#drawlloween2017 day 14 is
OWL BE BACK
… and the Tootsie Pop version of #sarahconnor speaks for me the first time I saw #theterminator and couldn’t believe how many times it took to kill it. #owl #howmanylicksdoesittake?
Well, that would be the appropriate choice, of course, but also kind of specific when we all are expecting the Jason Voorhees character from the movie franchise of the same name. I wanted to honor that again this year, but how to do it a bit differently than just drawing Jason again? So, considering Friday is also my weekly deadline for the local cartoon for the local alt-weekly paper, I had to do a less work-intensive version of this puntastic mashup of Dragnet star, Jack Webb as main character of few words, JOE FRIDAY, of the 13th precinct (or badge number 13, or something to make it work) as the man behind the hockey mask with a twist on his iconic line, “just the facts, ma’am.”
Acknowledging the pun, but still taking it literally, I used the characters from Nickelodeon’s “Aaahh! Real Monsters!” 90s cartoon and portrayed them as the classic Universal movie “reel” monsters from the movies Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolfman and The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Since I don’t like to repeat either styles or characters too much in these challenges, I was hesitant to do another Berni Wrightson Swamp Thing homage, but since I only did his style on Day 1 this year, and I did Swamp Thing in only a Harvey Comics style for the “Slimy Swamps and Foggy Bogs” prompt last year, I felt it was okay to repeat both Swamp Thing and the Wrightson art for this. (Besides, I love Swamp Thing.)
Here is is with the other “swamp” citizens: Marvel’s Man-Thing, Walt Kelly’s Pogo and Star Wars’ Yoda. Upon reflection, I could have added more swamp people, like Kermit the Frog, Gollum and Shrek, but didn’t have room or time.
I liked the stark contrast of just the black and white inks, but then I had to add color to make all the characters stand out better.
(although I like to think of that bird-like #instantmartian who’s covering up the M as a “mayhen”.
#marsattacks #marvinmartian #martianmanhunter #jonnjonzz #Drawlloween
#Drawlloween 2017 day 9 is:
fangedfiends
I almost misread it, but think I covered it up okay.
Fanged “Friends” er, fiends, caricatures by Brent Brown
Day 8 of Drawlloween 2017 is:
deepseadenizens and yes, the font is Arial.
DRAWLLOWEEN 2017 , Day 7 is:
COBWEB CRAWLERS
The suggestion of spiders was a given, but I wanted a twist on top, that was not just the usual scary spider in a web. Coming up with another meaning for crawler, kind of stumped me in terms of a comedic twist, but I ended up stretching the term to include what is known as a “news crawl” (that sideways scrolling text below the news anchors) and that led to a plethora of spider-news puns.
drawlloween 2017 day 6 is:
FOLKLORE FRIDAY
A giant lumberjack with a giant axe and a big, blue ox is pretty scary when think about it.
DRAWLLOWEEN 2017 – Day 5 is:
FULL MOON FOLLIES
How about this 1930s-inspired poster with a lady werewolf (wolfwoman?) as the featured dancer?
