I stripped out the main Shazam (Captain Marvel) image off the cover art from Whiz Comics #123 (1950 Fawcett Comics) drawn by Pete Costanza and then added my own hand-built logo to make my own version.
MUMBLINGS about whatever happens to trip-my-trigger this week. This might cover books, horror movies, new music I have discovered, photo edits, tweaking panel art from a graphic novel, technical tips for your PC/mobile devices, or any other random topic.
Monday, March 11, 2024
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Green Lantern Power Ring Charged Up and Ready for Action
I pulled Kyle Rayner's GL battery-powered fist from Green Lantern vs. Aliens #4 (© Dark Horse/DC Comics 2000) drawn by Rick Leonardi and Mike Perkins.
Thursday, March 7, 2024
General Zod's Heat Vision
I stripped General Zod off the cover art from Kneel Before Zod #2 (© DC Comics 2024) drawn by Jason Shawn Alexander, and then worked my own font work, and augmented the original heat vision beams to make my own version.
Monday, March 4, 2024
No Joke. This Is A Stickup!
I pulled one panel from Batman #144 (© DC Comics 2024) drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Nesi, then remixed them into my own version of The Joker making a terrible joke as he dumps sinister laughing gas into the local Starbucks while firing an AK-47 in the air to get everyone's attention.
Affinity Photo Workflow: Panel pulled, dialog balloon replaced with my own weak joke. Frame created with vignette overlay. Gas recolored to green to be more Joker-appropriate. A variety of masks are applied to alter the look (such as reflection). New deadly laughing gas was added to the canister in his hand. Mixed some skull-and-crossbones into the nasty green gas. Replaced the original Joker face with another grabbed from a different source so we could see his psychotic grin way better.
Sunday, March 3, 2024
The Joker Laughs As He Gets A Beatdown
I pulled panel elements from a couple pages of the issue of Batman #142 (© DC Comics 2024) drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Nesi, then remixed them into my own version of The Joker getting a beat down provided to him by some Gotham City thugs.
Affinity Photo Workflow: Thugs pulled out and adjusted to show movement. Machete and crowbar elements were added for more fun. Masked and mixed in Joker's HAHA into the background, radial-gradient added, then recolored everything green. Painted in grass.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
The Joker, Batman, and Donald Trump walk into a bar together...
I pulled one panel from Batman #144 (© DC Comics 2024) drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Nesi, then remixed them into my own version of The Joker making a self-referencing joke to Batman: The Killing Joke as he walks into a bar.
Affinity Photo Workflow: Dialog balloon added with my own weak joke. Hand-created the frame. Some minor half-tone/masking filters to adjust color saturation a smidge.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
The Batman Finally Murders The Joker
I extracted a batch of panels throughout the issue of Batman #140 (© DC Comics 2023) drawn by Jorge Jiménez to provide my own truncated version of Batman beating the cr*p out of The Joker.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
The Dominators Launch Another Attack on Earth!
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Zatanna Zatara repels her attackers
Friday, December 8, 2023
Catwoman jumping over inner city rooftops
Catwoman (Selina Kyle) jumping over inner city rooftops. I like the way the silhouette works on the cloudy night sky backdrop, especially with the water tower.
Hi-rez image link.
Sunday, November 26, 2023
Batman Wants to Put You In a Coma
Eduardo Barreto had a nice panel in DC Comics' Batman - Gotham by Gaslight, which I pulled out, isolated, and then did a few edits and added fresh dialogue "Why don't I help you slip into something more comfortable... like a coma."
Hi-rez image link.
Saturday, November 25, 2023
Commissioner Jim Gordon
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Robin (Dick Grayson)
Monday, November 20, 2023
Darkseid Trading Card (#1 in the DC Villains card set)
I took the altered Jason Fabok Darkseid image from last week and used it to create trading card #1 for the DC Villains series. Hi-rez image link for your zooming pleasure.
Clayface Trading Card (#31 in the DC Villains card set)
I've composed Clayface (Basil Karlo) to create trading card #31 for the DC Villains series. Hi-rez image link for your zooming pleasure.
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Hush Trading Card (#22 in the DC Villains card set)
Using the now classic Jim Lee/Scott Williams image of Hush (Thomas Elliot) to create trading card #22 for the DC Villains series. Hi-rez image link for your zooming pleasure.
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Killer Croc Trading Card (#9 in the DC Villains card set)
I pulled out an image of Killer Croc (Waylon Jones) from a recent Poison Ivy comic book which was drawn by Marcio Takara (colored by Arif Prianto) and created my own trading card #9 for the DC Villains series. Hi-rez image link for your zooming pleasure.