Bookmark This Page; The best Incredible Hulk villains, writers, and artists

My favorite Marvel Comics character is the Incredible Hulk. I did a series talking about his greatest enemies, as well as my favorite storytellers, and artists. If you want to find out more then Bookmark This Page.

A symmetry of villainy, part 1…

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Generations of Hulk creators, part 1…

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Warhammer drawings from my sketchbook

Hello friends, I hope that you are doing well. Today I’m posting again to help snap me out of my art block. I am sharing some art from the past. Like last time I would be looking at some fantasy, and sci-fi art. You could find all of these and more on my Warhammer & Warhammer 40,000 Gallery.

These were done when I was on an ink series while on my lunch break at work. There was something that I missed about working in an office, and that was having a break room with a drawing table. It allowed me the space to really explore my creativity. Here’s a dwarf and war pony. Also a Female Dwarf Warrior - I think there aren’t more female dwarf miniatures because the sculptors don’t want to create some glorious hair. This piece was dedicated to all the shorties fighting their fights.

I had an idea for a video game featuring this Skaven Warrior. I wanted to see Cyanide Studios, the creators of Styx: Master of Shadows to create a new stealth combat game featuring a Skaven hunting down vampires in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. I would replace one of his eyes (under the patch) with a warp stone shrapnel so that he could see in the dark, and detect magic. Would you play a game like that?

Nurgle had some of the best art, and miniatures in the Warhammer universe. I had to come up with my idea of a Nurgle Champion. This was part of my ink sketch series, starting in October (Inktober) 2016 and going on almost every weekday until March 2017. This was a very creative period where I drew mostly things that interested me. Lots of skateboarding, cars, games and people.

Noise Marine Terminator - I've got lots of ideas for Noise Marines. In the perfect world where time, and money were no object I would have an entire until made of of Noise Marines that I converted to have fantastic weapons, and armor. For example I want to see an organ-playing Noise Marine that wears the pipes on the back of his Terminator armor. I'm sure somebody could convert the organ on the Sister's of Battle Exorcist tank to get the needed parts.

Here was another example of a custom Noise Marine that I would love to do. The Noise Marine Dreadnought - How about a Dreadnought that looks like a walking mausoleum-meets-boom box? Complete with iron fencing.

The Titan Sketch was the largest Warhammer 40K illustration I ever made. I would sometimes write massive letters on 18x24-inch sketch paper. On one side I would write a letter to a friend, or family member, then on the back I would do a drawing. I wrote to Games Workshop one day, and did of the Imperator along with the internal workings. The letter went to game creator, and editor at White Dwarf Magazine Jervis Johnson. He replied to me, and said he appreciated the letter. He also added that creative director, and legendary artist John Blanche enjoyed the titan sketch. John Blanche was like if Alan Moore was a painter rather than a writer. As far as compliments went I couldn't ask for a greater endorsement. Did you have a favorite drawing, or idea that should be turned into a model? Tell me about it in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!

Bookmark This Page; rare comics for you to look at

I like comic books, every now and then I would write about some comics that I came across. If you want to learn about some rare books then Bookmark This Page.

The Marvel Young Guns of 2004, and 2006. A 1UP classic...

Infinite Kung Fu, the perfect blend of zombies, kung-fu and Hip Hop. A 1UP classic from May 24, 2012

Killer Instinct and Primal Rage comic books. Why? - A 1UP classic from December 8, 2010

Dance 'till you drop, do the LoboCop - A 1UP classic from December 15, 2010

Could graphic novels inspire great games? A 1UP classic from September 5, 2012

Big Daddy Romantic Monthly Danger - A 1UP classic from July 28, 2011

More lucha libre comics for you! - A 1UP classic from August 10, 2011

Do you have any favorite rare comics? Tell me about it in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!

Bookmark This Page; All about the Marvel Contest of Champions

Did you know that Marvel had a free fighting game available on mobile devices for over a decade? If you want to find out about the Marvel Contest of Champions then Bookmark This Page.

The Marvel Contest of Champions Legacy, part 1…

The Marvel Contest of Champions Legacy, part 2…

The Marvel Contest of Champions Legacy, part 3…

The Marvel Contest of Champions Legacy, part 4…

The Marvel Contest of Champions Legacy, part 5…

The Marvel Contest of Champions Legacy, final part.

Do you play mobile fighting games? Have you ever played the Marvel Contest of Champions? Tell me about it in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!

