This piece was done with felt markers and colored pencils. I figured I should have some color pieces in my portfolio. There’s no back story for this one. It’s just a guy being hideously disassembled by … something.

I’ve forgotten what zine or magazine that I did this illustration for. I’m going through the boxes of zines and minicomics that I amassed back at the beginning of the Nineties. If I ever got a contributor’s copy I should have it somewhere in one of them. So if I find it I’ll update this post. From what I remember it was to illustrate a piece of fiction that involved phone sex. It was probably a horror story. I did  the occasional piece for erotic fiction zines but I did a lot more work in the horror genre.

As I mentioned yesterday, I like drawing bricks.

I like drawing old buildings. I enjoy all the brick and title. There’s something something calming about laying down those stones. Traditional buildings don’t have the sharp edges of modern constructions so I’m less concerned when my lines aren’t that straight.

I’ve never been a big fan of the rich man vigilante superhero archetype. I like Batman and Zorro well enough but I can’t think of any other wealthy heroes that do much for me. Partly that’s because I’m not rich and likely never will be. Partly that’s because, it seems to me, there are more effective ways for a rich man to fight crime than to punch muggers. Punching bad guys is what you do when you can’t do much else.

This is the Raven. Yes, the Raven is a very similar name to the Crow. I’m pretty sure that was intentional. I liked the Crow comic. Unlike the Crow, the Raven is a living man. He’s a vigilante who fights crime on the streets.He doesn’t have any super powers. He’s a just a really good martial artist and crazy enough to think punching bad guys is a good way to spend his time.

I’ll probably never do anything with the character. Comics are full of costumed vigilantes. If I did make use of him I’d probably change his name.