LIL SPAWNY 2010- 2012

Every now and then I find an old sketch or unfinished idea that I just can't help but either rework or complete, either out of principle, curiosity or boredom. Growing up Spawn was one of my favourite comic book heroes and, in more of a nostalgic capacity, still is. I initially drew this piece back in 2010 and was never really happy with the original drawing, fortunately I'm old school when it comes to my craft and always have a hardcopy back-up of just about everything I've done so reworking this piece was relatively painless plus, the way I see it is-sure I'll go totally digital when they build a USB storage device that doesn't turn feral after 1 transfer! 

This piece was part of an original collection of pop culture homages kind of a love letter to the 80's and 90's caricaturing the creations of that era.

This piece is a WIP I fixed up in an afternoon- the finishing touches coming soon.

Big Spawn 2012

My tribute to the 90s comic book hero Spawn, though I'm sure he's still around and the series Todd MacFarlane created continues I haven't heard much from the brooding crimson caped, undead, African American, former special ops, turned servant and knight for Hell on earth after selling his soul to the Devil to see his wife again... Come to think of it, it really is a very cool story.

I discovered Spawn around the age of 12 or 13 my Dad gave me the first volume as a birthday gift, seriously one of the greatest presents I ever got since my first bike! But I was engrossed with not only this Dante's Inferno meets Faust meets The Crow type of story but the art in the book was like nothing (and this was long before I got broadband) I'd ever seen before. MacFarlane drew in that I either can't or refuse to draw in that classic comic art style and made something unique.