Sketch-a-Day 124/365: Bad Storm on the Rise

Sure it was a bad joke at the time but the punk revival of Storm rocking the mohawk and leather turned into something iconic for the character to many readers today. Personally I always preferred the mohawk over the luxurious mane of white hair

Sketch-a-Day 76/365: Warrior Goddess

Bringing 80's Week to a close here on The Sketch Side; hailing all the way from Eternia, comes the Warrior Goddess herself, Teela. I don't think there's much else that needs to be said about this Captain of the Royal Guard. I hope you enjoyed this week long flashback as much as I did!

Sketch date: 3/17/13

Sketch-a-Day 75/365: Give Me the Might!

"Moonstar of Limbo, Give me the might, the muscle, the menace, of MON*STAR!"

Today's sketch is brought to you by the Moonstar of Limbo and features Mon*Star, the main antagonist from Silverhawks. Silverhawks was on the air for all of 3 months in 1986 and also had a comic book series that lasted a whopping 7 issues!

Sketch date: 3/16/13

Sketch-a-Day 74/365: Hooooooooo!

Thunder. Thunder. ThunderCats! HOOOOOOOOOO! This awesome 80's property was revived in comic book form in 2000 and again as a second animated series in 2012 making it, in my most humble of opinions, THE flagship property of the 80's. "But what about G.I. Joe", you ask? Granted the Joe's have endured much longer and more successfully than the Cats with SEVERAL revivals, however I don't consider the Joe's an 80's property. Granted their pop culture popularity stems from the Real American Hero property line, however G.I. Joe is actually a product of the 60's with the 80's cartoon and toy line being a revival from that. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

Getting back to the ThunderCats... today's sketch is of the original nunchaku wielding bad-ass himself...Panthro! Hope you enjoy!

Sketch Date: 3/15/13

Sketch-a-Day 73/365: D'Compose

Hailing from the freakiest kid's show of the 80's comes D'Compose from Inhumanoids. The best part of the 80's is the total lack of caring towards any consistency. I've seen D'Compose sporting anywhere from 4 to 6 taloned digits on his hands in the cartoon and comic, yet the toy appears to only have 3 thick claws. I think the only constant required was the exposed rib-cage and skull like head.

Sketch-a-Day 72/365: Razorback

The 80's Throwback just keeps rolling on with today's sketch of Razorback from the cartoon (and brief comic book) Spiral Zone! While the show lasted all of three months it was possibly one of my top favorites to watch because the vehicles were just beyond cool. I've always wanted a monocycle solely because of this show. The Black Widows (i.e. bad guys) had some pretty freakishly sweet modes of transportation too. Ah memories... but I digress, let's get on to the sketch!

Sketch-a-Day 71/365: Negative Woman

This sketch goes back...way back. Back all the way to the 80's with DC's Negative Woman from Doom Patrol II! Much cooler and powerful than her predecessor, Negative Man. Enjoy!

Sketch-a-Day 70/365: War Duke (updated)

(UPDATE: better scan of image uploaded)

Follow up Dragon Week with a Dungeons & Dragons themed sketch? Yes please! Stopping by the Outcast Studios Daily Sketch Challenge I was elated to find the subject was War Duke. Not only was I an avid gamer in my younger days but I also grew up on the short lived cartoon series and my older brother actually had the War Duke action figure (with Battle-Matic action!) that I eventually inherited. Enough reminiscing and on to the sketch! Comments and crits are welcome as always too. Enjoy!