It’s been kind of interesting to read the reaction to today’s strip. People have been leaving comments here and over at my Twitter account about what mythical or pop culture combatants they’d like to see in the free-for-all.
Vikings, pirates, astronauts, zombies, cavemen, vampires, Chuck Norris, The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man… I’ve heard ’em all!
The idea was floated around that I draw it and sell a print. I think it sounds like a good idea, but I keep thinking I’ve seen something like that before. In fact, after rummaging through the ol’ memory banks, I remember Young American Comics produced an anthology a few years ago called The Big Ol’ Book of BIZMAR – 75 stories combining Bunnies, Insects, Zombies, Monkeys, Aliens and Robots. I remember because a few of my friends contributed to it.
Certainly no one owns the rights to these kind of mash-ups. But I don’t want to pour a lot of effort into something that’s already been done.
What do you think? Would you like to see an original art piece from me featuring all of your favorite pop culture heroes and villains duking it out?
Leave your comments and suggestions for additional fighters below!
Tom, I can’t see you NOT doing that. I mean, you love pleasing your fans, and that would be freakin sweet. I’d love it if you threw a little Iron Tom in there. You know that’d be kool.
That would be awesome
What a great idea…definitely a worthwhile endeavor. The middle frame on today’s comic was one of my favorites in a while.
I think versus dinosaurs would be a worthy addition.
I think it would be pretty awesome 8)
Another one: Liam vs. Russel vs. Viggo. Time to find out who’s the most well-spoken badass of them all.
I think that would be pretty awesome, though I say if you could make it a Theater Hopper poster, where it’s a lot of different heroes and villains from movies fight, or something like that. All I know is that if you drew it I would buy it.
That would be great! Though I don’t think it would be complete without some sort of “Godzilla v. Mothra” homage…
Has no one posted this? WHY HAS NO ONE POSTED THIS YET!!!
The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Crap. THAT’S what I was thinking of.
It’s been a few years since I saw that. Memory was fuzzy.
Hmm… still might try to draw something though. It’s the same, but different, right?
vs. the Revenging Nerds!!!!
Don’t forget us. We want in on the action!
Jedi vs Sith………the eternal battle……………..or star trek and star wars……………I do remember some Batman vs Iron Man from JLCM
I’m actually kind of surprised no one mentioned Jedi or Sith up until this point!
IMO, Ultimate Showdown is a lot of specific characters fighting each other; your idea is more general genre groups fighting each other.
For example, pirates vs ninjas vs spacemen? Do-able. Jack Sparrow vs Bruce Lee vs Buzz Aldrin? That would be a little too similar to Ultimate Showdown (although it would still be awesome).
Nazis getten beaten by everyone else!