I gave warm weather outfits to Captain America, Batgirl, the Punisher, the Creeper, Betty "Superteen" Cooper, and Wolverine. 
What I didn't know (or had forgotten, as I'd never owned them) is that the 1990s MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIALS (covered in this issue) had mined this vein of snark many, many times, so there may be some overlap here. I also acknowledge that Superteen doesn't really need a "summer costume," it was just an excuse for me to draw Betty. 
Here's the strip as it appears in the issue as well as details on each figure (including both hand- and digital-colored Batgirl variations). I'm also posting the sketchbook pages for this installment and a montage of the line art before scanning and cleanup.

Woke Since 1938

 I got so sick of seeing people on the Right trying to deride the new Superman as being "woke propaganda" that I felt I had to draw a response. I knew that when I posted this on my Instagram page, The Daily Superman that I would no doubt lose some followers (I did) and stir up a little conservative ire (I also did). But I'm okay with both of those things. Because one thing you do NOT get to do is claim that "Social Justice Warrior" is a negative thing when it comes to superheroes, and especially Superman. 

Lo-Fi Takes the Streets 2025

 My second year doing the artwork for Lo-Fi Takes the Streets, the music and food festival hosted by Jersey City's Low Fidelity Bar! Here are the poster and tee-shirt designs for the event. Click over to our sister blog for more including alternate logos, preliminary art and a teaser image.