Radioactiveman 183

 

I'm paying two tributes. One: Batman. Two: The Simpsons.

 

The Simpsons episode “Radioactive Man” from season 7 is possibly my favorite of the series. It’s the episode where Hollywood invades the town of Springfield to film “Radioactive Man” The Movie, and surprisingly Millhouse wins the part of the sidekick, “Fallout Boy.”

 For a while, I wanted to draw a sort of crossover or homage with Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy and an old issues of Batman and Robin comics. Of course, I thought about Batman issue 9 with the famous pose of Batman and Robin hit with a spotlight. Then, I found issue 183 where the cover pays reference to the Batman 60s TV series. In the cover, Robin is answering the Bat-Phone and alerts Batman they have to go out and solve a crime. But Batman, overworked, just wants to take the night off to watch his own TV show.

I thought this would work perfectly with the “Simpsons” humor, and have Millhouse and Rainier Wolfcastle as Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy in the same situation except watching the TV series they are featured in.

“My Eyes! The goggles do nothing!”

11x14in Bristol board, ink.

Colored art : Crayola pencils and Prismacolor markers on card stock paper which gave a nice faded comic book art look.

The Politics Of The Next Dimension...

..."Do ghost have civil rights?"

This is a companion piece to the homage of the Ghostbusters magazine cover I did. I colored it and substituted the generic ghost with Slimer instead (yay, big fan).

Of course the challenge lays in adapting Smiler to the specific style of original cartoonist’s caricatures. I don’t know if I was successful? Hopefully the ugly little spud doesn’t look too out of place. I definitely was inspired by his design in the “Real Ghostbusters” cartoon.

“We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!”

Done on 11x14in bristol, ink, copic markers.

The October 1984 Issue Of The Atlantic

 

 

This was a long time in the making, and I finally got around to drawing it…

What you are looking at here is a recreation/homage to the magazine cover that slides across the screen during the Ghostbusters “who ya gonna call” montage (you know the one, the series of chips played to the title song).

Ghostbusters is probably one of my top 5 comedies of all time, I quote it daily.

“Step aside, please. Class Five full roaming vapor coming through!”

Done on 11x14in bristol, ink.

Sometimes, Some Crimes...

 

 



So, honest to god, the theme song was stuck in my head the entire time I was drawing this... I'm still recovering from it.

Rescue Rangers is one of my absolute favorite cartoon shows, headlining my personally beloved Disney characters, Chip and Dale!

 

Also, if the layout seems familiar to you (and it should) that's because it's a direct homage to Drew Stuzan's movie poster for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Stuzan is god, everyone.

The subject matter goes quite well with the overall concept of Stuzan's design. The show itself is adventure oriented, and heck, Chip is dressed in Indy's outfit. So, it would make sense to show off the characters in an Indiana Jones-ish poster art.

11inx14in Bristol board, ink, prismacolors markers, sharpies, but mostly with prismacolor and crayola pencil colors.

"...Grey skies. It's trouble. Bad guys see double. When they're around. The chips are never down---" Dammit, I will never get rid of it!

Characters owned by Disney

 

Hunt the Duck Knight

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A tribute to my favorite cartoon character and one of my favorite books in one piece of art!

So, I looked up Darkwing Duck on the net for model reference, and noticed that there was an official comic series based on the cartoons. More ingenious was that the series paid homage to classic Batman comic covers by sticking Darkwing Duck characters in the same layout. However, I thought it was unusual that none of the Darkwing Duck covers ever referenced one of the most recognizable splash pages in the history of Batman books. So, I thought I better hurry up and whip this up before someone else got to it.

Have y’all figured out the book I riffed on?? Sure, you have.  If you collect comics it’s most likely in your in your library.  

That’s right, folks! The legendary Batman and Robin splash from Frank Miller’s ”Dark Knight Returns”

Done on 11x14in Bristol Board with ink, sharpies marks and color pencils.

Also, check out the Darkwing Duck comics. They have amazing work by James Silvani and Leonel Castellani.



New Students to Hogwarts

Tribute to Pacman

A tribute to a cultural icon.

Keen eyed viewers will noticed the two main figures are a sight redesign of the famous Ms. Pacman Arcade art.

 

Waka! Waka! Waka!

on 11x14in Bristol, used ink, and sharpie and prismacolor markes and color pencils.