Illustrating the Warhammer 40,000 Primarchs

Hello friends, you might, or might not know that I was an illustrator. Like many artists I had been drawing since I could first hold a crayon. In the past few years I drew mostly using Adobe Illustrator on my computer. I hadn’t done much drawing in my sketchbook, but I was hoping to turn that around in 2026. It’s a slow going so far. I was very critical of my pencil, or ink drawings because if they didn’t come out exactly as I imagined them then I would be disappointed. This pressure that I placed on myself was something that I had been dealing with all of my life. It was something I had to work through, and was only getting worse with age. I had to make time to draw because it was good for my mental health. Also because in times of darkness creating was the greatest source of light. Over the weeks I would like to share some of the pieces I created when I was a little bit more active. It might inspire me to pick up the sketchbook. Today I would like to feature what was arguably my most active month in creating illustrations. This batch went back almost 20 years. You could find all of these and more on my Warhammer & Warhammer 40,000 Gallery.

Games Day was a traveling convention put together by Games Workshop. For a few years they held it in the LA County Fairplex. I would go with my brothers on those days. When I heard that Games Day was coming to Los Angeles I decided to enter an illustration into the art contest. Naturally I thought of doing an illustration of the Emperor from Warhammer 40,000. But he had to be unique so I sketched out what I thought he must have looked like when he was young and full of wonder. All of the art in books features a stern man that looks very down. Not at all like the look I gave this guy. It took me about three days to get this look right. Then I figured since I have time I might as well do Horus. After finishing Horus I wondered if I could do a version of every primarch pre-heresy. I'm not a prolific artist so doing 20 illustrations in one month seemed impossible. But here they were, ready for Games Day LA 2007. It also took me a while to get the armor right for Horus. What was funny was that I printed full page color versions of everything to take with me to the convention, however the Games Workshop organizers didn’t want to display them because they were digital, and because they didn’t think I had created them.

Lion El'Jonson - This was one of the last Primarch illustrations I did. I was so sick and tired of drawing by then that I really didn't care. Still I had to make sure that the first Primarch had the proper respect he deserved so his armor came off very priestly. In a previous version I even gave his armor a white collar. Unknown Primarch I - There were 20 Primarchs in canon but two of them were deleted from Imperial records. I wonder what they would have looked like, or how they would be remembered. The shroud design I actually wanted to use on a Lamenters Captain... I might still do that.

Fulgrim - Fulgrim had actually been painted a few times so I tried not to deviate too far from the character but still put my spin on him. What do you think? Peturabo - This primarch was described as the master of siege warfare. I really wish there had been a fight between him and Ferrus Manus, who was the master of fortification. It would settle who was the toughest of all the primarchs.

Jaghatai Khan - I didn't want the armor to look too samurai since it is supposed to be more Mongolian than anything. I did some research and came up with this look. Leman Russ - This guy was possibly the most popular primarch. At least he's the easiest to remember since there is a tank named after him. Like all the other primarchs I illustrated I wanted to show him young and before the heresy. The hair took a while to draw, take a close look at that.

Rogal Dorn - While I'm not a big fan of the Imperial Fists I do like the loyalty they have shown in Warhammer legend and that they were the founders of the Black Templars. Konrad Curze the Night Haunter - Again, look at this guy... how did the Emperor not know he was going to side with Chaos?

Sanguinius - I made him look young by adding freckles and the warm smile. I want people to feel sorry for this guy because he knows not what the future holds for him. Ferrus Manus - This primarch killed a monster made of living metal by drowning it in lava with his bare hands. If that doesn't make him a complete bad-ass then I don't know what does.

Unknown Primarch II - I went for memorial statue here. Missing a head and ravaged by time... what could this primarch have become? Angron - Fans think Horus was the first to turn against the Emperor. Take a look at Angron and you'll know that he was actually the first to turn to chaos. Heck with a legion called the "World Eaters" why should it come as a surprise?

Roboute Guilliman - I wanted to go Julius Caesar with Roboute but it just didn't come out that way. Oh well... Mortarion - The guy had an obsession with death plus his health was not always that great. How can the Emperor not know he would turn to Nurgle?

Magnus the Red - Magnus and his legion the Thousand Sons are easily the best-looking squad pre and post-heresy in 40k. My brother really likes the way this one came out. I kept the cyclops look even though more recently Games Workshop says he was missing an eye, not a real cyclops. Lorgar - Thanks to a eagle-eyed reader. He corrected my mistake. It's Word Bearer legion, not World Bearer... I feel like such a dope but the new version it up.

Vulkan - Not many gamers know that some of the Space Marines are colored. One of the strongest was Vulkan. He's the Primarch of the Salamanders from 40k. Corax - Here's the Primarch of the Raven Guard. According to Games Workshop text (and inside jokes) Corax is supposed to be somber and melancholy like Edgar Allen Poe. Instead I illustrated a Native-inspired Corax rather than a pasty white guy to take with me to Games Day. Alpharius - Here's the Primarch of the Alpha Legion. The last of the Primarch illustrations I'm doing for Games Day 2007. A bit of a surfer vibe? Did you have a favorite primarch, or a favorite unit of Warhammer 40,000? If you create art do you ever find yourself fighting with yourself on how to start? Tell me about it in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!

