Yet another early attempt at comics from 1988 or 1989. Whereas I don’t remember what inspired my “Michelangelo versus Dracula!” comic, I’m quite sure this was very strongly influenced by Leonardo #1, published by Mirage Studios in 1986. A slightly different version of this story can be found in the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie starring Raphael.
1989.
1989. I loved this scene from Tim Burton’s version, where Batman takes on an alley full of bad guys, including a sword-wielding madman! Notice the inner circles of the title “Batman” are made up of Bat-signals.
2005.
This early attempt at comics is probably from 1988 or 1989, and is most definitely influenced by the kid-friendly Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comics Archie Comics published at the time. I don’t, however, remember what explains Dracula’s presence.
I had to format the drawing to fit this space but I’m not completely satisfied with the results. To see the original in all it’s pre-adolescent glory, go here.
I’m back in training, which means doodling compulsively while the teacher lectures. I just read P. D. James’s The Children of Men, which was the basis for the film of the same name, and in the book one of the members of the council that rules England in a dystopian future doodles Napoleonic battle scenes during meetings. The narrator observes this is not out of boredom or distraction but as a way to avoid wasting time. For me it’s half boredom and distraction and half a way to avoid wasting time.
These are all from today. I always try to doodle less but it’s difficult.
Like most kids between the ages of 9 and 11 I went through a “realistic” phase, meaning I wanted my drawings to look realistic. This was incredibly frustrating because my main artistic influence up to that point was Syd Hoff. Of course, even though my Batman looks somewhat retarded, I now find this drawing incredibly charming. I can even tell which image from the movie I copied.
In the spirit of sites such as Superman is a Dick, which use imagery from old comic books to prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that Superman is a dick and Batman is a pedophile, I present the following panel for your consideration:
From The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (with Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley and John Costanza), Book II, Page 2, Panel 8.
