When I drew this, I had this weird feeling that I already had drawn this image before. It took me about a minute to do the rough pencil and few more minutes for the inks. I think this was the fastest one so far. The Arch Nemesis of the Fantastic Four—Doctor Doom.
Michigan J. Frog from the classic Looney Tunes short One Froggy Evening—directed by the great Chuck Jones. One of my absolute favorites. Unfortunate that the WB used him as their mascot.
A.K.A. Alan Scott. The original incarnation of the Green Lantern was more of a magical/mystical super hero rather than the intergalactic police agent of the modern age. Rendered here with plenty of Jarlsberg.
I watched this movie again recently and was completely entertained. The main characters all had completely different colored spacesuits. This is the green suited astronaut.
I was once tricked into seeing the Care Bears movie at the wee age of 5. The plan was to go and see the re-release of The Return of the Jedi with my best friend and his brother. However, when we got to the theatre his mother purchased tickets for the Care Bears instead. In her opinion, we had already seen "too much Star Wars". Of course the theatre was packed with sugared-up kids and the only seats available were in the front row. I am thankful for the cultural experience but I have been looking ever since for ways to get those 2 hours of my life back.
If anyone can shed some light on this—greatly appreciated. They had quite a following in the mid 80's and as far as I can tell are not related to the Pillsbury Dough Boy.
Niko’s Ink is a project—a formal outlet—to illustrate characters from pop culture (movies, cartoons, comic books, TV, video games etc.) that have impacted and influenced my imagination. All drawings are on a 2.5 x 3.5 inch card (trading card size), using pen and ink and created from the deep recesses of the photographic visual library within my head. The project is divided into quarters or periods by a color theme. In other words, characters are grouped and drawn based on their association with a color. The first quarter is green, followed by red, blue and yellow (approx. 90 characters in each period). Sounds a bit complicated but it allows me to create whatever I want and share it with you. Parents, please feel free to print any of them out for your children to color and collect. Any comments, suggestions or requests are always welcome. I hope you enjoy the journey.