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All art here was drawn with black ink on Bristol board and then digitally colored. The requester received both.

This first one goes pretty deep into comic book lore. There was a very popular comic in the 40's and 50's called Captain Marvel. The main character was a boy who yelled, "SHAZAM," and turn into a hero. A comics company in the UK created their own rip-off character named Marvelman. In that comic, a boy would yell, "KIMOTA," (which is "atomic" backwards, basically) and turn into a hero. This art switches it around for hilarious results.

In present times, Captain Marvel is merely called Shazam, and Marvelman is called Miracleman. Comics! You have to pay attention.

Below is two golden age heroes in public domain, redesigned by the requester. I thought it was clever of him to put the Moth and the Flame together!

Next up is a Star Trek request. If you know the original series, you will no doubt recognise elements from Mirror, Mirror. The requester asked for the goatee to be on Uhura. I think it's funny that it implies it was fake when Spock wore it.

Eyebrow-less People Unite!

When movie makers want villains to look even more villainous, what do they do? I'll tell you. They shave off the actors eyebrows! Let's take a look--

Jared Leto as the Joker in Suicide Squad

Peter Stormare as Satan in Constantine

Brad Dourif as Wormtongue in Lord of the Rings

Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa in Power Rangers

And, there's tons more! Hollywood continues to perpetuate this stereo type. I myself am eyebrow-challenged. Even if you photograph me with a baby, I still look villainous--

Eyebrow-less people unite! What are we teaching our children? Should I be forced to paint on eyebrows to be accepted by society? It's time to make our barren-forehead voices heard!

Together we can work towards the utopian future that Star Trek valiantly showed us. Where the eyebrow-less is not only accepted, but dare I say-- celebrated!

Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan

René Auberjonois as Odo

Peace!

It isn't easy being green.

She-Hulk has green blood. It drove me a little crazy when Greg Horn painted many She-Hulk covers, during Dan Slott's great run, that gave her red-rimmed eyes. To me, she merely looked like a red-blooded girl painted green.

That may be why the green-skinned woman in the newest Star Trek movie looks merely painted to me too.

I'm just saying.

Bele and Lokai

Remember that episode of the original Star Trek where the two guys were fighting because the black and white halves of their faces were on opposite sides? They were both from the planet Cheron , but considered themselves separate races. They hated each other.

Was anyone else waiting for Captain Kirk to ask the obvious question?