Like, so fake.

I love making 'fake' covers. I figure a good fake will fool the casual viewer (who just looks at it and thinks 'comic book') but gets a double-take from the comic book enthusiast. The 'Heeeyyy, that doesn't exist' -look. That's what I'm going for. It's tough. The art has to hold up, and mine often doesn't. It has to have a touch of obscurity to it, something beyond 'What if J. Jonah Jameson had Wolverine's claws?' -- ok, scratch that, that might make a great cover. What I mean is, if you're going to appeal to geeks, you have to do it right. You have to make a cover of a fictional book somebody might actually want to read, not just a one-shot gag cover. Though if you scroll down through this blog you'll find I'm guilty of that, too (I'm speaking of 'Frank White Castle', not my finest work) -- but those covers are just for a laugh, a giggle -- I want to make books that should exist, if I may be so bold. Because, you know, every geek thinks he could write the best goddamn Spidey story -- and I just can't stomach fan-fiction. So I'll just keep churning out what-coulda-been covers, and hope somebody occasionally agrees with me.

First up, The Power Complex. Blue Marvel leads a team consisting of Molecule Man, Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Hyperion, and The Sentry. Yes, The Sentry. Every month Marvel's most insanely-powerful B-listers would take part in huge, galaxy-crumbling battles with the biggest and baddest. These guys would chew up The Green Lantern Corps, shit 'em up, and eat 'em again. On their own, they're uniquely dysfunctional -- but instead of another dysfunction superteam, these guys find solace in hanging with their own ilk -- finally, someone to relate to.

Artistically, I'm somewhat pleased. My primitive coloring abilities usually kill my art, but this once gets by on charm. Hyperion and The Sentry look a little weird, though.

Any excuse to draw Ultron...