We forge our friendship by saving the world

Review comics for The Dark Knight Rises! As always, SPOILERS.

I had the Holy Musical B@man soundtrack stuck in my head ALL DAY Thursday before watching the movie.  It was hilarious how many of the jokes and themes from the play made appearances in the movie.  Most relevant:



Anyway, on to the comics!

It reminded me of Goldmember's ridiculous flexibility.  Was that really Anne kicking that high, or was there a prop leg?! xD

There was a 2-ish-minute stretch while Batman was chasing down Talia al Ghul where I completely spaced out and couldn't tell you what I'd just seen.  Bleh.  A bit is good but more than 30 seconds of people punching each other or shooting or whatever without breaks and my brain shuts off.

I didn't actually cry, but a lot of people in my theater did. I didn't believe for a second that he was really dead (I called 'everyone thinks he's dead but he's really alive and training the next generation like in The Dark Knight Returns' while my brothers and I were placing bets in line), but it was still a moving scene.

I looooved the movie.  From the complaints I've heard from friends, it sounds like the main difference between us is that I WANT neat, happy endings.  That's exactly what I like (Dickens fan!).  The darker and more pessimistic the story, the more satisfying it is when I actually get a happy ending.  And this was the neatest, happiest possible ending for the DARK GRITTY trilogy, so I was extremely satisfied.

Last, here are my notes from the premiere if you are interested.  A lot of these got cut or altered on their way to the comics:

You'll see the world like a bird

Sketch dump! :D I'll be coloring some of these and posting them to my Tumblr, so be sure to visit.

I looooove gender-swapped fan art, but it really bugs me when people essentially just apply costume ornaments from a dude-character to a chick in a swimsuit.   That kind of fan art is about as true to the character as this is true to Santa:

 

"If Thor's beefy for a man, he should be frickin' beefy for a woman," said Tally to no one.

That's a little comic from my ALA Anaheim trip last weekend.  By the way, that was a good time.  I bought signed copies of Smile from Raina Telgemeier and July Diary from Gabrielle Bell, was surprised to sell out of books at my Image signing, met tons of awesome people, and even got to go to Disneyland.  I would definitely go to ALA again, and am considering the Seattle conference this winter.

People in L.A. show a lot of skin!  I had a bit of culture shock.  I feel really self-conscious when I wear a tank top.  Nonetheless it was nice being in that warm, predictable climate for a while.

Something weird happened on Monday.  I'd spent all weekend doing the convention and hadn't had a chance to sketch for fun in daaaaays.  My family made a last stop before the airport in Huntington Beach, and I told them I wanted to just sit on an inconspicuous bench and draw people for a while.  5 minutes later, a nice woman asked me if I did caricatures!  I said sure and drew her, her husband, and her son for about 15 minutes.  She offered to pay me but we settled on her buying me ice cream xD  It was bizarre but also really nice to think that I might be able to survive if I was stranded somewhere with just my sketchbook and pencil.

And on with the DC fan art.... :D

 

My mental image of Catwoman comes from...

A) Darwyn Cooke,

 B) Adam Hughes

 C) Batman the Animated Series

 

I'll be waiting here for you

Art dump!
2 sketches for friends and 1 comic about bacon:

I wanna fly away

Green Lantern commission:

Such a great character design. Same with Green Arrow. I love it when a character can both look cool and be easy to draw. :P

Yesterday, I showed my roommate Hannah the Green Arrow commission.
Me: "I don't draw men that often...but that looks man-like, right?"
Hannah: "I didn't realize until right now, but you really don't draw men, do you? Like, never."
Me: "I really don't. I'm trying this new thing where I draw both genders."

Keep my heart as light as a feather

Green Arrow commission!