SPACE by Chris Samnee

This is just my li'l ode to the magic that Wally Wood did on the Spirit in Space stuff : )

And you can check out the (very rough) pencils for this HERE if you're so inclined.

VAMPIRES (Angel) by Chris Samnee

Just another day at the office.

I've been so busy with work and learning how to be a dad that I've been absent around these parts way more than I'd prefer these past few months. Sorry, dudes.

I'm gonna try my best to catch myself up on my backlog of Twart pieces at some point. Maybe I just need and extra pot of coffee or ten each day to make that happen. :P

I went with Angel for my vamp. Not so vamped out here but easily my favorite screen vampire.

Great pick, Andy. Okay, back to work with me.

POWER GIRL by Chris Samnee

THE FLASH by Chris Samnee

Trying to do a little catch up for past twarts. Sorry for the lack of posts from me lately. Great pick (and Congrats!) Evan!

GIANT MONSTERS: Godzilla by Samnee

Who doesn't like Giant Monsters???

SPACE GHOST by Chris Samnee

My wife walked into the room when I was sketching this and asked if I had seen Ron's Space Ghost. I said "No, does it look like this?" and she said "It doesn't not look like this."

Sorry I ripped you off without knowing it, Ron. Yours is better, though.

WEAPON X by Chris Samnee

Grrr.

Sorry for the lack of posts from me lately. I haven't had as much time at the drawing board recently, and when I'm there Captain America and Bucky have been taking up all my time. Hope to be posting more soon! Thanks for looking!

WOLFMAN by Chris Samnee

I've drawn Wolfman a few times before (here and here), but I'll take any excuse to draw some more trees! Great pick, Andy!

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIGHTING AVENGER by Chris Samnee

Since it's Mitch's pick, I'll let him explain who Captain America: The Fighting Avenger is to those of you that don't know.

And I normally wouldn't promote my own books on Comic Twart, but it's too easy this week so . . .

Tomorrow, my first issue of Captain America (#617) is on stands (I'm doing co-features on #617-619, then take over as the regular artist when it becomes Captain America and Bucky with issue #620).

Also, make sure to get to your local comic shop for Free Comic Book Day on May 7th so you can pick up Captain America and Thor: The Mighty Fighting Avengers (written by Roger Langridge and drawn by yours truly). It's a really fun story and best of all, it's FREE!

Hope you get a chance to pick up both!

And, I posted the "pencils" for this sketch over on my blog, along with info on where to find me this Free Comic Book Day!

THE MARQUIS by Chris Samnee

I'm a huge, huge fan of Guy Davis and I love The Marquis! I can't wait for it to come back! Great pick, Francesco!

CALVIN & HOBBES by Chris Samnee

I'm a HUGE fan of Bill Waterson's Calvin & Hobbes strip. HUGE!!

That said, trying to draw them without just aping Watterson's style to keep them on model is a whole 'nother story. : P

Just the same, great pick Fairbairn.

MADMAN by Chris Samnee

I've been a crazy, huge fan of Mike Allred and his wonderful creation Madman for ages now and couldn't have been more jazzed when I heard that he (Madman, not Mike ) was the subject of this week's theme.
I'm currently still buried under deadlines but how could I not devote a bit of my morning to sketching the ginchiest hero in Snap City? HOW I ASK YOU?!! : D

Oh, and the pencils for this piece are over on my blog HERE if you wanna take a gander at a rougher, sloppier version of what you see above.

Plastic Man by Chris Samnee

Great pick, Evan!! This was a ton o' fun! :D

GHOSTBUSTERS by Chris Samnee

There's still a couple of hours left in the week out here in the Northwest so I figured I sqeek out a quick Slimer Twart... Eww.

Great pick, Ron. I wish I had a bit more time to devote to a piece that showed the Ghostbusters themselves, but what can ya do? Next time, eh? :)

JAR JAR BINKS by Chris Samnee

Yeah, this is all the Jar Jar I could muster. Even just drawing him made me angry...

SUPERMAN by Chris Samnee

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A while back someone on Twitter (so sorry I don't remember who) was talking about doing a movie as a six panel comic. When I heard the idea, I knew I wanted to do one for my favorite movie, Superman: The Movie. I never got around to it, but figured that Mitch's pick of Superman this (last) week could be a great time to give it a go! Hope you enjoy!

JONAH HEX by Chris Samnee

Sorry for my absence here these last few weeks. I really wanted to participate, especially with Futurama last week, but things have been very, very hectic for me recently. Hope you enjoy my take on Jonah Hex!

And a quick plug for Thor: The Mighty Avenger #6 which is out in comic shops tomorrow! Hope you'll pick it up!

MINIMALIST JLA by Chris Samnee

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NICK FURY and his HOWLING AVENGERS by Chris Samnee

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"What if" I wanted to draw a team book? I'd want to draw this one. Nothing high concept here. Just wanted to put my favorite versions of some of my favorite Marvel characters into the Avengers, and have them lead by Nick Fury, who would make a kick-ass leader of any group! And yes, Beast is now a member of S.H.I.E.L.D - he's a joiner! :)

EDIT: Fellow Twartist Nathan Fairbairn colored this guy up for me. Amazing work, Nathan! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! :D

EDIT: Holy cats!! Another outstanding take on colors by fellow Twartist, Evan Shaner!! Thanks a ton, Doc, it looks A-MA-ZING!!!!

NEXUS by Chris Samnee

Steve Rude is one of my very favorite artists and Nexus is one of my all time favorite books. In fact, I own more original pages by The Dude than by any other artist. His work is a constant inspiration to me.

As Francesco and Andy pointed out, there are still some awesome deals to be had on originals in his ebay store, I hope you check it out.