Bookmark This Page; 30 years of Street Fighter, 30 Days of Characters

Street Fighter is my favorite fighting game series by a mile. If you want to learn about my favorite characters from the SF universe over the past 30+ years then Bookmark This Page.

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Who is your favorite Street Fighter universe character? Tell me about it in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!

Bookmark This Page; Discovering SNK character design

I may be known for my Street Fighter deep dives, but did you know that some of my first blogs were about Fatal Fury, and the Art of Fighting? If you want to learn the differences between Capcom and SNK's approach to design then Bookmark This Page.

So it begins... a salute to Mr. Karate.

The Legend of Kyokugen Karate, Marco Rodriguez

Hiding the master in plain sight, the genius of SNK's character design…part 1

Hiding the master in plain sight, the genius of SNK's character design…part 2

Hiding the master in plain sight, the genius of SNK's character design…part 3

Hiding the master in plain sight, the genius of SNK's character design…part 4

Hiding the master in plain sight, the genius of SNK's character design…part 5

Hiding the master in plain sight, the genius of SNK's character design…final part

Do you have a favorite SNK character. Tell me about it in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!

Taking a shark bite out of my monster collection

Previously on the blog I mentioned how I had started collecting some monster truck toys decades after I stopped. I discovered that not only did they look good sitting on my desk, but they actually photographed fairly well. My pride and joy were the Bigfoot trucks that I had. The oldest was the one from the Matchbox Super Charger series from 1986. This was the one that I could never find on the store shelves. Thankfully an inexpensive one popped up on eBay so I had to pick it up. The newer one from the Hot Wheels Monster Truck line circa 2025 looked great as well. The one with the 10-foot tires from Greenlight models was stunning. It had a highly detailed interior where you could make out the console, glove compartment, and even cup holders! These three were the clearest example of how far toys had evolved in 40 years. I could look at them every day, and never get tired of how cool they were.

I made a conscious decision to clear more room on my desk for more toys, specifically my trucks. I then got the idea of photographing them for the blog. Many 1/64 scale model car collectors had scale garages, parking lots, and even light up gas stations that they displayed their favorite cars on. I didn’t have that much space, or money. Also if I wanted to display monster trucks they might seem out of place next to a scale building. I then got an idea based on the color of my desk. The hardwood was very light in tone, almost like dirt, or sand. So I wondered if I could find a desk mat that looked like a beach, complete with crashing waves. There were a few options, but found one that I think worked best. As soon as I laid down the mat I knew that I was going to have fun with it. I stated previously that I was a fan of storytelling with monster truck designs. I specifically mentioned that the Wreckreation monster camping truck was probably my favorite of the past decade. However that truck wouldn’t make much sense in the middle of the surf. I needed to find other trucks that worked better for the pics.

I found three that were absolutely perfect. Hot Wheels made two of them, the Surf Bus, and the Great Bite shark-bodied truck. Spinmaster / Monster Jam had created the Big Kahuna. Despite my distaste for Feld Motorsports I wasn’t going to lie about how great the design behind the Big Kahuna truck was. The rusty square-body truck with surfboards in the bed definitely told a story. In fact I think it worked better than the more traditional Woodie body that the latter Big Kahuna used. It had a good color scheme, a classic monster truck shape. There wasn’t much they could have added or taken away from its look. The surf bus was self-explanatory. It was the type of bus that would have been used by surfers to visit destinations up and down the coast. The Great Bite however was definitely something else entirely.

I mentioned previously how I didn’t care for monster trucks with silly 3D bodies. This was something that the Monster Jam tour pushed in the late ‘90s when they were booming in popularity. The trucks shaped like dogs, ponies, skulls, and sharks I thought were doing a disservice to the sport. Granted there were a few 3D body trucks in the early ‘90s including Snake Bite which was designed by the Bigfoot Team. To put it in perspective maybe three out of the dozens of trucks competing professionally had non-traditional bodies. The majority of the ones with animal-type bodies appeared almost 20 years after the birth of the culture, so I felt that they weren’t carrying on the tradition. I had no idea who thought this was a great idea, but I was sure that they hadn’t followed the history of the sport. I could just imagine that a corporate boardroom put together truck bodies based on a marketing survey. They asked kids what they liked. The responses were things like ponies, dinosaurs, and monsters. So the people at Feld ran with it. It would be easy for them to market these trucks, make tee shirts, and toys out of them with little regard for the sport itself.

