March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025 #8

March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025
(Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)

Well, here it is, the end of March and the last submission to "March M.O.D.O.K. Madness", done as a Re-Paneled Jack Kirby panel from the original appearance of M.O.D.O.K.  In this case, he is a little worse for the wear and really, really needs a little nap until "March M.O.D.O.K. Madness" comes around again next year.

I will admit that I have an inordinate fondness for M.O.D.O.K. and every year I have so many plans of what to do for "March M.O.D.O.K. Madness" and only get to about one-third of them.  Here's to hoping I can get to at least half of them next year. 

Feel free to pay a visit to the March M.O.D.O.K. Madness Blog and see some of the other artists who also enjoy the exploits of everyone's favorite Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the very quickly scribbled digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 2,050px canvas.

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STEP TWO:  Here are the digital inks and lettering.

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STEP THREE:  And here are the colors, done on a few Layers below the digital inks.  I also imported the color layer into Photoshop and used a Color Pixelation as a quick-and-dirty color halftone effect, which I placed over the color layer with a 40% opacity.  I also placed a newsprint overlay over top to really give it a 60's/70's comic book feel.

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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint with an assist from Photoshop.

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March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025 #7

March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025
(Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)

It's another March M.O.D.O.K. Madness submission.  I'm not sure why I have submitted so many drawings this year with ol' M.O.D.O.K.'s head being so lumpy with all them big brains he has, but here's another.  He's got a muffin top, by which I mean his head sort of looks like a muffin (completely unintended, but I'm willing to roll with it... Muffin... Roll... there's a terrible bakery pun in there somewhere, but I'll leaven it alone this time). 

Also, I'm really not sure as to why he's wearing metallic overalls and the rest of his outfit, for that matter.  Perhaps he has some wrasslin' to do or some opponents to defeat in the dojo of mental combat?

Feel free to pay a visit to the March M.O.D.O.K. Madness Blog and see some of the other artists who also enjoy the exploits of everyone's favorite Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the very quickly scribbled digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas.

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STEP TWO:  Here are the digital inks which were also rather hastily scrawled.

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STEP THREE:  And here are the colors, done on a few Layers below the digital inks.

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Done digitally in Procreate.

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March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025 #6

 March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025
(Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)

It's another March M.O.D.O.K. Madness submission.  This time, it's something a bit more off-model, with M.O.D.O.K. as a giant-headed guy sitting on some sort of weird throne, or something along those lines.

Feel free to pay a visit to the March M.O.D.O.K. Madness Blog and see some of the other artists who also enjoy the exploits of everyone's favorite Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the very quickly scribbled digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas.

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STEP TWO:  Here are the digital inks.  Hmmm, not sure why I flattened the stairs into a pattern, rather than actual steps, now that I look at it.

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STEP THREE:  And here are the colors, done on a few Layers below the digital inks.

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Done digitally in Procreate.

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March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025 #5

March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025
(Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)

Hey, Kids, it's "Mr. M.O.D.O.K." in the style of the "Mr. Men" book series.  I can't say I've ever read any of them, but I have seen the book covers online.  And who wouldn't want to read a book to their kids with "Mr. M.O.D.O.K." on the cover?

I will admit that this submission is probably the easiest one I've ever done, with just a few lines on it.  Perhaps I should change my entire drawing style to be more in line with "Mr. Men" and save myself sooooooo much time...

Feel free to pay a visit to the March M.O.D.O.K. Madness Blog and see some of the other artists who also enjoy the exploits of everyone's favorite Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the very quickly scribbled digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 2,300px canvas.

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STEP TWO:  And here are the digital inks.  This was one a very simple bit of line work, so was probably one of the easiest and quickest submissions I made. 

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STEP THREE:  The colors were done underneath the pen lines, and then a paper texture was placed over top on a separate layer.

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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint.

