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But as you can see, here I’m including Mercury, Hellion, and Pixie, prominent Academy X characters. Yes, I have had somewhat of a change of heart. I think Marvel’s decision to either kill or all the worst ones was a bad idea. I try to emote along with the characters I read, so it just feels pretty horrible that nearly an entire cast was murdered due to what’s seen as an editor’s mistake. Yea, letting all those Academy X squads spring up like weeds was a mistake, but killing over half of them was a worse mistake.

I admit, Chamber wasn’t my favorite on the team. But I very much appreciated his presence and felt he was a much needed jolt to the X-Men franchise.
But there was something I feel like they never really solidified… “What’s under the fire?” They say that his flesh was obliterated when he first used his power, but if there’s nothing there, why is there outline of a chin when he’s covered up?
Well, to solve this conundrun, my version of Jono does have flesh underneath the psi-fire. And let’s just say that maybe underneath it is a sexy angsty rocker boy!












As a matter of fact, even his gay love storyline with Rictor wasn’t enough to conjure up some iota of caring for me. But I told myself, “Well I’m definitely drawing Rictor… and these two are Marvel’s hottest gay couple right now. Gay comic boys are going to want both.” So, I kinda HAD to draw Shatterstar.
And guess what? Now, I think I like him! I guess I had to see him under my pen. And of course, drawing his cock (on Anti-Heroes.net> Members Gallery > Fan-Boy) also helped. So is it arrogance that the only instance of Shatterstar I care for is my own?
I really liked all the characters in Generation X. I really appreciated the thought and effort that went into these guys’ powers, looks and backstories. Alas, the series petered off into wackness like most x-books in the 90’s, but that doesn’t change the pure strength of those character designs. Each one just seemed so much more depthy than… say… any of the Academy X kids (blegh.)
So I’m working on this drawing at work, which is really bad but fuck it, and the straight guy in the next cubicle goes:
Who’s that? Solar Power Girl?
Me: Haha. Nah, her name’s Boom Boom.
Straight Guy in Next Cubicle: Boom Boom? Why is that her name?
Me: Cuz those are bombs.
Straight Guy in Next Cubicle: Fuck yea they are!
Haha– I had to share that exchange with you guys. I always pictured Boom Boom as very sexy and thought it’d be appropriate to give her double D’s.
For my Tabitha design, I called on a bit of her original look with a dash of her 90’s look, with a pinch of Pris from Bladerunner mixed with Anime-Madonna in the opening sequence of Who’s That Girl.
Personality wise, she always reminded me of my high school barber’s girlfriend D’Neil, who was the most delicious trailer parkiest diva ever. This one’s for you D’Neil, wherever you are. Hopefully it’s not obese and bed ridden surrounded by 8 kids in your mobile home. (I’m goin’ to hell.)
Every time I look at my old fanart, the pieces I love the most are everything from my X-Men Remix collection. It combines my 2 main loves: X-Men and character design/redesign.

I’ve expanded it by adding some figure drawings and villian portraits. In fact, here’s a new one featuring everyone’s favorite Malcolm X metaphor, Magneto.


















