Blub, Blub

My friend Thomas who runs the excellent Say it Backwards blog has started a new one, the Underwater Jiu Jitsu blog, devoted to Aquaman. I love SIB, and while Aquaman isn't on my short list of top characters, I look forward to seeing the Sea King through Thomas' unique prism of humor and insight.

Oddly, as I was battling the Vulcan Death Cold yesterday, watching the Indians trying desperately to lose their opening game, I started thinking about the next sketchbook piece. I'd decided to do Mera, Aquaman's wife. I don't know if she's dead anymore, of if they're married anymore or, well, anything. Man, Arthur has been messed up but good. And Mera's been messed up worse.

Heck, Aquaman killed her when she went insane. Well, he threw her onto a sharp piece of wood by accident, impaling her. It didn't take, as she got out of her casket the next day saying "I'm an alien from another dimension. Did you think my anatomy was the same as yours?" Well, you two did have a kid together, so it was a safe assumption that you kept your vital organs in your stomach cavity, but that's beside the point. Then she screamed at him some more and disappeared into a wormhole. Or something.

Anyway, in honor of the new Underwater Jiu Jitsu blog, and just because, here's my Mera illustration. If you really like it, you can buy it here.

Oh, and I think I'm winning the battle with the cold. Hopefully I'll be back to normal in a day or two.