Modern Monster Melee

Mr. Shear and I each will be picking a cryptozoological creature (or cryptid) or a modern monster of legend and then pit them in battle against each other. This is for creatures from a more modern era (i.e. reported in newspapers or other modern media). With cryptids it seem like there's more of a possibility of them being real while monsters of urban legend are much less so. Some monsters may fit into either category ("Bigfoot" or "Nessie" for example). In the end, I think something more unreal is much more fun to render ... and rend asunder.

EAT DIRT!

Master of weapons, ninja special, assassin extreme......they don't add up to much when a two ton clay monster makes play doh on your face.

Battle Down Below

This battle is long overdue, so it's going to be down and dirty, in the sewer. Sure, Clayface may look a bit more like doody instead of clay. Or maybe a little shiny, like my lower intestines. Purely unintentional. But it does add to the atmosphere, doesn't it? It's the battle down below (in my pants -- Thanks H. Birdman), just like when I have tacos from the local street cart.

KG BEAST

He's Russian. He's deadly, a master of weapons, and just plain mean. Oh mister Clay Face, you will be like putty in my hands, and I will shatter you like clay!

Batman Villians: Clayface

In honor of the new Batman movie, this challenge is to pick a villain from the rogues' gallery to do battle. I choose you Clayface! Who knows what shape I'll assume to pummel Jared's choice into oblivion? Give me a hug!

Batman Villian Royale

For the next battle, two of the most vile and criminally insane villains from Batman's vast gallery of rogues will go toe to toe in the FANBOY THUNDERDOME!

Charge of the General!

General George is #1 in the history books and #1 on the mat for a reason. He throws some serious SMACK down on the Electric Benjamin giving him a throat full of mister pretty.

Schooled on the Virtues

While Ben Franklin was a scientist and philospher, he sometimes turned to his greatest assets, his twin muskets -- he called temperance and tranquility -- to debate a point. Feel the savagery of the wild turkey!

The Generals In The House

Look at my pretties!....you will feel the cold steel of American Justice!

Founding Fathers Freedom Smackdown

In celebration for the upcoming Independence Day holiday, it's time for two of our founding fathers to grapple for liberty, pro-wrestling style. In one corner, General, first President of the United States and cherry tree assassin, gorgeous George! In the other corner, author, printer, inventor, the lord of lightning, the renaissance man, my gout buddy, brutal Benjamin! Ding!

IRON MAN Battle -- MARK I Cannonball

After letting the Mark I tickle him with flame throwers and his other accouterments, the Mark III flies him up to the stratosphere.......and drops him.

Titular Titans Tussle Toe-to-Toe!

Instead of depicting the Mark III armor soundly trouncing the gray, movie armor, this layout was ripped from an old-timey Marvel comics battle pose. Feel the power!

Mark I movie armor

I picked the Mark I armor from the movie. The great thing about this armor is it captures the look of the gray armor in the comics, but looks like it was hastily put together from anything they could find. As far as it being a challenge against other armor, well...

Mark III Early 90's

I donned the Mark III Early 90's version of the suit used in Armor Wars II. Iron Man has so many cool suits, but I always come back to the classic red and gold.....and for me, Armor Wars II had me hooked.

Armor Awesomeness

To celebrate the new movie, the challenge is to pick your favorite Iron Man armor, from comics or movie, draw it and do battle against the apposing armor the next week. The art above is a cover from the first Iron Man comic I read when I was a kid. I was hooked after that.

Even wandering probes need love...

Yes, it's not outside the realm of possibilities that the Salt Vampire could trick NOMAD for a while. Maybe taking the form of an old fling, Darlene 413 (codename SEXYHOBO), dazzling his sensors. After realizing he was being probed a little too roughly, NOMAD would sterilize the biological imperfection. Shortly after, NOMAD would analyze that it felt love with a biological imperfection and would initiate self-sterilization. THE END.

Pure Salt Logic

Pulling out one from the classic Jame T. Kirk playbook....the salt sucker uses that ever handy shape shifting ability to bring Mr. Smartypants down to his invisible knees.

Can I Have More Salt Please?

A deadly shape shifting creature that feeds off salt....could be your lover, could be your friend, could even be your old country doctor.....but when you feel those suckers, SCREAM FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!

Enter NOMAD

Star Trek Creature Challenge: Sure, he's all STERILIZE this and STERILIZE that, but I think with his knowledge and smart 60s retro look, he belongs behind a wetbar. He looks like a martini shaker after all. Maybe Kirk would have kept him around a little longer if he had picked up some new skills. At any rate, the precursor to V'ger should be able to give any Star Trek creature a run for his money.

