Crush County

Earlier this week, the geek culture site Saturday Morning Central officially relaunched with a new look and a new name: Top Hat Sasquatch. A few months back, Tommy, who runs the site, asked me to design a mascot for the relaunch, a sasquatch with an affinity for formal headgear and old school bubble pipes. The final design, as well as some of my initial sketches, are below. Also pictured is a sketch I drew as a gift for Tommy; he was instrumental in helping us update the Crush County website last month, so I wanted to send him something to say thanks. If you’re into toys, comics, games, movies, or anything of the sort, make sure to check out his site!

During SDCC, a very nice guy named Royce came by our booth with a portfolio full of drawings of the Top Cow character, The Darkness. Each one was by a different artist, and he asked me to draw one for his collection, too. While I’m somewhat familiar with The Darkness (I always thought those little goblin dudes he surrounds himself with were awesome), I’ve never read the book, so I don’t know much about him. And I’m always nervous when someone asks me to draw a character I’ve never drawn before. (Fun to play in unexplored territory, though!) Anyway, here’s the result.