Who's Hughes

Thought I'd share some of the humor and remarkable illustration of Adam Hughes.

"That's nice, Wolfie.  Who?"  Ah!  (Which is how he signs his work, AH!)  You've seen one of the first things he did in 1990:

I've always thought that what made that cover, besides blonde Julie's adorable pout, is the reaction from her crew mates.  The space dragons are interested, too, but it's always hard to read dragon expressions.  There are nice artistic touches, too, like positioning the woman's pointing thumb on the fold so that you want to turn the thing over to see the rest of the wrap-around cover, and the copy on the back as well.   


Since then, both Adam's skill and the printing processes for comic book covers have improved exponentially.

Pretty cool, eh?  I love Adam's sense of humor, which ranges from gentle and warm to downright wicked.  The kids Wonder Woman is entertaining crack me up!

When young Billy Batson says the magic word "Shazam!" he becomes the world's mightiest mortal, Captain Marvel.  His sister Mary also undergoes a spectacular transformation.

And this... well, this is kind of a sad story.

As you see, Mr. Hughes excels at characterization.  Even if you don't know who these people are supposed to be, their expressions, postures and the myriad other details tell you lots about them.

Now, even I don't know who two of those women are.  But everyone will recognize these:

Adam does a lot of drawings for fans.  Here's the scene we didn't get to see:

A take on Tinker Bell:

Susan Richards, the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four, and her two offspring:  

Captain America, as he appeared in his first 1941 comic:

Don't mess with the Black Canary.

Really.  Don't.  

Transformations are hard on clothes.  The sensational She-Hulk:

Speaking of tough women, there was a Marvel Comics character meant to epitomize the Women's Liberation Movement of the early 70's.  Sometimes you have to be a little extreme to make a point:

And, touching on things mythological, here's the... er,  face that launched a thousand ships:

Gamers will recognize Lara Croft:

Adam has designed some statuettes, too.  Here's the plan for Donna Troy, AKA Wonder Girl:

And this one of Peter Parker's wife Mary Jane doing the family laundry raised a fuss with some folks.  I have no idea why. 

And, to wrap it up for now, here is my favorite Adam Hughes Wonder Woman drawing, done to raise money for charity.

More about Adam Hughes and his art is on line, natch!

He likes short shorts!

The "WolfieToon"  at  this week's "Discipline And Desire" update has, I think, a high H&H Factor.  

That stands for "Hilarity and Horniness."  

Maybe this one has more H (horniness) than H (hilarity) or that could just be my fondness for white shorts on female bottoms.  But I'll let you have a peek and decide for yourself.

Wolfie Warm Ups!

Not to be confused with a sweat suit.  Or maybe you thought of THIS warm up:

But what I'm really talking about are doodles, preliminary sketches, and stuff I do when I need a break so that I don't break something.  Here, for example, is a quick page in tribute to one of my cartoonist heroes, Marie Severin! 

Here are some "life sketches" of spankable girls:

You remember the fairy being dragged off by the leprechaun?  

 

They were the "secondary" couple in a St Pat's WolfieToon at "Discipline And Desire."  Here's the first sketch, and there is a quality I like.

Another D&D cartoon featured the One-Eyed, One-Horned Flying Purple People Spanker.  Here are the Purple People Spanker Preliminaries:

And here is the final version;  you may have seen this one at Devlin O'Neill's Web Log (And Poppy's, Too!)

Oh--by the way...

Comparison Gawking

Pretty good:

Even better:

We interrupt the usual frivolity...

... for me to comment on the profound moment that is the execution of Osama Bin Laden.  It's an event I was afraid I'd never see, and I am thrilled and awed at the perseverance of American justice.  It's obviously not the end of all this, but deeply significant.

The usual facetiousness will resume here shortly.

¡Dios mío!

These are Chi-hoo-ah-HOO-ahs.  

 

Springrose calls them "Taco Dogs."  

They also go by the affectionate epithet "Drop-Kick Dogs."

You can hear them mutter, "¡Ay, Chihuahua!"  

But just what is causing their apparent apprehension?  You can find out at this week's update at "Discipline And Desire!"   

And while you're there, tenga una cerveza!

Behind the Scenes

If you peek at this week's "Discipline And Desire" update, you will see the actual tools I use for creating WolfieToons.

                                           

It's a look behind the scenes.  Oh, and you can also look at a behind. 

Wolfie Well Wishes!

 May Spring, Passover, and Easter bring you Joy.  Here's some whimsy from "Discipline And Desire" 2008.

And here's what that cartoon looked like in the womb:

(Edit --  It's such a hoot to see WolfieToons translated into French!  Have a look at Stan /E's entry  at "Au Fil des Jours!"  Thanks, Stan!)

Imprinting, Or, "What's All This About Rabbits, Then, Doc?!"

Remember a time, possibly before the InterWeb appeared, when you felt all alone in This Thing We Do?  One of the first long discussions I had with people here was trying to figure out, by Nature or Nurture, why such a silly thing as adult spanking could be so erotically charged.  We came to conclusions good enough, but one of the things that came up was how we might have been "imprinted" as Little Dudes Figuring Things Out.

It can be a complex mater, but I do tend to think that exposure to such images as these must have had some effect...

 

See?

                                                                  Oh, Hello!!

 

Well, in any case, we certainly would have had our particular proclivities revealed to us!

 
 

(Excerpt from "Hare Brush," last year's Easter WolfieToon at "Discipline And Desire" -- and you can see the preview of the new one over there now!)

Topical 'Toon

The WolfieToon at this week's "Discipline And Desire" update is a topical 'toon to relieve some of the stress for those who feel overtaxed by life in general and the Gummint in particular!

So What'll Come Up This Year?

My phriend Phil says you can tell the phella in this week's WolfieToon at "Discipline And Desire" is a phine gardener by the technique he is using to plant swats on that lovely spring-rosey bottom.

And what do you suppose might be the yield?