O.M.A.C. / Charles M. Schulz Mash-Up

O.M.A.C. / Charles M. Schulz Mash-Up

Page Recreation of O.M.A.C. #1 by Jack Kirby

For absolutely no reason at all (well, other than it amuses me), here's a page recreation of pages 4 and 5 from O.M.A.C. issue #1.  It's a mash-up of Jack Kirby's O.M.A.C. (One-Man Army Corps) as I imagine how it would be done by Charles Schulz.

O.M.A.C. is one of the more esoteric DC characters that pulls my interest for some reason.  To be honest, like many Kirby creations, it isn't the best written, but there is a glittering idea bomb within which appeals to me.  Something darkly satiric and psychological beneath the veneer of super-heroes and bad guys punching each other and punctuated with explosions.  In the case of this issue, it is robot decoys which would be used to seduce and assassinate world leaders.

And, yes, I know the Little Red-Haired Girl has a name, Heather Wold.  But, as that is relatively obscure, I figured it would cause more confusion to use "Heather" as a substitute for the name "Lila", and stuck with "Little Red-Haired Girl".

For fun, here's the original pages from O.M.A.C. #1 by Jack Kirby:

I decided not to include the various steps used in creating the pages, as it would be quite a long, boring list.  But, it was done digitally in Clip Studio Paint using LOTS of layers, and with some of the dot/moire pattern filters done in Photoshop.  I also did some discoloration and cracked paper texture effects to give it an artificially aged look.

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Shameless Self-Promotion: 100,000 Views

100,000 Views

Well, it took about 5-1/2 years, but last week I broke the 100,000 Views mark which, to me, seems like a lot.  At this rate, I should be crossing over the 1,000,000 Views mark sometime in the 2060's.  So, there's that to look forward to.  I'm sure most of the people were tricked into visiting with Google's algorithm accidentally suggesting a posting or picture from my site, or something along those lines.

And, there are even a few of you (very few, of course) who are actually masochistic enough to subscribe to my Blog and, to you, I have a special message:  Have you no sense of shame?  Where is your dignity?  I think it is time you take a long, hard look in the mirror and begin to ponder some of the choices you've made throughout your life...  Get it together, people!

Anyhoo, my sincere thanks to all of you out there -- tricked and otherwise -- who have taken the time to gawk at my modest Blog.  It is all GREATLY appreciated!  :-)

For those of you interested (and even those of you who aren't), below are the Step-By-Steps...

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital pencils on a 1,000px x 1,400 document.  Based on the Jim Steranko "Hulk King-Size Special #1" cover, which I've used before as a parody cover.

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STEP TWO:  Here is the half-hearted, grayscale, digital painting.  I figured I'd be doing most of the actual painting in the color layer, so I didn't bother with getting too much detail.

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STEP THREE:  Over several New Layers, I kept building up the digital painting, adding and subtracting highlights and shadows, and just generally adding a few textures here and there.  I also went with actual fonts, rather than my semi-crummy hand-lettering.

THANKS AGAIN, Everyone!  Your kind attentions are very much appreciated!  :-)

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Done digitally in PhotoShop.

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OMAC (One Man Army Corps)

O.M.A.C. (One Man Army Corps)

I know I've spoken before about my extreme fondness for the Kirby created, Mohawk-wearing warrior of tomorrow, O.M.A.C. (One Man Army Corps), and even use the Charles M. Schultz mash-up of O.M.A.C. for my avatar both here and at work.  Originally, I was going to use O.M.A.C. for a New Year's picture, with the iris/pupil "O" in the eye on his chest being the "0" in 2016, but his expression seemed a little on the serious side, so I decided to move it to later in the month.  I'm sure I will be doing more with O.M.A.C. in the future.

However, there is something about my drawing of his Mohawk while looking at it straight on that sort of bothers me.  It reminds me of something... I can't quite put my finger on it.  Oh, wait, I think I know what it reminds me of...

OH, NO!  NOT THAT!  ANYTHING BUT THAT!

Sigh...  Oh, well.  For those interested, here are the steps in drawing.  

(NOTE: While I really like "Fifth Element", Chris Tucker's character, DJ Ruby Rhod, is SUPER annoying.)

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital pencils on a 1,000px by 1,400px canvas at 200dpi. 

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STEP TWO:  Here is the grayscale laying out the general form, as well as some of the light and shadows.

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STEP THREE:  I cut out the figure and did the background, and then did the flat colors over a MULTIPLY Layer.

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STEP FOUR:  I added the final highlights and shadows over the flat colors, and painted over top of everything with several Normal Layers.

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This was done with Photoshop.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2015!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2015!!!

Yeah, it's a picture for 2015 done on the last day of 2014.  :-D

I'm a really big fan of Jack Kirby's O.M.A.C. (One Man Army Corps), so I thought I'd do a drawing of him to ring in the new year.

A Happy New Year to All!  :-)

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Here are the pencils, which I scanned in and then colored digitally.

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This was done with pencil on 9" x 12" Strathmore drawing paper and then colored digitally in Photoshop.

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Mash-Up: Charles M. Schultz - Kamandi Wallpaper

Charles M. Schultz and

Kamandi Wallpapers

(I would like to acknowledge and thank Paul Montgomery from iFanboy for the idea of the Charles M. Schultz and Kamandi Mash-Up.)

For fun, I decided to make a series of Desktop Wallpapers in various sizes of the Charles M. Schultz and Kamandi mash-up.  Click on the size you need for your computer to open the full-size picture and it should open to a full-size of the image.  When it is done loading up, you can right-click on the image to either "Set as Desktop Background", or save it to your computer, then right-click again on the picture and choose to "Set as Desktop Background".  It should be that simple!  :-)

Thanks, and good luck!

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Wallpaper - 800 x 600

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Wallpaper - 1024 x 768

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Wallpaper - 1280 x 1024

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Wallpaper - 1600 x 1024

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Wallpaper - 1920 x 1080

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Mash-Up: Charles M. Schulz and OMAC

MASH-UP:
Charles M. Schulz and O.M.A.C.

(I would like to acknowledge and thank Paul Montgomery from iFanboy for the idea of the Charles M. Schulz and Kamandi Mash-Up.)

O.M.A.C. (One Man Army Corps) was another one of those short-lived Jack Kirby creations that I just thought was so cool when I first discovered the comic.  A bullied office drone, Buddy Blank, receives a command from an orbiting satellite, Brother Eye, and becomes a One Man Army Corps.  The first issue involved a crazy, corporate world; a United Nations type organization, the Global Peace Agency, the agents of which disguised themselves so you would not be able to tell their nationality; and assassin escorts which were exploding robots.  The first issue was so great to my fevered imagination, that the following issues just didn't quite live up to that one.  But, I still enjoyed the heck out of that series.

And, they retconned OMAC to be Kamandi's grandpa.  So, he sorta fit in this Mash-Up.

I also liked John Byrne's four issue, black-and-white, prestige format OMAC series from the early 1990's.  But, I never really got too much into the new OMAC Series, or the one before that in which there were a lot blue robots/cyborgs with metal mohawks.  I think Batman created Brother Eye or something like that... Just before they rebooted all their continuity.  It was so far removed from Kirby's creation that I didn't connect to it in the same way I did with the original.  I've often toyed with the idea of doing a submission of OMAC to DC Comics.  Maybe, someday...  :-)

Here's the Pen and Ink drawing, cleaned up in Photoshop.

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This was done with pen and ink on coated laser printer paper and colored in Photoshop.

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