Starting Monday!

 Another Superman #POOC, based on a 1939 panel from the Superman comic strip by Joe Shuster. 

Batman Colorforms

Original art by Carmine Infantino 

Flying Fiend Comics

After Ernie Bushmiller. 

 

Wonder Woman Hand Puppet & Super Powers

 Two new commissions, redrawing some classic Wonder Woman merchandise (with some tweaks to the Ideal Hand Puppet package)

Spider-Man '67 Redux

 Here's another series of animation cel recreations, this time images from the 1967-70 SPIDER-MAN cartoon, produced first by Grantray-Lawrence animation, then Krantz films. One of the great things about the Krantz seasons was the gorgeous background paintings, rivaling those of the 1960s PEANUTS specials. Oh, and sorry for the earworm of the greatest superhero cartoon theme of all-time I've now put in your head. Actually, I'm not sorry at all. 

Black Light Galactus

 After the great Jack Kirby, of course. 

The Empire Strikes Back Wrapper Redux

Another Wrapper Redux (or Wredux, if you will). 

More PEANUTS recreations...

Some more PEANUTS cel and panel recreations. All of these (the originals) are available at the Tough Guy Goods Etsy shop. Prints of one or two may pop up on there as well. Hope your holidays were merry and bright (or at least as much as modern times can allow!)! 

 

In her satin tights / fighting for our rights...

Two recent Wonder Woman pieces, featuring two different iterations of the character, both beloved by me!

Prince Street News: More Ben Cooper!

 The new BACK ISSUE Magazine (#131) is a look at Jack Kirby's post-Fourth World DC Comics. Which is nice, but has nothing to do with the Prince Street News comic therein! This is a rare off-topic episode, a seasonal sequel to one of the more popular things I've done, superheroes wearing their own Ben Cooper (et al) Halloween costumes. 

For this installment, I confess to doing some cheating. Previously, I hand-drew the costumes in all their tiny detail. This time, I more simply Photoshopped the screened imagery onto most of the figures (the exceptions being Mr. Fantastic and Supergirl). If I ever revisit this theme, I'm probably going to go back to doing the whole thing by hand. Because, you know... not cheating. 

Nosferatu

 

NERD ALERT!

 My pal, Matt Caputo and I are having an art show at the 313 Gallery in Jersey City NJ, with an opening reception Saturday, October 23 from 2-7pm. NERD ALERT! is a show of mostly pop-culture-inspired art, both originals and prints for sale, many priced to move! So come on out and geek out with us! There'll be snacks! 

Prince Street News: For Sheer Suspense!

 The new BACK ISSUE Magazine (#130) is a super-fun one if you were a comics fan in the '70s and '80s (I mean, they all are, that's the whole gist of the mag, but this one is particularly hoot-worthy), spotlighting Bronze Age Promos, Ads, and Gimmicks (including, naturally, the ubiquitous Hostess ads that appeared in every comic book of the era). 

For this installment of Prince Street News, I did a lot of detail work, completely redrawing entire house ads and covers for some of the things I discuss. Then again, I also used more scans in this episode than in any other PSN strip... so it all balances out!! 

Below is the full strip as it appears in the mag as well as the full redraws. The original art for some of these is available in the ol' Tough Guy Etsy shoppe (note that the Ms. Marvel ad and Captain America cover look different than in the final strip, as they were hand-lettered and colored for the shop). 

Walking and Rolling to School with Buster the Bus

 My friend, the multi-talented Kayt Hester pulls a day gig at the Hudson Transportation Management Association in New Jersey where she works in pedestrian safety for the younglings. She wrote a book for the kids starring the TMA's mascot, Buster the Bus (one of a number of Buster Buses across the land) and asked me to illustrate it.  Sadly, WALKING AND ROLLING TO SCHOOL WITH BUSTER THE BUS is currently only available to Hudson County school children, but it may be given a wider distribution at some point. Here's a selection of pages from the book along with the poster I did to promote it and a photo of the writer and artist in the wild (or, at a bar!). 

Fawnwood

  This commission is outside of my normal purview, but it was also a very personal piece. My aunt (mother's sister) and uncle built this beautiful house in 1979 in the woods and spent the next forty years making it a warm and inviting home for their own family and many, many visitors. In January of 2020, they moved out of the house into a smaller retirement community (which they have already made their own, because that's what they do). For my uncle's birthday, my aunt asked me to collaborate with her on a comic strip style ode to the house they (and I) loved so much. To call this a labor of love is putting it mildly.