THE CITY OF TOWNSVILLE!!!!!!

I really don't understand why the Powerpuff Girls were such a big hit. I really don't. What's surprising is that just as much guys watched the show as girls did. Huh. Anyway... I try to avoid drawing cartoony-cartoon pictures--round shapes and the like are just NOT my thing. But Juliane demanded it so... eh.

I must say that this pic is waaaaay better than my first attempt at drawing this hit cartoon.

But that's just my opinion.

BATMAN BEYOND

This would be the first pic I've drawn of this guy, wouldn't it? Well, I remember when I was a kid... and I heard that there was gonna be a teenaged Batman TV show. Everyone was psyched. Except me. "A teenaged Batman???? Makes no sense!" So, I didn't watch the show. Then I saw the movie BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER.... and I was hooked. The idea of a teenaged Batman really works when Bruce Wayne is old and someone else has to carry the Mantle of the Bat.

Thanks to the HUB TV station for showing the old animated series... now I get the joy that I ignorantly refused in my childhood =/

NIGHTWING

Been a while since I updated this thing or since I even drew a picture of Nightwing. I was pretty happy when a friend, Thierry, asked me to draw him. Nightwing is one of the coolest characters in the DC Universe, but sometimes he's the most underrated. People don't see the potential he has and the writers themselves don't show it.

So here's to the legacy of Nightwing that has yet to truly be established and here's to Thierry....

SUPERBOY PART 3

Continuing my adoration for Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul's run on Superboy.... in the third issue, Conner teams up with his best friend, Tim (Robin, Red Robin) to help him find Lex Luthor. Their meeting up for the first time takes a different turn as Conner realizes that Tim is punishing himself for the recent "death" of Conner and the even more recent apparent death of Batman.

Here we see that Tim has become like Batman... a brooding character who's borderline obsessing over his mission. It comes apparent that both Conner and Tim are both on missions that others deem as a fool's errand.

Conner wants to prove that Lex Luthor--one-half of his DNA--is capable of doing good...

And Tim wants to prove that Batman--his mentor and adoptive father, who died by the hands of Darkseid in front of countless heroes--is alive...

Thanks to Lawrence for helping me edit this pic.

Hopefully it shows the weight on their shoulders... and bond between them...

SUPERBOY PART 2

Another non-action packed issue of Superboy by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul that was simply beautiful. Here, Conner (Superboy) reconnects with Cassie (Wonder Girl) and he bares his soul to her. That's all there is to it, basically, and it's wonderful. We get a sense that this is more than just a teenaged fling and that this isn't some mushy, gushy hollow relationship portrayed in the media today.

This is simple.

This is love.

SUPERBOY PART 1

Felt inspired by Geoff Johns writing and Francis Manapul's art in their run on Superboy. I loved it. Every panel of it. It wasn't action packed--and I LOVE an action packed comic book WITH a beautiful story and plot. But this was just a story with VERY little action scenes and I LOVED it. It was so beautifully done. Superboy (Conner Kent) is trying to find himself--coming to terms with both sides of his DNA (Superman and Lex Luthor) and also grabbing hold of those he cares about. He's unsure of the future... but he's gonna charge right into it, because he knows he has the right mind and the right people at his back.

What can I say?

I love it.

FINALLY!!

To recap the title.... FINALLY!! I finally drew a Superman pic that can really be classified as a Superman pic. All the others were just some muscled Joe Schmoe with tighty-reddies and an S slapped on his chest. There was no humbleness. There was no subtle majesty. There was no real Superman.

Here it is.

Here is what I've been trying so long to draw. A picture about Kal-El of Krypton, with this Sun at his back and his duty before him-- Saving lives. Ajani asked for a Superman pic and gave me specific details on what he wanted in it and I said "Screw it. I'm gonna draw the greatest Superman image to ever come out of my head" and I did.

Have not gotten a response yet.... hope the kid likes it.