THE EYES HAVE IT

There's a certain very popular comic book of which this character with the energy-firing eyes that have to be kept behind special lenses used to be the lead. By rights he should still be the lead, but much more attention has been lavished on a certain other character with metal claws that come out of his hands, who is a vulgar, glorified homicidal maniac. (And whom comic book artists never draw as drop-dead gorgeous as the movie version of him.) However, when drawn with the right attention to his brooding masculine beauty and well-honed, well-haired form, this character is one of the sexiest heroes in comics. Here's the classic version of him, the way I used to enjoy him.

JUNGLE JON REDUX!

For the auction that I just completed this week, I did a new series of images in the Jungle Jon, Prince of the Wild series that got me so jazzed about Jon and the boys that I've decided to revive a project that I had planned a few years ago, but had to discontinue for health reasons that left me unable to keep up with the work. I'll soon be going back into a Jungle Jon, Prince of the Wild Graphic Novel. I just finished a revised plot for it, and it's great! This image of the master of Rainbow Island was inspired by a Spider-Man cover from a few years back! Look for more Jungle Jon here at Quantum Male Art in the near future.

...FROM MOTOROLA

Somewhere among my souvenirs I still have the Marvel Swimsuit Edition magazine that has one of the most beautiful drawings of a male hero that I've ever seen.  It was a shot of this character, lounging in a canoe in just a Speedo in black with stars on it.  It was positively stunning.  In this combination shot, that same character appears in both full costume and in that starry Speedo.  He's named for one of the most distant objects in the universe, but he's definitely someone you prefer to see up close and personal!

A SOUND OF THUNDER

The comic book company that publishes this character--and used to publish him in the form we see here--is taking over the entertainment industry one character and one film at a time. The film starring this character is now in pre-production and its hunky lead has been cast after his brief but high-profile appearance playing Captain Kirk's valiant father in the new Star Trek film. In my opinion the Hollywood physical trainers will have to put the young Australian lad through a Christopher Reeve/Brandon Routh treatment to build him up into the shape to play the God of Thunder, but that's a win/win as far as I can tell. Hunkier is better. I'm looking forward to seeing this film in the next couple of years.
"SO BE IT!"

STAR CENTURION

The apparent mission of this familiar hero is to uphold law, order, and hotness throughout the galaxy.  I'd say he does more than a fair job of it.

SWING FROM A WEB

This character has a famous theme song that says, "Can he swing from a thread? Take a look overhead!" To the question, "Is he strong?" it assures us, "Listen, Bud: He's got radioactive blood!" This is, I have no doubt, the best drawing I've ever done of one of my all-time favorite heroes.

HORNED JUSTICE

One of the most gratifying things about being an artist is those days when you sit down at the drawing board, whip out the old pencil, and just come up with a winner. This drawing was done on one of those days. It is the best drawing I've ever done of this particular well-known character from a large comic book company. It's just one of those pieces that make me glad I have "the gift."

Now, an even more gratifying thing would be if I were actually taking a guy like this to bed every night...