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March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025 #4

March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025
(Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)

It's yet another bit of spam for March M.O.D.O.K. Madness!  This time, he seems a little crabby for some reason, but isn’t he always?  Or, should I say “Krabby”?  After all, it’s M.O.D.O.K., not M.O.D.O.C., am I right?  Ha, ha!  I make the best jokes… Wait, what’s that?  He **WAS** M.O.D.O.C. when he was originally Designed for Computing and not Killing?  Ugh!  Fine…  More submissions to come!

Feel free to pay a visit to the March M.O.D.O.K. Madness Blog and see some of the other artists who also enjoy the exploits of everyone's favorite Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the very quickly scribbled digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the digital painting over top the pencils, done on a few different Layers before being merged down.

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Done digitally in Rebelle.

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March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025 #3

March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025
(Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)

It's time for another submission for March M.O.D.O.K. Madness.  This time it is something slightly more whimsical, with him just toodling along.  It's not yet Spring, but he should stop and take time to smell the roses… If only I’d thought to draw them.  More submissions to come!

Feel free to pay a visit to the March M.O.D.O.K. Madness Blog and see some of the other artists who also enjoy the exploits of everyone's favorite Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the very quickly scribbled digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas.

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STEP TWO:  And here is the digital painting over top the pencils, done on a few different Layers before being merged down.

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Done digitally in Rebelle.

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March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025 #2

March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025
(Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)

It's time for another March M.O.D.O.K. Madness submission--this one done vaguely in a Sumi-Brush style.  No work progress pics to show with this one as I just sort of used the ink brush in Rebelle and sort of kept going.  I didn't bother with pencils or preliminary sketches, just laying down digital ink and then using the eraser option to carve stuff back out again.

I'm hoping to get in about a dozen submissions or so before the end of the month.  We shall see...  Who knows, next year maybe I'll work myself up into doing a submission every day, sort of like I do with "31 Days of HELL-O-Ween" in October.  Now there's a scary thought...

Be sure to visit the March M.O.D.O.K. Madness Blog to see some of the other artists who also enjoy the exploits of everyone's favorite Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing!

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Done digitally in Rebelle.

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March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025 #1

March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2025
(Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)

Hey, hey!  It's time again for everyone's favorite March-based bit of Madness and Mirth featuring that wacky, hyper-cephalic Jack Kirby creation Designed Only for Killing:
MARCH M.O.D.O.K. MADNESS!

Speaking of Jack Kirby, this pastiche vaguely done in his style is the first of what I hope will be many submissions to the March M.O.D.O.K. Madness Blog.  Visit to see some of the other artists who also enjoy the exploits of everyone's favorite Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing!

Also, this submission involves--and was built around--a terrible pun, involving A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics), so it's got that going for it.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the very quickly scribbled digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas.

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STEP TWO:  And here are digital inks.

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STEP THREE:  And here are the added colors.  I just did flat colors and then imported the color plate into Photoshop to do a quick and dirty, faux dot screen effect.

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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint.

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Unwanted Valentines: RoboCop (1987) - Part 2

 Unwanted Valentines:
RoboCop (1987)

It's couple more Unwanted Valentines from "RoboCop (1987)".  This is one I've been sitting on for a couple-a-few years, now, always meaning to do it, but never quite getting to it in time.  It is probably the filthiest "G-Rated" one I've done.  And, I kept going back and forth between the movie accurate quote, "Dead or alive, you're coming with me!", to the also amusing inversion, "Dead or alive, I'm coming with you!"  So, since I couldn't decide, I had the bright idea to do 'em both.

I did consider spelling "Coming" with the sexual variant, but figured it works best as a double-entendre with plausible deniability.  After all, that's part of what makes it amusing and, also, the Unwanted Valentines should just be unwanted and not actionable as part of a Restraining Order...  😉 

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital blue pencils, done on a 2,000px x 2,800 @ 300dpi canvas.

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STEP TWO:  And the digital inks, done mostly with an 10pt and a 15pt brush.

