[click above for the full strip!]
Okay, I know I promised to post these every week. So sue me. Wait, no, please don’t. And disregard that I have no permission whatsoever to include an X-Man in my comic. That being said, Colossus’s old costume was pretty badass, right? And fun as hell to draw!
(For those not well versed in such things, the “Ultimate X-Men” version of Colossus was, in fact, gay. Which was awesome.)
I was oddly compelled to draw a badass sketch of my Japanese demon ninja guy from the Isonade storyline. Don’t worry, you’ll definitely be seeing him again.
Click the image for the glorious, full version:
This week, Manta-Man meets Marvel’s most haunting motorcycling superhero, the Ghost Rider! (click the image for the larger, readable version)
I’ve never really “gotten” Ghost Rider–motorcycles, leather, hellfire, and skeletons seem like a winning combination, but just not for me. That being said, black leather and spiky stuff are lots of fun to half-assedly draw.
For a while now, I’ve been tickled by the thought of Manta-Man meeting more well-known (and less incompetent) superheroes. This is where I’ll be collecting those encounters. It might be a weekly thing, or it might not. In any case, I’ve already got a few in the bag, so I’ll be posting them over the next few Wednesdays!
First up, MANTA-MAN meets CAPTAIN AMERICA! (click to make the comic larger and readable. Also, please don’t sue me.)
I never really draw “normal” superheroes, so it’s been a lot of fun to experiment with it. Things I learned in the process:
–Captain America is surprisingly sexy.
–His costume is pretty rad, too.
–Including the fact that his underwear has belt loops.
I was thrilled to receive this drawing of Dixie from Amber Guffey, an awesome Michigan cartoonist and illustrator. Her webcomic I MADE INKY is about a gay octopus, so it is clearly spectacular. She also blogs at Rainy Canvas.
Seriously, I could look at drawings of Dixie allllll day.