In his early adventures, Doctor Fate encountered the Fish-men of Nyarl-Amen with their electro-dart-shooting tridents.
Here's a creepy Lich sketch from some time ago for a fantasy story I was working on at the time.
Here we have a Norn Giant from one of Doctor Fate's early adventures. These guys are several stories tall. I made him appear more angry than the giants appear in the original strip. I also neutralized the colors just a tad to make them more palatable.
Drawn around the same time as last week's gargoyle, here we have a graphite sketch of an elder Nosferatu.
In his secret origin story, Doctor Fate confronts Negal, the giant ruler of the Underworld of Charn.
Here is a graphite sketch from some time ago of a gargoyle type creature. Perhaps this is how some of the inmates of Arkham Asylum perceive Batman... 
In one of his early adventures, Doctor Fate journeys to Hell in search of the soul of Wotan and encounters the Ferryman and a group of the dead. Doctor Fate bullies the Ferryman into allowing he and Inza to cross the River Styx into Hell.
Here is a quick sketch of a devil's head. I've always been fond of the design quality of light emitting from within the eyes and mouth of a dark face.
The first time I saw Wotan was in Doctor Fate's origin in Secret Origins #24. There was something unsettling about his skin tone that frightened me. I think perhaps I was flashing back to the Wicked Witch of the West. When I saw the Wizard of Oz as a kid, she scared the crap out of me. In the More Fun Comics Doctor Fate stories, Wotan seemed to be a charismatic cult leader as well as master sorcerer. 
I don't remember the exact inspiration for this strange horned goblin. Considering its fluid physiology, perhaps the creature is in mid transformation into some other form. I do remember that its gleeful malice was intentional.
I don't know much about Kent Nelson from the original Doctor Fate stories. I've always been much more interested in Doctor Fate anyway. Much like the sketch of Inza Cramer, the fun in this piece was doing the research into vintage clothing and hairstyles. 
Here we have a sketch from some time ago of a man animal. Initially my thought was of a hyena, but this isn't very hyena like at all. Perhaps he is just a smug werewolf instead? Now that I think about it, this looks a little bit like Scar from The Lion King.
Here we have, Inza Cramer, trusted companion to the original Doctor Fate. Inza eventually marries Kent Nelson, host of the Doctor, and eventually goes on to assume the mantle of Doctor Fate herself. This piece was fun because I had the opportunity to explore the hairstyles and clothing of 1939-1940 from around the time that the Doctor and Inza made their first appearances.
I forget the exact inspiration for this sketch, but I'm sure it had something to do with shallowness. How certain person's identities are little more than a support structure for the surface window dressing they surround themselves with. Perhaps this may be a thought on the human ego in general.
Returning my focus to DC Comics, I figured I would pick up where I left off with Classic Doctor Fate and explore some of the people, places, and artifacts from the beginning of his mythos. Here we have the classic version of Fate's Tower. I've always been
fascinated by the Doctor's tower especially in more modern versions with
its Escher like mystical landscapes within. I'd never read the older Doctor Fate stories from More Fun Comics until I began working on these pieces. They have a Sunday newspaper comic strip quality to them.
Here is the final sketch from the Magik set: Illyana Rasputin as she appears at the end of the Magik limited series and the beginning of New Mutants #14. Illyana has always been one of my favorite characters in the Marvel Universe and this re-examination of her origin story has just made me love her more. 
Ahhh, stress! I had been struggling for years to get this idea down on paper. When I drew this, I felt at the time that I had finally correctly displayed what my stress felt like.
In addition to the
flyers for SPARTANCON, I decided to create sketches for those who wanted them. Here are some of the freebie zombie bite sketch business cards I was doing at the con. I didn't have the time or cash to get printed cards so I figured I would try these to have something to give out. There are a few missing though. I didn't think to take photos of them until about 4 or 5 were gone. I
figured these would be a cool way to get the Zombie Bites name out there and to offer a piece of art to go with it. Enjoy!
Closing in on the end of the Magik set, here we have Illyana Raputin the first time she manifests as the Darkchylde. Shortly after manifesting her Soulsword, Illyana battles Belasco and morphs into her Darkchylde aspect. This aspect of Illyana goes through several variations during the run of the character. I'll be looking at those later on.
