Iron Man the Avengers movie

The casting of Robert Downey Jr as smooth, fast talking, sarcastic but kind hearted billionaire gadfly with a drinking problem Tony Stark in the Iron Man movies and the Avenger's movie was, to say the least flawless! There really is no other actor who matches the description of not just physicality but persona as Downey and he played the role in the super hero team like he owned it, on top of nearly every scene he was in which still maintained the harmony with his less veteran acting cohorts. Seriously how can you not love this guy. 

Also the character of Iron man is more relatable to us, to be encased in a sweet flying robotic suit of armour that makes even the coolest sports car look redundant and as there is the fact this kind of power is actually attainable, with a decent lottery win of course ;) 

This is the third caricature of Iron Man I've done, much like Spider Man he's a perennial and fun to draw and basically he's like the Marvel version of Batman billionaire playboy philanthropist who fights crime with all kinds of awesome high tech gadgets- he just looks like he has more fun doing it.

Parklife May it's cold this time of year.

Captain AMERICA, the Avengers movie

Chris Evans as Captain America in the Avengers movie was the consummate leader, diligent, hard working and due to his super solider serum imbued body able to survive being frozen since the 1940's; out of touch in many ways with the modern world. There's a great scene where he's playing the game Asteroids on the S.H.I.E.L.D ship's computer which is priceless. lol. 

Evan's is no stranger to playing heroes, having been the Human Torch in the Fantastic 4 movies, which had their moments but suffered from poor handling. Captain America however does not meet a similar fate however seeing as the tie in movie and the Avengers are deftly crafted and well orchestrated. 

As a kid I always thought the little wings on the side of his head were kind of WTF, but the character has definitely grown on me. Lots of fun to watch, comic book movies are fun again, as they should be.

May the Forth be with you

On the eve of "Free Comic Book Day" we loosely coalesce to celebrate May the Forth unofficial Star Wars holiday. This is an old one of Darth Maul, probably Episode 1: The Phantom Menace's only redeeming feature. ;)    

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THE HULK, The Avengers movie

THE INCREDIBLE HULK, HULK PART OF AVENGERS HULK BIGGEST HULK STRONGEST HULK is one of the more interesting characters in the Marvel pantheon. The embodiment of the raging savage id of mankind, the perennial Jeykll and Hyde, a "made flesh" metaphor of the almighty American dollar- it's been said before. Let's face it if we had his power we'd SMASH!!!

Someone call for a webslinger?

I've drawn a caricature version of Spidey every year since 2008 and each year they get a little better, more ambitious but still cartoony. I drew this one during some down time at the park, it wasn't all that busy at the time and I figured hey, if all the equipment is here why not. Besides it's always a great way to draw a crowd, so to speak.

Ok he's technically not an avenger- well not a full time one at the very least. But he's pretty damn cool and has a new movie coming out. I liked the mid 90's animated series that came out for this character and his inclusion in games like Marvel Verses Capcom.

Mavel vs Capcom two kinds of pure awesome in one. I will be returning to this later on.

 However I do remember trudging through the seemingly endless "Clone Saga" one of the few times I decided to get into the comic books and I chose that specific time.

This series went way too long I've always found anything with clones to be kind of dull, mutants however...

The movies directed by Sam Raimi from the mid 2000's were fantastic...ok the 1st and 2nd movies were fantastic I had my qualms about the casting and final version of Eddie Brock/Venom in the 3rd but hey.

Venom is one of my all time favourite characters- being a kid of the 80's and 90's to see him join a rogues gallery populated mostly by more of the traditional costumed super villains was not only refreshing but very cool. I will be doing a caricature version of this character soon.  

Don't get me wrong the Venom character itself was handled nicely in the movie, casting the guy from That 70's Show? Really??

Loki and Thor, the Avengers movie

Loki and Thor, the two sons of the All Father Odin. Thor the god of thunder and Loki the god of mischief (and no I'm not making that up) Thor lucked out with his signature powers, Loki albeit more fun, not so much.

Loki was played in the movie by Tom Hiddleston and put in a magnificent performance as the conniving, dark, brooding if somewhat flamboyant second banana of Asgard.  

Thor is one of those characters who transcended the origins in Norse mythology (mythology being like the "public domain" of story ideas) into a far more modern contemporary ethos. He's your classic spoilt rich kid that get's taught a lesson in humility. Chris Hemsworth plays him and does a pretty fine job too, in the hands of a lesser actor and creative team this character would and has been, in the past embarrassingly camp to downright stupid. In this movie, it is not the case. 

If anything the chemistry between these two is reminiscent of the Hamletesqe relationship between Scar and Mufasa from the Lion King.