Last Summer's "End of Days" reaction to Ben Affleck's "Batman" casting blew my mind. I am a fully paid up member of the comic geek community, and yet the vitriol poured on Mr Affleck made me ashamed to be in the same universe as these bozo's.
Ben Affleck is an intelligent, thoughtful actor who has made a couple of bum movies...so what. He will CRUSH THIS ROLE, after "Superman vs Batman" bow's next Summer all the haters and trolls will dine on humble pie, as they will be forced to acknowledge a near definitive portrayal of Bob Kane, pardon me, Bill Finger's Dark Avenger.
Although I'm a Marvel boy at heart I can see this movie rockin' multiplex's across the globe to great effect. Zack Snyder is a smart cookie who gave Superman his cojones back in "Man of Steel". So say it with me "Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na...BatFleck!!".
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At last the truth can be told! The oft speculated about Wittertainment Cruise can, at last, be revealed as the crazed, blood curdling horror that it truly was. I've drawn it from memory (that part that I hadn't sought to blot out) as best I can and, as you can see, it was far from "plain sailing" fnnarr, fnnarr.
Mark's decision to make it "Horror Themed" was, in retrospect, not the best as it left the door open for the trickiest beast the Wittertainers have ever had to deal with. I speak not of the creatures (they behaved impeccably) oh no...a certain Miss Watts and her cheese knife...I shudder at the thought. Where she went with that was far too horrific to recount, which is why the guys are so deliberately vague about it. A good job Jason Isaacs gatecrashed the party or we'd never have been rid of her!
Quiz them all you like they deny any of this happened...but we know the truth fellas, don't we. Anyone for Gorgonzola? WOOOOHHOOOOOHAAAHAAA!
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Happy New Year to one and all, not posted in a while so I thought I'd kick off with a Marvel Comics "Scene's We'd Like To See"!
Never mind Johnny Depp or Jon Hamm, Marvel's "Sorcerer Supreme" should be the great Benedict Cumberbatch. What better gateway Marvel role could there be for the great, cerebral actor of our time...plus a chance to butt heads with his old mate Tom Hiddleston as sometime Strange nemesis Loki!
Here's to Phase 3!
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Here it is folks, as promised, One Direction : The Caricature. Hope you like it!
Co-Credit for the design goes to my daughter Grace, who suggested the "signature outfit" theme.
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Update: This image now available to buy, as prints and various merchandise, at:
http://gastongrimsdyke.deviantart.com/prints/
Ladies and gents, I give you my humble tribute to one of the greatest, most influential and inventive television programmes of all TIME (see what I did there?), BBC's "Doctor Who".
In Peter Capaldi they have a genius actor, of scope and style, who will, believe you me, take us all out of a whole new door!
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Update: This image is now available to buy, as a print and other merchandise, at my Deviant Art page.
Copy and paste this link:
http://gastongrimsdyke.deviantart.com/prints/
This is an image created for my daughter, to try and counter her assertions that I only caricature "Old People". She's a "Directioner", I believe the fans are called, and has tickets for next year's gig.
I know how passionate the fans are and so post this with some trepidation. Like I say, it's a work in progress so go easy on me.
Go 1D!!!
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Here's a logo I designed for the great Barry Swain, football commentator extraordinaire! My son Thomas has a burning ambition to work as a commentator when he graduates, and Barry helped him take his first step. Thomas had a day at Barry's "Football Commentary Workshop" and loved it.
Barry, ably assisted by Karl Bates (caricature to follow soon) also an experienced commentator, organises a live commentary day at which people can commentate on a series of live 5-a-side matches played out over "The Commentators Cup" competition.
Tom found the whole experience exhilarating and inspiring. Indeed, it has given him so much confidence that he (and his friend David) will be providing the "Fan Commentary" for this Saturday's home game at Sutton United.
I drew this caricature of Barry as a thank you for the day and, he liked it so much, it is now a part of his website (see link below), along with a banner linking to this very site.
It's a great day and I urge all those with an interest in Football Commentary to sign up forthwith.
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http://www.footballcommentator.co.uk/
