Today would have been Jack Kirby’s 98th birthday! I created this character inspired by all the insano awesome things I love about Jack’s artwork. Happy 98th to the King!
Also…
CONTEST!
If you can think of a good name for this guy leave it in the comments. I’ll give a comic book featuring Jack Kirby artwork to the person who comes up with what I deem the best one!
(Contest ends when I say it ends)
I’m doing a series of ‘Lil Portraits of some (kind of) famous people. Who knows… maybe you would like to buy one? They’re tiny. Roughly 3.5″ x 3.5″ on bristol board but I’d be happy to vary the size based on your needs. I’ll do any person you want (even Josef Mengele or Shia LaBeouf) and mail it to you for a reasonable price. Contact me and we can work out the details.
This one of Chomsky was commissioned by a friend.
This is a character created by Rob Liefeld, drawn by Eric Shonborn and colored by me.
This was super fun for me to do for two reasons. First because I sincerely love Liefeld’s character designs and second because this is the first time I’ve colored a piece of Eric’s art (he’s colored plenty of mine).
Check out more of Eric’s sweet ink and (occasionally) colored pixels here.
My ninth grade English teacher (Mrs. Cotterman) introduced me to the work of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. way back in 1991 and I honestly can’t think of anything more valuable that was ever given to me. She had our class read Slaughterhouse Five and it’s fair to say it blew my mind. Since that day I’ve read many other Vonnegut books and have enjoyed each one just as well.
Vonnegut’s books make me happy. They remind me that all of the things we get so caught up in trying to control and define are just random fragments of this thing called existence. They remind me of how short life is and that we shouldn’t waste our time racking our brains trying to figure it out. They remind me that I’m not the only one that thinks we should all be kinder to each other for no better reason than that’s simply how it should be. They also remind me just how damned funny an old man from the Midwest can be.
Which bodes well for my future.
My lovely lady friend Kathleen is a super fan not only of Harry Potter but also of Gary Oldman in general… so I did this sketch of Sirius Black last night while watching an episode of Breaking Bad. I love that show. More on that next post…