Super Antics #21

I had never used Supergirl in a Super Antics before. I decided to change that. Old school!

PS- He's fine. A little heat vision and mouth-to-mouth will fix him right up!

Super Antics #20

Yikes! With blogs falling out of favor in the last few years, I sometimes forget to update mine. Here's a fairly recent Super Antics--

Hopefully Jimmy stopped at this point, instead of continuing to take photos--

Branphibian Breakfast Cereal, on stuff.

I turned this older "Branphibian" image into a TeePublic design, due to overwhelming requests. (Well, one. I get overwhelmed easily.) I changed some wording to make it an obvious parody.

Click here to check it out here!

Super Antics #19

In the modern telling of Batman's origin, I've never thought a bat could fly through a pane of glass under its own power. Here's my unofficial contribution to the story.

Kryptonians Age Too

Drawn just for fun! (You know, fun. Like aging.) Superman forgets where he's going, to outer-space.

Branphibian - The Shirt!

Yes, I know this looks like a post I made a few days ago, but-- I've turned "Branphibian" into a shirt design, due to overwhelming requests. (Well, one. I get overwhelmed easily.) I changed some wording to make it an obvious parody.

Get shirts, or stickers, or magnets, or such at TeePublic.

Branphibian Breakfast Cereal!

My oldest son thought the Creature from the Black Lagoon should have his own monster cereal. I couldn't think of a good name. The best I could come up with was DELISH FISH. Then my son blurted out-- BRANPHIBIAN! It seemed wrong for me not to turn it into art.

Happy Halloween Month!

Wolverine. No! John Brown!

I just finished promotional art for the FREE STATE COMICON in Lawrence, KS. The old man is John Brown, an abolitionist from the 1800's. He's famous in Kansas and is the con's "mascot" of sorts. I based the poster on the Wolverine #1 cover by Frank Miller and Josef Rubinstein.

If you'd like to see more of John Brown on convention posters over the years, here's a fun gallery the convention has put together!

Super Antics #18

I usually draw these in a "golden age" style, but this time I went mostly with my own natural style!

The Origin of SPIDERY-MAN!

I was lucky enough to create original content for MAD Magazine until they went to mostly reprints the last year or so. I enjoyed all of it, but one of my favorite pieces was this 3-page parody I wrote and drew of Spider-Man's origin.

Batman is often shown as a bat-shape in the comics, The first panel of my story is supposed to be "Spidery-Man" in a spider-shape. Not sure if it's obvious or not.

I didn't try to create an exact copy of Steve Ditko's art style. Instead, I drew in my own style as if it was heavily influenced by Ditko.

I thought it was a bit ironic that Marvel was known for their monster stories in the early 60's, but the radiated spider in Spider-Man's origin didn't turn into anything horrible.

Originally, I had a different last page written. Uncle "Ken" was at the wrestling ring where Spidery-Man fought. Uncle Ken lost all his money, betting on the wrong guy, and had a heart attack and died. "P. P. Poker" takes the money he won and skipped town to avoid all responsibility. It was fine, but this new one occurred to me and I like it much better.

Oh! The issue (MAD #3, 2018) also had a "cover" to this story.

The Captain Triumphs Again!

It's a lazy Sunday and I felt like goofing off. So, I added a cliche joke to an old comic cover. It shouldn't make me laugh, but it does.

Sharp-eyed folks will notice I added bleed-thru to the new yellow areas. Worth the trouble? Ha! Doubtful.

Btw, here's the original. Admittedly, it's a bit odd too.

This Looks Like a Job For... Crap!

Another new shirt at TeeFury. Sorry for the watermark. Out of all my art, this image is the most bootlegged. So, I'm finally releasing a OFFICIAL place to buy it on product. Oddly enough, women seemed to like this more than men. Get it here!

A little Arnim Zola humor for your day.

Just because I wanted to draw it.

And if you're curious about my long form work, you can check out Dirtnap, my vampire/zombie/ghost web comic!

Super Antics #7

Inspired by gun dodging in the 1950's Superman series.

Bullet Bouncing

I drew this because it makes my wife laugh.

Superman and the Car

The real story behind the cover of Action Comics #1 came to me in a dream. I, of course, had to draw it.

Yes, I know car alarms didn't exist in 1939. Don't ruin my fun.

Why Batman Doesn't Smile

My theory, anyhow.

Batman is a Hoarder!

I continue to work on my 160 page monster comic, but I took a break to draw something that's been in the back of my mind for a while. My friend Anna Maria Cool recently mentioned she suspected Batman was a hoarder. The seed was planted. I knew I wouldn't stop thinking about it until I drew something about it. I can stop thinking about it now. Click to enlarge.

 

Btw, the objects on the bottom of page 1 are all from actual Batman stories;  Detective Comics #244, Detective Comics  #235, Detective Comics #241, respectively. (Disrespectively?)

Okay, okay. You can buy this.

I often get requests to make my art available to buy. Truthfully, I do my blog for my own amusement, but some parodies I am comfortable with selling. I just have never had the time to research for the best printer. I realized this week that I have an old Zazzle account. So, I've put the above art for sale on shirts, prints and canvases.

You can order through Zazzle. Click here! Whoa! Edit: Zazzle removed it! Let me check on that an I'll get back to you....

If you have other formats you would like to see, please let me know.

Btw, I'm very happy to mention, if you happen to buy the August issue of Glamour magazine (out this Tuesday), you'll find a version of my "Oops Woman" within its glossy pages. Thank you Glamour!

Maybe the Silver Surfer's board is a giant tongue depressor.

My son, Martin, made an off-the-cuff remark as we visited our local comic shop. It amused me enough that I found a couple of statue images on the web, used some NASA photos, did a little retouching, and made this for him.

Note: I got the cool Galactus photo from Amin Ko's post on statueforum.com, and the Firelord pieces from http://marvel-figurines.blogspot.com. If either of you would like me to remove these from my site, let me know and I will. Thanks.