Thursday, May 8, 2008

Comics in the Wild: Iron Men Down Through the Ages

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I found this drawing on a dry-erase board outside of the Austin Community College-Northridge student lounge a few days ago, and the more I looked at it the more amazed I was at the detail. The Iron Man designs for 1964 through the present are right on, and it looks like the whole thing was done with just four markers. I can't even make a list on my dry-erase board without it getting smudgey.

Besides, it's just kinda funny, what with the Futurama/IronMan/Ozzy mash-up going on (with a little Spider-Man reference thrown in for good measure). I'd love to give the artist credit but he or she did everything except sign their name, so if anyone in Austin has a line on who drew this, let me know.

OK, now I gotta go crank up the Sabbath!

Edit to add: Whoops! I just noticed you can't read the Spider-Man reference in the photo; in the last frame Bender is singing, "Iron Man, Iron Man, does whatever an Iron can ..." Of course he's also holding a bottle of booze, which makes sense any way you look at it.

5 comments:

Eric said...

There are some talented mofos floatin around eh? That is astoundingly good. I LOVE the Iron Bender, I'd pay for a print of that!

Maxo said...

And with dry-erase markers! Damn people with all their damn talent!

Johnny Bacardi said...

That "Iron Man" song, sung to the tune of the Spidey 60's cartoon, is actually from Pauly Shore(!)'s Bio-Dome. Funniest thing in the movie.

Maxo said...

Johnny B: Holy crap — a Pauly Shore reference!? This drawing just keeps better and better.

Anonymous said...

That's freakin' awesome!