WHAT MAY BROUGHT TO MY DRAWING BOARD

DARKSEID vs LOKI vs BLACK ADAM

Drawn for the Character Battle Royale over at Outcast Studios ( http://www.outcaststudios.com )

My character of choice was Darkseid and I put him in the middle of the melee.

Was very fun, if a bit stressful as the deadline began to beat down on me.

The stark red, white and black color scheme is a result of being in a hurry.

Very WHITE STRIPES isn't it?

STATIC

Long before DC's MILESTONE universe, came GLOBAL COMICS by my brother and myself.

My little brother started our homemade comics line way back when and it wasn't long before I was drafted onto the staff of the tiny "company".

Static was the first female character I created for our comics.

A half-alien mutant with green hair and control of static electricity, I based her suit nearly completely on Bill Willingham's Morningstar from THE ELEMENTALS.

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LOKI LOSES HIS HEAD

Easily one of my favorite scenes featuring Loki is when Balder, having been tortured by Loki, finally loses it and decapitates the mischief god. And, after a beat, the body of Loki casually walks over to his head and sets it right back on his shoulders. All while he chides Balder for the attempted murder.

HELMET HEADS

Finally a good long look at a helmeted Thor and Loki...



When compared to the Loki from the comics, they've done a decent job of getting the gist of what Kirby intended. They've scaled down the horns so that it would be less trouble for the neck to hold up and easier for him to walk through doors. Note that they've left off the tassels or hair (I've always thought that it would be great if they acknowledged that it was Sif's hair that he cut from her head in the mythology, but they never have)--guess they figured that was a hard thing to portray in the film.




They've gone with a more modern version of Thor's helmet designed by Tom Raney IIRC (below) probably due to the fact that the original helmet probably tends to fly from the head of it's wearer when he moves much. Again, what works beautifully in the comics, is a bit unpractical in the real fake movie world.


Still, from all the merchandising, it appears that Thor won't be wearing the helmet much on camera anyway. Which is, for this Thor fanboy, a bit disappointing.

THOR MOVIE PHOTOS

Figured that I might as well dump out the photos about the 2011 THOR film that I've accumulated so that I can move on to other subjects, so here goes:

Above we have concept art for the film, your classic Thor versus Loki imagery.



Probably the money shot of the preview photos we've seen so far--grasping Mjolnir in an attempt to prove himself worthy.



The above has Thor looking up to his father, the All-Father, Odin.



Here we have an establishing shot of the throne room of Asgard (click on these photos for a better look). Odin at his throne (which looks quite a bit like it could be a sword's hilt--the Odinsword?), Loki and Frigga to the left, Hogun and Fandral to the right (where is Volstag?) and Thor kneeling at the bottom of the steps. Very big hall. We see Loki's helmet and everyone else is without theirs, though it looks like Thor might be holding his under his arm.



Someone has altered the previous photo and pulled these two sides of the royal court together for a closer look.



Finally, we have the biggest mystery of the THOR film to date--the Infinity Gauntlet. Not really a Thor storyline that involves this powerful item, but I'm thinking it may have something to do with either the Captain America or Avengers films. Waiting and seeing...