Of the animal bodies the shark was one of the most popular ones in the past decade. This was overlooking Monster Mutt (2003), and El Toro Loco (2001) of course. The Megalodon truck was announced in 2016, and debuted in 2017. It became a hit with audiences, and opened the floodgates for more outlandish animal bodies. The thing was that Hot Wheels had actually created the body style much earlier. Great Bite appeared as a toy way back in 2003, and its sister Shark Wreak in 2010. So once again Monster Jam was cashing in on ideas that they didn’t even come up with. With that said I didn’t care much for the body shape. It wasn’t really telling a story as much as it was just a gimmick. The designers at Hot Wheels went back to the drawing board and came up with something infinitely better.

The new Great Bite body released in 2025. It was another master class in storytelling from the people at Mattel. Instead of creating a generic shark-shaped body the designers Kevin Cao, and Kurina Alim went full Hot Wheels mode into it. For almost 60 years the toy series was known for coming up with all sorts of fun, and wild cars. In this case Alim, and Cao asked themselves what would it look like if a great white shark mutated into a monster truck? They incorporated elements of a shark, but also a shark cage, manta ray, and enormous V8 motor into the body itself. Every angle was dynamic, all of the body lines flowed into each other organically. It was flesh, and machine made into one. It was a radical look that could never be confused with the older shark bodies. It spoke to me when it came out, and I certainly knew why. When I was a kid Hot Wheels launched a line of cars shaped after animals, bugs, monsters, and robots. They called them the Speed Demons.

The Speed Demons were bolder than anything I had seen in the late ‘70s when I got my first toy cars. The line included such memorable names as Vampyra, Cargoyle, Turboa, Ratmobile, and Rodzilla. I’m sure you could imagine what inspired them. Of all the cars released there was one that I thought was the best of all. The Sharkruiser was an absolute beast in both look, and performance. It didn’t have any flashy graphics, or bright stickers to dress it up. Instead it was a flat gray body with chrome teeth, and an enormous engine. It was an apex predator hunting for other fast cars on the road. I took it to school, and my friends agreed that it was the coolest Hot Wheel they had ever seen. I kept that car in my pocket wherever I went. I always had something to play with when my family was traveling. It was one of the few cars that I didn’t give to my cousins when I got older.

The Sharkruiser certainly looked great on my desk. It made me think about getting a small playset to put on the desk as well. I remembered that Mattel released a few shark-themed tracks. For some reason sharks and cars just seemed to go together. I had no idea how many had come out until I started searching for them. There must have been nine or ten released in the past 30 years. Then there were tracks themed around snakes, spiders, dinosaurs, volcanoes, slime pits, and more. The majority of the playsets were too big to display, but there might be one that could fit onto my beach mat. If, and when I decided to get one then it would be a topic for another blog.

I’d like to know your thoughts. Did you have any classic toys that you held onto? Did you get any re-releases of a favorite figure, or car? Tell me about it in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!

Bookmark This Page; Women in fighting games

I love to write about fighting games, and fighting game characters. If you want a collection of articles about women in fighting games then Bookmark This Page.

The return of Rainbow Mika, did Capcom cross the line in Street Fighter V?

Laura, the new leading lady of Street Fighter V or more fanservice?

Odd Girl Out, a look at alternate female fighting game characters...

The legend of Blue Mary, or girls in fighting games, part 1…

The legend of Blue Mary, or girls in fighting games, part 2…

The legend of Blue Mary, or girls in fighting games, part 3…

Why is Street Fighter playing with Dolls?

Meet Street Fighter V's Menat, an old soul in a young body?

The rise of Falke, or how military design works in fighting games...

The Chun-Li template, don't follow it too closely! A 1UP classic...

A look at Marisa, the Street Fighter 6 gladiator...

A look at Lili, the new native Mexican fighter in Street Fighter 6

Juri in Street Fighter 6, how her design got better with time

Manon in Street Fighter 6, representing a style over 200 years in the making

Cammy gets an entirely new look for Street Fighter 6, let's see how

Let's talk about A.K.I., the Dragon Lady of Street Fighter 6

Meet Kimberly, is she the Urban ninja of Street Fighter 6?

Chun-Li's new look in Street Fighter 6. Is it a step backwards?

Style Wars, looking at Kimberly in Street Fighter 6, and Isla from King of Fighters XIV.

The Street Fighter 6 pre-order trailer, a look at Manon, the graceful judo practitioner

The Street Fighter 6 pre-order trailer, a look at Marisa, the modern gladiator

Lili gets a makeover, just in time for Street Fighter 6!

Do you have a favorite female character in a fighting game. Tell me about it in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!

Bookmark This Page; The Giant Monster Series

I love kaiju, I love daikaiju, I love giant monsters of all sorts. If you want to see how giant monsters made their way into gaming then Bookmark This Page.

The Giant Monster Series, part 1…

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The Giant Monster Series, Final Part

Manifesting a press kit, or how much I love War of the Monsters…

Did you have a favorite monster movie? Did you have a favorite daikaiju? Mines was Rodan. Let me know yours in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!