A Tribute !!!

Here is a sketch of Lightray done my Mark Englert, he didn't get the symbol on the chest right but I didn't have any reference with me. It's still really cool.

You can find more Mark goodness at http://www.markenglert.com/

When Gods die !!!

Today is a sad day..... Lightray is dead, Issue 48 of Countdown.

I've read the issue and it looks like he is gone. It's to bad he is one of my favorite New Gods, he was like Orion's sidekick quite often. Lightray you will be missed.

Kirby a la Cho !!!

Michael Cho is amazing !!! He did a really cool Orion sketch I have yet to scan and post, but he emailed me a couple old 4th World sketches he had done. So I'm posting them here !!! First we have Orion being chased by Paradeamons !!! Orion is probably one of the best known 4th World Characters since he was in he was in Justice league for a short time. Orion was a big player in Cosmic Odyssey and the NewGods book. We have Forager "the Bug" next. He's a favorite of many and was a big part of the Cosmic Odyssey mini series. Mike's depiction of him here is perfect !!!

Check out Mike's site http://chodrawings.blogspot.com/. You won't be let down !!!

Desaad !!!

You can't talk about Darlseid with out Desaad. He's Darkseid's lacky, chief torturer, and all around baddie, and given the chance he would turn on Darkseid. He's always been creepy and the Amazin' Andy Lee captured him really well in this sketch.

Check out Andy's site www.findandy.com he has some great work there and is a blast to watch him work on a sketch at a con. If you get the chance check him out !!!

Some more Darksied

I asked Phil Hester to draw someone other than Darksied since I had 3 in the book already, but he really wanted to so I let him. It's a kick ass sketch so who can argue? Phil has some great stuff out there, you should pick up Firebreather which he did with Andy Kuhn, and Phil Hester's Oversight: Collected Short Stories 1990-2005. It's really good and and over looked by many. Phil is a favorite of mine and I really look forward to new work from him.

Maybe it's Anti-Life gum ???

More Darkseid

This sketch was done by none other that the Mighty Erik Larsen !!! Erik is my 2nd favorite comic creator, right after Jack Kirby, and a nice guy to boot. If you don't read Savage Dragon you should, it's has some great Kirbyesque stuff in it, you can tell Erik is a fan. I love that Erik has brought some humor to the sketch. www.savagedragon.com

Darkseid my favorite Kirby villan ever !!!

Darkseid fascinated me when I was a kid. I only had a few New Gods and Forever People comics, so I never understood the entire story I just knew he was the bad guy, and always looking for the Anti-life equation. As a kid that seemed to be pretty nasty.

Here is a Darkseid sketch I got from Jon Boy Meyers www.scribble.ws. He has done some really cool 4th World art for the Upperdeck Vs game check out his site. !!!