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STEP THREE:  The colors were done on the layer below.

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Done digitally with Clip Studio Paint

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Unwanted Valentines: RoboCop (1987)

Unwanted Valentines:
RoboCop (1987)

It's another Unwanted Valentine, this time it's the melting guy, Emil, from "RoboCop (1987) who drove into a container of toxic waste.  Don't worry, it didn't last long; he was soon turned into a splash of chunky, red water after being run over with a car...  Eeeeewwwwwwwwww!

I have one more RoboCop Valentine I'm working on for tomorrow.  Here's to hoping.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital blue pencils, done on a 2,000px x 2,800 @ 300dpi canvas.

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STEP TWO:  And the digital inks, done mostly with an 10pt and a 15pt brush.

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STEP THREE:  The colors were done on the layer below.

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Done digitally with Clip Studio Paint

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Unwanted Valentines: Alien (1979)

Unwanted Valentines:
Alien (1979)

It's time again for an Unwanted Valentine--Valentines so nerdy and built upon puns so terrible that no one would be pleased to receive them... especially a loved one!  I'm revisiting "Alien (1979)" for this Unwanted Valentine, calling back to my (by far) most popular Unwanted Valentine featuring a Facehugger.  Rather than the "Hugs and Kisses" Facehugger, it's a Chestbursting overflow of Love!

Yeah, I know the Chestburster is a lot bigger than in the movie, but I'll just say it is enlarged to show texture, as they say on the cereal boxes!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital blue pencils, done on a 2,000px x 2,800 @ 300dpi canvas.

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STEP TWO:  And the digital inks, done mostly with an 8pt and a 12pt brush.

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STEP THREE:  The colors were done on the layer below.

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Done digitally with Clip Studio Paint

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Batman-uary 2025 - Jungle Batman (Part 2)

BATMAN-UARY 2025:
Jungle Batman (Part 2)

Just under the wire, it's Batman-uary: Jungle Batman: Part II.  I had this idea halfway through doing the last post with Jungle Batman and it amused me (not that it takes much to amuse me, of course).

There was an all too brief fad of drawing male characters in the pose of various female poses on covers and pin-ups with predictably ridiculous (and amusing) results.  So, continuing that tradition... here it is!

I will admit that I cheated a little bit on this one, as I had done a GIANT (20" x 30") recreation of the "Sheena: Queen of the Jungle" cover for a friend, so I already had some pencils of the cover I could digitally ink over in Clip Studio Paint.

Once again, here is the original cover to "Batman #72" (1952) with Jungle Batman.

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It was done as a parody/homage of Dave Steven's "Sheena: Queen of the Jungle #1" (1985).

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STEP ONE:  Here are the scrawled, digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas @ 300dpi.  I quickly scrawled over my pencils for the recreation of the cover I did earlier for Dave Stevens' "Sheena: Queen of the Jungle #1" (1985).

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STEP TWO:  And here are the digital inks, mostly done with a 10pt brush.  Luckily, I was able to save a few steps by just inking over my pencils/inks from the cover recreation.

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STEP THREE: Here is the finished digital work, done using a series of layers for each color, and a very slight paper texture over top.

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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint.

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Batman-uary 2025 - Jungle Batman

BATMAN-UARY 2025:
Jungle Batman

It's Batman-uary: Part II.  This time it's Jungle Batman from 1952's "Batman #72".  The story involves...  Well, now that I think about it, I'm not entirely sure, nor am I sure I want to find out.  I believe it involves a shipwreck on a desert island of some sort.  Maybe they find Gilligan and the rest?

Here is the original cover to "Batman #72" (1952).

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And it was done as a parody/homage to Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns #3".

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STEP ONE:  Here are the scrawled, digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas @ 300dpi.

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STEP TWO:  And here are the digital inks, mostly done with a 10pt brush.

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STEP THREE: Here is the finished digital work, done using a series of layers for each color, and a paper texture over top.

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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint.

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