Tob-El

Calamity Jon Morris called out for #supersona pieces on Twitter and I responded with this, cookin' up some deliciousness.  Also, I raided Jor-El's closet.

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The Red Ghost And His Super Apes

Brilliant Soviet scientist Ivan Kragoff, with his three trained primate buddies, gained super powers from cosmic rays while attempting to beat the Americans to the moon. Kragoff finds he has the ability to become intangible, while his gorilla gains super strength, his orangutan the mastery over magnetism, and baboon the ability to shape shift. Adopting the colorful name the Red Ghost, Kragoff and his Super Apes have long become a thorn in the Fantastic Four's side.

MAY-VEL continues all month long, a drawing challenge tackled by myself and Pedro Delgado. To see his superb rendering of the Red Ghost, go here.

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Thundra

Everyone's favorite Femizon from a distant, alternate future: Thundra! And her boy toy, Ben Grimm. Continuing on with the MAY-VEL drawing challenge with Pedro Delgado, check out his sweet version of the muscular maiden here.

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Luke Cage, Hero For Hire

Who would bust into the Baxter Building, toss around the Fantastic Four, ask to borrow a rocket, fly to Latveria, and then proceed to put a smack down on Dr. Doom until he pays up the $200 he stiffed you for a job? Sweet Christmas, Luke Cage would, you jive turkey. Another MAY-VEL piece coinciding with Pedro's, which you can check out here. Up next? Thundra, baby.

Yesterday's post and comments are gone due to a Blogger snafu. I guess during a maintenance or new design run, they knocked out all service and deleted yesterday's doings affecting everyone with a blogger account. Too bad, that Hulk cover was getting decent traffic and was featured on another blog, all of which, at this moment, is gone. Hopefully they will get those restored.

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The Rampaging Rhino

Continuing with the drawing challenge known as MAY-VEL, here's the rampaging Rhino. I think he's off to get a cheeseburger. Check out some sweet Rhino action over at Pedro's blog. We're both off to the next character, a certain Mr. Luke Cage. And maybe a cheeseburger.

Pedro is doing some amazing work, so I added the second image, inspired by his work.

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Thor, God Of Thunder

Well, since Pedro did such wonderful work on his Thor sketches for our ongoing drawing challenge he has termed MAY-VEL, I throw this one in the ring in addition to my Thor Week piece. Just saw the movie today, and despite my usual minor gripes, I enjoyed it. Seeing Thor knock around some Frost Giants with Mjolnir was worth the admission price alone. But, I digress.

This image I will be using for a free trading card give away today at Annex Comics here in Newport. May 7th is Free Comic Book Day around the nation and I'm giving away this puppy, as well as sketching in the shop for anyone who wants to drop by for one. So come down and score some free comics and other goodies. Annex Comics is located at 314 Broadway in Newport, RI. It is conveniently located across from a liquor store.

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Thor Week: Loki

Day 6 of Thor Week brings us the runty Frost Giant offspring, adopted son of Odin named Loki. Yes folks, evil wears bright green and yellow with a ponytailed helmet. Beware!

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Thor Week: Thor!!!!!

The man of the hour shows up on the most appropriate day of Thor Week: Thursday! The very day named after him. This drawing is the fifth piece of the Thor Week drawing challenge and also acts as the first piece in another drawing challenge known as MAYVEL! A pal of mine, Pedro Delgado, who you might know as my co-collaborator on March MODOK Madness, decided he would draw a few Marvel Comics characters this month, and I suggested we both take a stab at the same characters. So follow us all month for a multitude of mighty Marvel madness this May. One drawing for two drawing challenges, isn't that kind of lazy, you're asking? Absolutely. However, Pedro makes up for it with 2 great sketches of Thor at his blog. Check them out.

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Thor Week: Odin

Day four of Thor Week brings us to the All-Father Odin! He says, "Thou must talk to mine hand!" Snap.

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Thor Week: Heimdall

Thor Week continues with day three's Asgardian: Heimdall! I had a little trouble locating images of Heimdall I liked on the internet, as reference was a bit spotty, so I combined costume looks from different sources through the ages and present this drawing. Heimdall is a cool dude, standing ever-ready on Bifrost to defend the gates of Asgard, never taking a pee break. Now that's dedication.

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Thor Week: Lady Sif

Continuing the Thor Week character pin-up pieces: Sif! She is Thor's on-again-off-again girlfriend, when the thunder god isn't cruising Midgard for some mortal company. This character was suggested by Nico, who has started a Sif of his own. As for me, let's say Heimdall is next here at Thor Week on the ol' blog.

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Thor Week: Volstagg the Voluminous

Inspired by a friend's post of Volstagg, I decided to draw the jolly giant because it looked like fun. I proposed a larger scaled concept. As this Friday, May 6th, the movie Thor premieres in theaters, I suggested that we do a drawing challenge consisting of Thor characters, mainly Asgardians to celebrate the occasion. However, I think Nico will be a might bit busy, as I've learned his lady has gone into labor and soon he will be a brand new papa! Congrats, from Volstagg and me!

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