Saturday Sketch: Mango the Mighty

Here we have one of Doctor Fate's early adversaries, Mango the Mighty. Although his name doesn't exactly inspire fear, this sorcerer was murdering people with globes of fire before the Doctor finally shows up.  Mango also summons a horde of angry undead, the Legions of the Styx,  to fight for him against the Doctor but in the end he loses.  Of course.

{2.5x3.5,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

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From the Archives: Paperclip Bird

Here's an older sketch of a creepy bird thing.  I've always found it especially disturbing when inanimate objects start moving around of their own volition.

{8.5x11, Graphite}

Featured Creature: Devil's Square, DEP Agent Boehler

Meet Agent Boehler of the Department of Extranormal Phenomena.  He hasn't appeared in any of the Devil's Square fiction I've presented to date, but he will eventually cross paths and possibly swords with the Square.

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

Saturday Sketch: Golden Age Nabu

Here we have the ancient Egyptian Lord of Order, Nabu the Wise, as he appeared in Doctor Fate's Origin in More Fun Comics #67.  I've always been fascinated by the symbiotic relationship between Nabu and Kent Nelson as the Doctor.

{2.5x3.5,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

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From the Archives: Naga

I've always been disturbed by snake creatures with humanoid heads.  I think at the time I drew this that I may have had something more complex in mind, but it never went any further than this.

{8.5x11,  Graphite}

Featured Creature: Devil's Square, The Nameless One

Here we have the Nameless One in it's native dimension.

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

Psyche Delectus: He Does Not Touch the Ground

Denial is its own gestating darkness.

Recommended Listening:

Access to Arasaka

Raised Subway Platform

from METAX

{8x5.33,  Digital Images manipulated in Adobe Photoshop}

Saturday Sketch: The Fish-Men of Nyarl-Amen

In his early adventures, Doctor Fate encountered the Fish-men of Nyarl-Amen with their electro-dart-shooting tridents.

{2.5x3.5,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

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From the Archives: Lich

Here's a creepy Lich sketch from some time ago for a fantasy story I was working on at the time.

{8.5x11,  Graphite}

UPDATE 031915:

This piece was Exhumed and reinvestigated with color in February 2015.  Check out the Exhumed image here.

Featured Creature: Devil's Square, Screwworm

Here is Screwworm lurking in a candlelit sanctum.

{8x5.33,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

 

Saturday Sketch: Norn Giant

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.

{2.5x3.5,  created in Adobe Photoshop}

 
I claim no copyright for the properties represented in the Saturday Sketches.  All copyrights and trademarks are retained by their respective owners.  I make no money from what I am presenting here.  It is presented for portfolio and appreciation purposes only.

Exhumed: The Door

This piece was originally part of the Interior Life set.  With the Interior Life set I tried to find a middle ground between my more emotive works and my sequential art.  That set held some of the ideas and thought processes that would grow into much of my intent here at Zombie Bites.  I had imagined this hungry door as fiery from the moment I drew it.  With the color reinvestigation I wanted to bring that feeling of furnace / fireplace to the fore.

{8x6.503,  Sharpie with color added in Adobe Photoshop}