Know what day it is?

The might of THOR cannot be contained by your foolish blog layout!

It’s Thursday. You do the math.

And speaking of days of the week, Legion of Super-heroes alphabet series returns Monday!

Because I realised this morning that I’ve fallen in love with the Flash’s Rogues gallery. I mean, come on. Mirror Master? Captain Cold? The Pied Piper? AWESOME.

Started as a quick doodle. Then I COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL and here we are. Nefarious!

Also, if you’re not already listening to Tom Vs. The Flash and you like old comics, you really ought to do yourself a favor and check it out.

Oh, hey, what have we here? Could it be? Could it possibly be? The first entry in a new blog series?!

Oh, just another one of those silly Legionnaires--AAAUUGHHH SWEET CHRISTMAS MAKE IT GO AWAY

Yes sir, your eyes do not deceive you! It’s the new Legion of Superheroes alphabet series, starting off on a truly unsettling note with Legion reject Arm-Fall-Off Boy! In his own words, “My power will astound you! Observe as I detach my limb– and transform it into a deadly weapon!” I can’t understand why they turned him down for membership in the Legion, honestly. Bludgeoning criminals with your own severed arm is a pretty amazing power. Plus he’d always have the element of surprise in a fight. Unless, you know, they knew his name or something.

While Arm-Fall-Off Boy is pretty far out, this is honestly par for the course with the Legion, (as we’ll see in coming entries packed chock-full of glorious insanity). Stay tuned!

Well folks, we’ve reached the end of the series. Z is for Zorro!

Most historians credit Zorro's signature "Z" marking to be responsible for the rise in graffiti crime in early 19th-century California

It took significantly longer than 26 weeks, but here we are. I’m a little bit more experienced, you’re a little bit more aware of the absurdity of many comic book characters- I’d say we both came out ahead.

I’ll be starting the next series, The Legion of Superheroes: from A to Z in February. Keep your eyes peeled, and have a great weekend!

This one harkens all the way back to the entry for the letter C.

Yankee Poodle is a member of the Zoo Crew, the team of talking animal superheroes let by Captain Carrot.

Look at those jazz hands!

Truth, Justice, and the unsettling-American-dog-human-hybrid way!

I’d love to see a Zoo Crew revival. Fun, kid-friendly comics are in short supply these day. Scott Shaw! Call me!

aka Professor X, leader of the X-Men!

Master of mutant mind mayhem!

Now, I’ve got to be completely honest. I don’t much like Professor X. He always seemed kind of sinister- like he had some ulterior motive he wouldn’t share with the team. But then, I’ve never been a huge X-Men fan in general, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

And no matter how you look at it, he’s better than X-Cutioner.

Creator and leader of the Metal Men, Doc Will Magnus has survived cancellations and disastrous revisions to be one of the most fun, high-concept characters in the DC Universe. Doc and his team  of sentient robots, each named after and having the physical properties of a particular metal, are some of my favorite characters DC has.

Yes, ladies, he IS a real doctor.

I fully intend to do a post featuring the whole team in the near future, so keep an eye out for that!

Full title: Volstagg The Voluminous, the Lion of Asgard!

(I assume the exclamation point is mandatory, but I can’t say for sure.)

Volstagg: Making morbid obesity awesome since 1965!

Volstagg is a character from Marvel’s Thor series, and is a member of the Warriors Three, Thor’s drinking/fighting buddies. He is known for being (a) awesome, (b) fat, and (c) totally rad.

Stay tuned for more updates this week! I’ve got the finished series ready to go, and I’ll be posting an entry each day this week.

Here’s a recent shirt design commissioned by Happy Hollow Park & Zoo in San Jose.

So metal!

I submitted three roughs with the same dragon artwork, and this was my favorite. (Unfortunately, the client went with my least favorite, a more typography-centered design. Ain’t that always the way.)

This was a fun illustration job, as the client wanted to have a cartoony mascot illustration in the shirt based off their centerpiece ride, Danny the Dragon:

Danny's seen better days.

My first instinct was to go for really bright colors since the design was meant for kids, but the general vibe of the park seemed very retro. The design shown here was inspired by video game and toy licensing shirts of the 1980s.

That’s right! A murderous artificial intelligence! Can’t go wrong with Ultron. He/it is awesome.

The ORIGINAL Terminator

And that’s all for today!