Aquaman DC's New 52 part 17

Always liked this guy:

Decided to do another super-quicky before bed. Just one more to go!

Shade the Changing Man from "Justice League Dark" DC's New 52 part 16

I love the re-integration of the Vertigo characters to the DCU. Some years back I came up with a way to reconcile the two versions of Shade if ever I was given free reign at DC. But alas, it did not happen. One version was last seen working with the late great Suicide Squad before going missing in a swirl of ambiguity. The other version was tooling around in the Vertigo hinterlands guided by the great Peter Milligan. Now Milligan is back guiding Shade once more in this new book and I couldn't be happier. Well, I could be happier. But this is good too.

Another quicky. I bought three more DC's New 52s today and the month ends in just a couple of days. Will need to accelerate if I'm to keep to schedule.

Batman DC's New 52 part 15

Looks okay. Gotta sleep now.

Wonder Woman DC's New 52 part 14

I like Wonder Woman. I like Brian Azzarello and I like Cliff Chiang (the new creative team). So I should like the new #1. Which I do. Still not a fan of the new duds. Though it is better than almost any of the Legion of Superheroes re-designs.

Nightwing DC's New 52 part 13

My favorite DC character bar none is Dick Grayson aka Nightwing aka the first Robin. I was a big fan of the New Teen Titans back in the day. That's probably where it started.

Plus: I don't even mind his new costume. Unlike nearly everyone else's in the New 52.

Phantom Girl from "Legion of Super-Heroes" DC's New 52 part 12

A quicky just to catch up. Trying to be as minimalist as I can. Think her head's too big. I like my Kirby-guy getting punched though.

I've drawn her before, too. Way early in the first month of this blog.
I love the Legion of Super-Heroes. But the recent ones, included these new number 1s, have been kinda crap, hate to say. Don't particularly like the art. And the writing, even though it's coming from the guy who put the Legion on the map for me, the writing has been just bad. Too rushed. Trying too hard to be hip maybe. I keep coming back though. Like the addict I am.

Frankenstein from "Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E." DC's New 52 part 11

I loves me drawing Frankenstein. The girl with the gun is his boss: Father Time.

I know this one is late. It was from last week's haul. I bought 4 more titles this Wednesday. So, more to come!
I totally forgot! I drew this guy last year in my 5th post.

Sinestro from "Green Lantern" DC's New 52 part 10

One more before bed-time. Then tomorrow: the last post of this week's DC's New 52 buys. Then Wednesday's new comics and another batch. Whew. What the hell was I thinking?

The Demon from "Demon Knights" DC's New 52 part 9

Good book so far. Another over-complicated new costume though.

Still working on the inking. Starting to get a little more confident. Looking at it now I should have been bolder with the blacks. Still some ways before bold black strokes. Don't google that phrase.

Dawnstar from "Legion Lost" DC's New 52 part 8

Wings are hard.

Animal Man DC's New 52 part 7

Here he is. All comin' at'cha. Not a huge fan of the new costume. Looks very much like the old Angel duds. Maybe that's why I was channeling Neal Adams with this pic. Animal Man had a great design! Oh well. Another escapee from Vertigo. The book was surprisingly good.

So. Another 13 titles of DC's New 52 came out today. I bought four. So this coming week shall see just four more posts. Then next week's new titles and the week after that. I expect a grand total of 18 posts this month based on projected buying habits of DC titles (don't get me started on Marvel–maybe that'll be next month's exercise).

Swamp Thing DC's New 52 part 6

I was most looking forward to the Vertigo characters return to the proper DCU when this new initiative from DC was announced. And here's the big gun himself:

This was done super quick. I'm a bit behind on my self-imposed schedule. I wanted to get all 7 of the titles I bought this past week done before the new books came out. Alas, I have one more to go before Wednesday-new-comic-day tomorrow. Oh well. Pretty damn close. Also, getting better on the Wacom.

OMAC DC's New 52 part 5

I'm a big fan of Jack Kirby. Especially the crazy Kirby. And OMAC is a prime example of crazy Kirby. Here he is re-designed by another favorite of mine–Keith Giffen!

Giffen turned him into a Techno-Hulk guy. OMAC SMASH!!!
Don't know if I got the look right. Had to piece his costume together from several different panels. Fun to draw though.

Superman from "Justice League" DC's New 52 part 4

Superman will have to represent the whole Justice League for this post. A contrast to the "Action Comics" Superman from that earlier post (and also "Action" is the only Superman title I'm gonna pick up of the New 52 so I decided to focus on his newish look–no "S" curl). This was a quickie. Done in a couple of hours.

Not a fan of the new look. I hid the parts I really don't like: his new boots and lack of red undies (though this is black & white so whatevs).

Batgirl DC's New 52 part 3

Babs is back as Batgirl.

I'm not fond of the body armor look everyone now has in the new DC. I feel this look will be dated and the classic iconic uniforms will eventually come back anyway. Sorta like Superman's mullet from the '90s. Or the Jim Lee X-Men buckles that appeared everywhere back then too. Remember the Jean-Paul Valley Batman?

Superman from "Action Comics" DC's New 52 part 2

Here's Supes as he looks in his first outing as Superman as per Grant Morrison and Rags Morales' brand spanking new Action Comics #1:

And here's me cross-hatching like crazy 'cause it's so easy on the Wacom. This took about 2 plus hours and I'm happy about most of it. I think he looks short or something. Maybe it's his big head. My inking style is very different using the tablet that's for sure.

Jack Hawksmoor from "Stormwatch" DC's New 52 part 1

I'll be posting something from each of the new DC 52 titles that I buy. This past week I bought 6 of the 13 titles released. Including last week's Justice League I'll have 7 new posts hopefully before next Wednesday when a new batch of titles comes out. I can't buy all 52 and I wouldn't want to anyway. But I will be buying a lot ('cause I'm a sucker) which means I'll be posting a lot this month. Also, I'm gonna try and do most of these on my newly repaired Cintiq tablet. Thus: Jack Hawksmoor from, the newly integrated into the DC Universe, "Stormwatch":

Did this in just over an hour. I'm a big fan of Warren Ellis' Stormwatch and Authority and Planetary comics and I'm hoping Paul Cornell will bring his A game. This first issue was a bit disappointing but I'm willing to give Cornell the benefit of the doubt. Not a fan of the art though.
I know my background sucks but I was getting tired.