Star Trek Thunderdome

For our next thunderdome challenge, you guessed it.......Star Trek!! This thunderdome is open to any and all lifeforms from that universe, that can survive and fit within the confines of an M Class planet. That means no giant solar system eating amoebas, space ship crushing hands, or giant space turds allowed.......you get the point.

Gezora vs Cyclops

Ohhhh Cyclops....you come at me with a match. I will come at you with the full fury of my might. Long live cuttlefish!

Put away the tartar sauce

Even though the cyclops from the 7th Voyage of Sinbad would put up a fight for a while, there's only so long he could hold out over the giant seafood. Gezora has reach (times eight) and weight over the cyclops. Dragged to his dark demise, he'd eventually be devoured whole into the mouth of Gezora, a true behemoth.

The Rail Splitter

Woolfsevelt might have ferocious animal energy, but all the mighty Lincolnstein needs is one punch - and brass knuckles made of silver - to emancipate "Teddy" of his curse... and life. So much for the "trust buster".

Claw and ScRaTCH....and...BITE,BITE!

Though mighty Lincolnstein might be among the annuls of Presidential history.......he found himself no match for Wolfsevelt and his ferocious animal energy. Slow and encumbered by sub-standard body parts, Wolfsevelt quickly put Humpty Dumpty back into a million pieces again.

President Lincolnstein

Happy Presidents Day!

President Woolfsevelt

What If and unbeknown st to the American People, President Roosevelt had led a secret life at night running out among the wild, and terrorizing the streets of our nation's capital? Those long hunting trips and safaris.....could they have been more than just mere adventure? Howooooooooooooo!!!!! Here comes the night.

President Monster

In honor of the upcoming Presidents Day, we've decided to postpone Behemoth Battle for now and move onto a new entry. This scenario first involves picking a president from the annals of history and combining him with a classic movie monster and then painting a presidential portrait of the combination. Classy. Lincolnstein? Zombie Nixon? John Quincy Adamsula? Chester "A Wolfman" Arthur? After that we'll each paint a battle scene, which should serve as a model of how future congressional disagreements should be approached. Unleash Grover Cleveland! Muh-ha-ha-haaa.

Battle of the Behemoths!

For this week's challenge Mr. Shear and myself picked a giant monster from movies. The Challengers: In Jared's corner, standing approximately 30 meters high and weighing at 20,000 tons – Gezora, the mighty space cuttlefish! In my corner, standing at approximately 12 meters high and an undetermined weight, the Cyclops from the 7th Voyage of Sinbad. Sea monster vs. mythical monster man. Man in Rubber suit vs. Stop-motion animation. Calamari vs monster-who-lacks-depth-perception. Let the battle begin!

Pillow stuffing

How often do you get to make muscular robots choke ostriches? Not very, so you make every moment count. I had to ammend my pic to add in the pummeled mount, but I think you can tell it and the rider took a pasting by the new and improved Berzerk Bot. Oh yes...

Through Flames Of Fire He Stabith Thee!

From out of the gloom he comes.....in their darkest hour he rides. His path is destruction. Robots lay in his wake.

Thunderdome II -- Classic Atari

Oh how the crowds have been anxiously awaiting the next challengers to satisfy their blood lusts.....Well you asked for them, and you GOT THEM!! Facing off will be two opponents who's status among all fanboys has become legendary!! Introducing.......

And his challenger.....


Both of these scans were borrowed from a great site called AtariAge which is loaded with everything Atari, and that will take you back to the epic battles of your childhood.

Ewok Battle

Here's my late entry for Ewok vs. Robot Monster. Ok, so I cheated a little and added a few extra Ewoks. I can say with certainty that I'm done drawing fur for a while (I hope). I think Jared's image wins based on raw fury. I'm looking forward to the next drawing smackdown.

ROBOT MONSTER vs WICKET - ROUND 1

Let the games begin......Wicket being overpowered by the brutal indescribable tactics of Monster Robot, quickly finds himself in a death grip, soon to be vaporized by deadly cosmic rays. But Wicket, coming from a race of creatures known throughout the universe for overcoming mathematically impossible odds, is not ready to give up yet. Who will it be?........da, da, DUMMMMM!!!

Robot Monster = Indescribable Terror

I've unleashed a devastating creature to take part in the first battle. A thing so terrible and monstrous.....that only but a handful ever survived to tell about it.


To fully understand the nature of this beast, a secret film was stolen showing the monster as it carves a path of destruction across the face of the planet.

First Battle. Bring It! (Yub Yub.)

Myself and the ignominious Mr. Shear agreed to pick a creature from a sci-fi movie of our chosing. Today the choices are revealed! Ok, here's my entry for the first battle. (Don't laugh.): The furry with fury, the beast from the east (of Endor), the ender of the Empire - Wicket of the Ewoks.