Prince Adam

Gonna continue on the Masters of the Universe theme until Mooney succombs to Stockhlom syndrome and falls in love with it. I probobly should have put in the ground beneath them and might even do so in the future

MAGNETO

I don't think i've drawn this guy since i was 15. Such a cool-looking villain.

Black and white sketch can be seen here.

Dec.

The Grifter

Another of my favourite characters, Cole Cash, aka The Grifter. This guy really blew my 14 year-old mind back in '92 when WildC.A.T.S debuted. He was like Gambit, but with guns! There's actually no other character I'd rather draw in a book than this guy, in all seriousness.So much potential.
Long-time Mick-heads will notice that I used an old sketch from last year and inked/coloured it up for this one. I like to recycle whenever possible.

Beast, man!

Y'know, somedays, after you've been locked away for half a year writing and drawing a miniseries, the last thing you want to do when you're out and about with friends and family is rush home to draw up the image you'd planned to this week, instead arriving home late to upload the sketches for the afore-mentioned image. This was one of those days.

Here are the first pictures I've ever done of Beastman from Masters of The Universe. My main reason for drawing this guy? He's the easiest target for the Anti-Motuist in our midst, Moonman. Have at it, Cheekbones!

The other Nemesis

Andy Diggle posted news a few days ago of the death of John Hicklenton. I read it, got on with my day and later did my Mick sketch. It was only when I finished it this morning that I realized just how little I cared for it and how Andy's post had been sitting there, eyeing me from the back of my skull.

So I closed it up and started again.

My favorite 2000AD artists were always Mike McMahon, Kevin O'Neill and John Hicklenton. The two former were a joy to read and study- clever visuals and immaculate layouts. John Hicklenton's work was different. I remember opening his debut for Nemesis as a teenager being blown away with the textures, the tiny panels like intricate miniatures and the splatters. His work was not easy, it wasn't fun and cosy. It was unexpected- Nemesis looked rubbery, with an anatomy that well, looked alien. I was hooked- I still drag it out and marvel at it's confidence. It has a kind of energy, like he attacked whatever surface he was drawing on to just the images out of his head. The other guys may have been the kind artists that I wanted to draw like, but Hicklenton was how I wanted to draw.

Kamen Rider

Anybody lucky enough to make it into my studio always asks who that weirdo on every poster and shelf is. And the answer is Kamen Rider

Boob groping finale to 'My first Titty' on Spazzmoid today

Nemesis

I picked up issue one of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Nemesis today. Really liked it, especially McNiven's art, which is coloured directly over the pencils. Gave it a nice loose look. The pure white costume really shows up the gore well too.

KICK ASS

Every time I hear "Kick Ass" i think of Cartman saying it. Looking forwad to the movie. Haven't read the comic yet but I do like the design. Green and Yellow can work quite well on a costume, unless its on a football jersey!

LOBSTER JOHNSON

Little stuck on time this week, so I did a looser sketch than usual. Or... well, an *actual* sketch for once. Tarted it up with a bit of colour too. Black and white version can be seen on my own blog.

Dec.

Batman

My favourite DC character this week, Batman. Figured since I had a bash at my fave Marvel character last week(Wolverine, here), twas only fair.
Had a good time over the weekend drawing this with Dec up here in Moonbase 1.

He's so Bitchin'

Had the opportunity to work through my backlog of unread comics recently, and one of 'em featured Superboy. And JESUS, is his costume the worst example of character design in the entire history of pictorial fiction. It's a sad, sad day when the 90s incarnation of a character has better design aesthetics than the current version.

So here's the raddest Krypto-Klone that ever lived. He's a total Baldwin.

Wreckers #3 is out this week, ladies. Buy the balls off it, and download issues #1 and #2 via iTunes. Believe me when I say that this story is 'nigh-accessible'.

Nick

Real Green Giant (not so Jolly)

Since the shamrocks have settled by now, nothing too much of the Motherland, though I was thinking of it when I doodled this a few months ago (hence the Dolmen). Expect to see this chap make an appearance in the future...

Pwedator

Me forget about St Patricks Day and hastily Irishify the Predator? Never!

Kermit

I wanted to continue the green theme for St. Patrick's week, so after abandoning a couple of Hulk and Savage Dragon sketches I went with Kermit. Goes well with my old Cookie Monster post.

HAPPY PADDYS DAY

Good ol green Lantern is playing up his emerald side. Dont expect him to celebrate Swedens national holiday though. Did this quite quickly yesterday in the studio while I was drawing for the day with Declan.
Anyways, if you've any bit of Irish blood in yerselves, get out to the pub and raise a pint of whatever may be your favourite beverage

BANSHEE

Felt like drawing an X-Man this week, and sure didn't i just cop it was St. Patrick's Day tomorrow, so why not do Banshee eh? Oh right... cuz he looks ridiculous; *that's* why. So, in an effort to make him slightly less-ridiculous, i thought i'd design a new costume for him. If you've no interest in the design, ignore the below. And the above too, i guess.

