I know I said that Batman was next on the agenda, he’s not an easy character to approach simply thanks to his iconic status and that like fingerprints no two artist’s impressions of the Batman are the same. Â I don’t know if I’ve decided what I want my version of him to look like quite yet.
But I had to draw a DC character, and I’ve been promising to draw Supergirl for a while now. Â I had no idea how she would go using the markers as they aren’t exactly fine tipped - well not the way I use them anyhow.
I got stuck on YouTube for ages the other night and here is another thing that made me laugh. I’ll stop after this one as long as you promise to search for Marvel/DC: After Hours on YouTube and watch the entire series.
There is a certain look and feel one encounters when watching the first couple of seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG), the uniforms are kind of icky, and Deanna Troi wears her hair weirdly and of course Riker doesn’t have the beard but then he starts to grow it in the second season, Wesley is there (nothing against Wesley I actually don’t mind him), Worf’s head is huge and shiny.
The list goes on.
Unfortunately or fortunately depending on your point of view, the comic books seem to have captured the same icky feelings when it comes to their look and feel and their dialogue.
You see, the first comic Return to Raimon is wordy.
I’m talking whole pages dedicated to Picard talking about stuff, talking to people about stuff and occasionally people talking to him about stuff.
There is a lot of talking.
Very few comic book artists draw elaborate space scenes well and the first page is no exception, I mean it’s not three bag awful (see Reno 911) but I’m never comfortable with the scenes, space is pretty big and there’s a lot of it between things but these splash pages usually try and cram it all in on one page.
Then Picard talks for three pages (Riker does get to talk for a little while though, why does his beard look like mine when I was 17? Actually later on it fills in and looks like it is stuck on?? Did they not know he had a beard? Let’s just say Riker’s face is a mystery in this issue.) .
Cut to a rather ripped looking Worf beating up on some pleasant looking fellow in the holodeck, I mean what did this hologram do to Worf? He looks jolly? Is this what Klingons do? Beam down to jolly planets and open cans of whupass?
In the background some red head guy (not shirt, hair) chats to Geordi, Geordi talks about grass, oh yeah Geordi knows about grass.
Um then Dr Pulaski apparently doesn’t have to follow orders and can choose not to go on missions, and for some reason she hangs out in the transporter room just to talk to anyone beaming some place and to tell them that she isn’t going.
Oh man, Picard then talks for two pages before beaming down to the planet of the week. We are then treated to watching the red head who was talking to the pot head Geordi get his arse handed to him by the jolly fellow in the holodeck that Worf roughed up earlier. Mmmm I sense a character questioning his self worth and saving the day later on. Nah that would be lame!
The away team beams into the middle of a party celebrating the funeral of the current leader who hasn’t died yet, but that’s their custom, aren’t they weird and alien!?!?
Picard talks for a bit to some dude who doesn’t like him and feels he shouldn’t have come despite being invited.
Perhaps he thinks Picard talks too much?
Hang on, a girl has rushed over and hugged Picard! Could this be the little girl Picard was talking about earlier (he talked about her earlier in one of his talk fests - don’t make me go back and read them again)?
Yes she is that little girl!
Riker can’t help himself because she’s a woman and an alien and hitting on female aliens is what Riker does, he is McLovin (see Superbad). The thing is though, Picard cock blocks him (see Superbad again - it’s not that good but McLovin is funny as!). Some wingman Picard is.
Then we’re back on the ship where the B cast is sitting around talking (good grief) and then Wesley joins them and they talk about how Picard has problems with kids and there is probably a scene that was cut out with O’Brian saying something like Picard’s a cock blocker and he hates going down to planets with him and he wishes to one day work on a space station, preferably one with a view of some space anomaly.
We cut to the bridge where apparently Data is in charge and has given everyone except Worf the day off. Worf is understandably pissed at Data and uses the term ’sir’ like he questions Data’s right to be in command which is probably not a bad idea considering that Data let everyone else abandon the bridge. There is for example no one driving.
Oh yeah, Deanna Troi is there also being… well useless I suppose.
On the planet intrigue ensues as Picard is sent to visit the King of the planet in the middle of the night and has to climb a rope and ride a horse (talking for most of it as well, I mean really dude this is supposed to be in secret).
Surprise, surprise he is framed for the murder of the king. I wonder if he’ll be exonorated in issue 2 or will Riker have to kill every sonafabitch on the planet flexing his Starfleet might?
There is a certain look and feel one encounters when watching the first couple of seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG), the uniforms are kind of icky, and Deanna Troi wears her hair weirdly and of course Riker doesn’t have the beard but then he starts to grow it in the second season, Wesley is there (nothing against Wesley I actually don’t mind him), Worf’s head is huge and shiny.
Then Picard talks for three pages (Riker does get to talk for a little while though, why does his beard look like mine when I was 17? Actually later on it fills in and looks like it is stuck on?? Did they not know he had a beard? Let’s just say Riker’s face is a mystery in this issue.) .
The away team beams into the middle of a party celebrating the funeral of the current leader who hasn’t died yet, but that’s their custom, aren’t they weird and alien!?!?
