The Lunatic Fringe, Dean Ambrose!

Because cats like Evan "Doc" Shaner, Mike Allred, Jerry Ordway and the late Mike Wieringo laid it all down in a "Less is more" manner, so will I. I could have done a little less detail in the hair department here but I still dig it. Here's my cartoon of one of my absolute favorite WWE superstars, the "Lunatic Fringe" himself (and former member of The Shield),  Dean Ambrose (the first entry in my brand-new sketchbook, done in Micron pen).

It Never Happened: Diego Corrales vs. Arturo Gatti

It's been awhile, Howlers, but here I be with my latest artistic offering, a comic book-style rendering of a dream fight I've often thrown about in my own melon, Diego "Chico" Corrales vs. Arturo "Thunder" Gatti.

Now, this is something I've been planning for well over a year and my intention was to do a piece I could chronicle in the same style I did my previous (and only other, up to this point) dopey music video for the design I did for my pal, Chris Casso's band, Stereo Transmitted Disease (http://www.coyoteduran.com/2010/09/blog-post.html). And indeed I did but the catalyst for moving this project along was one Anson Wainwright, one of my colleagues at www.maxboxing.com. "Dancin' Anson" also happens to write for The Ring magazine's website, www.ringtv.com, and proposed a continuation to an article he penned for Maxboxing titled, "They Never Happened" (http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-boxing-news/they-never-happened). This particular piece listed 13 fights that never came off for one reason or another and were broken down by renowned boxing matchmakers, Ron Katz (of Star Boxing), Robert Diaz (of Golden Boy Promotions) and Brad Goodman (of Top Rank Promotions).

Madman: A Blast from My Past (and Present)!

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As you might have noticed from my last art post, I'm kind of a comic nerd (and I know you're cool with that, Howlers!). However, a lot of folks who know about the Green Lanterns and Thors of the world might not know about Frank Einstein AKA Madman (incidentally introduced to me by my longtime pal and legendary horror host The Bone Jangler, while hanging out in one of his many secret, global strongholds), an independent comics sensation. Created by the incredible Mike Allred, Madman is an amnesiac superhero, brought back to life after dying in a horrible accident and pieced together (making his adopted name clearer as a "Frankenstein" take-off) by Doctors Flem and Boiffard. Once an assassin named Zane Townsend in his previous life, Frank's new lease on life (of afterlife, if you will) gave birth to a lighthearted, conscientious fellow who went on to work alongside his girlfriend, Josephine "Joe" Lombard, Dr. Flem and alien pal Mott (from the planet Hoople. Go figure). My personal favorite Madman run was Dark Horse Comics' Madman Comics, which ran from 1994-2000. Coming in a close second was Frank's crossover with Superman, The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo!, from 1997. All drawn by Allred and beautifully colored by his wife, the mega-talented Laura Allred. I can't put my finger on what exactly made me a Madman freak because there's too much to wade through. The kooky hipster speak, the crazy robots and monsters Frank had to face and the nutty weapons he used- like yo-yos and disc guns- were all part of what made "The World's Snappiest Comic" all that more snappy.