In A Past Life...

I wanted to be a comic book artist. You see, many a nerd have had dreams of working in the "Bullpen" over at Marvel. Drawing my favorite superheros and getting paid to do so. What a life that would be! Such was the case with me. Back in highschool, not only did I earn extra cash by doing book reports for all of the jocks and stoners as well as 'student teach', I also spent many an hour penciling and inking for my eventual portfolio that I would proudly hand over to the gods at Marvel then wait to be offered a job.

Then reality set in.

I still draw. I guess somewhere deep inside of me is that Marvel comic book artist is just dying to get out. I don't know, maybe its a pipe dream. But hell, what would life be without dreams?

Take this sketch of Wolverine for example. I first drew this back in the 11th grade. I don't know what became of the original. This one is around 3 years old and I did it from memory of the first one I did.

Hehehe... I still got it .

Even now, I'm working on a sketch of one of my favorite 'lesser known' superheros: ROM Space Knight. I remember as a kid I had a ROM 12 inch figure. His eyes lit up and he made all of these cool sounds. Then Marvel worked their magic and brought him to life in the pages of a comic book. He is frequently the victim if my pencils.

Maybe when I'm finished with the piece, I'll post it up here and see what you all think. I can always hang on to that one sliver of hope that a Marvel Exec just happens to wander across my meager dwelling here at MySpace and get him to think "WOW, I gotta get this guy to work at Marvel!!" How cool would that be?

Stay tuned, A geek is at play...

Stayin Nerdy...
SjN