I basically took the costume he had (that cape is actually pretty cool and i liked the yellow 'point' on his torso) and tried to make it a bit more contemporary (ie; less-70s) along with adding some elements from Celtic armor. No chain mail or patterns or anything fussy like that, but more layered patches like the leather support those old costumes had. Also; i gave him a cropped haircut and shaved the sideburns. If Marvel ever bring him back, i'd like to see him act more like that Irish nut-bag from Braveheart that the 'didilly-aye' version from before.

Oh, and Happy Paddy's Day! (it's tomorrow but i'm off drinking tonight with Will Sliney. True story)

Dec.

Hungry Like The Wolv

Boom.

I love it when a Week comes together...

Hit the theme tune.

Nick

You can keep MacGyver...

I always loved the bit when the A Team were trapped/locked in a Ghost Town/ Mine/ Ranch/ Warehouse and out would roll the gas tanks, the welding torch and the plate steel. Cue the drums, and off the lads would go, creating a masterful bit of hokum to foil the Big Rancher/ Corrupt Sheriff/ Drug Lord/ Robber Baron Tycoon. Ahh, those were the days indeed...

Come here foo!!!

I tried a few different compositions for this one, originally with Murdock just snickering at a 'kick me' sign on B.A.'s back but I'm happy with this. Hard not to draw Mr T as Zangief though. Dec look it up.

The story of me touching/assaulting my first girl starts on SPAZZMOID today

Facelift

I loved this bit of the intro as a kid so I thought I'd update it for 2010 with the new Face and a new Cylon. Issue one of 'Shotgun Wedding' should be out today on this side of the Atlantic so if you can find it, maybe you can buy the A-Team.

THE FACEMOBILE

Ah Dirk. I used to love the A-Team as a kid. I even have a picture of myself with Mr. T somewhere knocking around from when I was about four years old. I used to watch the Mr.T cartoon as much as I watched the live action show aswell. Since there are only a few characters I got the Corvette to draw but I couldnt resist throwing in the van too. Somewhere down the line of drawing this it started to look like a 70's vinyl cover for some reason, I have no idea why

'HOWLING MAD' MURDOCK

My favourite character from the TV series (Dwight Shultz was great as Barclay in ST:TNG too), and i really like the casting for the movie too. 'FOOK MIN'!

Dec.

I Love It When A Plan Comes Together.

This Wednesday(USA)/Thursday(Ireland,UK) sees the launch of A-Team 'Shotgun Wedding' Issue 1 of 4., and to celebrate us Micks are producing a week of Team-themed pieces. I'll start the ball rolling here with what the wife calls my 'Mount Rushmore' pic of the lads, and rest assured that many more kick-ass drawrings of the boyos by the Micks will be on display here throughout the week.

Please do pick up the first issue of the book, as it really is rather good. Well, the writing by Tom Waltz and Joe Carnahan is anyway, it's dawn by some hack. The action, humour and team-dynamic all really ring true to the original series, while instantly relocating proceedings to a much more contemporary setting.
Lots of things blow up real, real good.

Eccleston Nicks

Recycling's good for the planet, right?

Here's a three-year-old sketch of The Ninth Doctor.

Now I'm off to traumatise the balls off some robots.

New Mick aboard

The Age of Holden is a memory, and the glorious new Age of Len is upon you- rejoice!

What better way to start then with the kind of thing you'd doodle at the back of class- Hellboy vs Judge Death.

Neh

Sorry lads, no time to draw anything this week so here are some pages from a secret project. God I love Manga Studio and the Cintiq. 5 pages in a day.

Good comic about those arms length social networking photos on my webcomic today though

Skeletor

I was a big Skeletor fan as a kid, I had the figure and even his purple panther that he rode around on. Until my mam stood on it and cracked it in half down the seam. This was all drawn with a good old fashioned brush, old skool.

JUDGE PJ

Its PJ's last week on the blog here so I thought I'd do a quick pic as a thanks for all the hard work hes put into the blog over the last year. Once a Mick always a Mick PJ

RETURN OF THE JOKER

Bit stuck on time at the moment, so i thought i'd just do a little headshot for this week. Enjoyed this actually; only took a few minutes too. I'd like to do more. I saw the Batman Beyond; Return of the Joker animated movie last night. Absolutely brilliant. Genuinely chilling at times and the animation is fantastic from start to finish.

Thompson wanted me to mention that today; the 2nd of March makes this the actual birthday of the Eclectic Micks blog, so this is the first post of our second year. Here's to many more....

....well, a few more at least....

Dec.

Bat-Sheet Crazy

Quick one this week, this is a bat-doodle I did doodle onto a heel-sheet while drawing an A-Team page.