Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy

When I was checking the listings on TCM and saw this title, I knew I had to record it. Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy is a terrible 50's grade Z scifi movie from Mexico about a mad scientist who builds a "human robot" to fight an Aztec mummy so that he can steal the ancient treasure that the mummy guards. The robot and the mummy were a sad looking mish mash of cardboard and playdoh, but the actors in the movie were a lot of fun to watch.

The hero (I think he's doing the Mexican version of 'Blue Steel'):

His fidgety egghead sidekick (his giant glasses should have gotten the screen credit):

The mad scientist (he looks more jolly than mad):

His fidgety scarfaced henchman (a little moisturizer should take care of that):

IT Crowd

I've been watching The IT Crowd, a British comedy with a lot of the same actors from Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, a favorite show of mine. Just a quick doodle of the main characters who are nerdy IT guys, if you can't tell:

Pegged

Some cartoony studies based on Simon Pegg from Shaun of the Dead & Hot Fuzz:

The Mars Volta

I saw The Mars Volta in concert last night with my friend Jack:


I felt like an old fart, but having grown up on Yes, King Crimson and Genesis it's good to see the kids don't all listen to top 40 dreck.

FYI - Charlton Heston needs a few more washes of ink, but should be done tomorrow.

The Duke Redux

A friend of mine, Shane White, recently posted a caricature of John Wayne he drew for a birthday card. I thought he did a great job on it, and it inspired me to try my hand at drawing the Duke.

I'll admit I'm not a big John Wayne fan, so I haven't seen many of his movies, but he had a great face that is fun to draw. I drew these quickly from memory - the image of him with the eye patch in one of last films is how I always picture him, and the other one is from a Dirty Harry knock-off he made called McQ, which I caught on AMC recently.