Category Archives: Anti-Heroes
It has all the characteristics of his men that I love: the chiseled body, the crisp lines, the attention to detail, and those beautiful not-quite anime, but non-quite western eyes! The perfect FMX piece.
But what I heart the most about it is that he really nailed Zeke‘s personality. All too often, most Zeke fan-art is a little effeminate. My fellow artists tend to draw him in a woman’s pose– never as threatening or masculine as the other 2 Anti-Heroes. Granted, I know Zeke’s personality is a little diva-ish… and he does kinda have a chick power (telepathy)… and he does wear all that jewelry– so I see why people WANT to draw him femmy. But it was always my intention to portray him very masc but still very pretty.
I see the pose as imposing and masculine. This is why I thought he’d be a great artist to depict Zeke. I based him on character designs by Hirohiko Araki. He draws very pretty, yet tough-looking men. I see a lot of his style in FMX’s work– sexy masculine, virile men– but rendered with the softness and beauty of a dazzling anime heroine.
THANKS AGAIN, Fallen Messiah! 😉
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Thanks, again Paul! 🙂
These 1st 3 gems are by comic artist extraordinaire, Silvano. I communicate with Silvano on and off as he was the colorist on Anti-Heroes #3. He’s a real amazing talent and I’ve always been in awe of his work. He’s got this amazing color sense that gives his characters this really animated look. Don’t they feel as if they’re going to jump right off the page?!
Perhaps, what I love most about these pieces is that Silvano, being so familiar with the Anti-Heroes, designed his renditions EXACTLY like me! He omits nothing– it’s all there, from Tai’s lip piercing to Caleb’s combat boots!
Please check out more of Silvano’s phenomenal work in the upcoming book called “Sworn” published by Class Comics. It looks pretty steamy! Next up, is a graphic graphite rendering of our favorite trio by artist Bulldogg Bronx. I appreciate his soft rendering and the utter raunchiness of the pose! Favorite aspect: Tai’s eyes!
Finally, here’s something I’ve always wanted someone to do: a CG rendering of my characters! My partner is a CG artist ad he was working on it a while back– but abandoned it much to my dismay. However, I knew it was only a matter of time before someone sent me one. There are a lot of gay erotica artists working in Poser, and Thomas gives his own spin on my boys using this program. Favorite part of this one: Zeke’s eyes. They’re like… pools!
Thanks to all of youze guys! I love each piece! And if you all wanna see ALL the fan-art / commissions I’ve gotten of the Anti-Heroes, check out the free “Friends Gallery” section of Anti-Heroes.net!
Anti-Heroes vs. the Parasites (If you don’t know the Parasites, do yourself a favor and pick up Anti-Heroes #3!)
Ass Up Tai
Power Suit Caleb
Sleeping Giant
Cover Boys
I really love this one of Paxton. I wish you kids could see the hardcopy of this. The color is so vibrant and it’s all traditional media. Frikkin’ awse. Anthony is my hero.
To quote the artist, “I’m not a bottom but even i gotta give credit to [Caleb’s] huge….gun…”
YEUH! Thank you, Ej-Lyonhartfor this yummy rendition of Mr. Chaos. I really like your rendering and am admiring your giant balls for putting this on DA. I’m so scared of getting banned, I crop out every single dick I draw!
And just a quick word of advice– don’t let anyone tell you the male body is disgusting. I mean– what’s with the double standard? These kids slap all kindsa big-tittied, erect-nippled, drippy-engorged-labia-sporting CHICKS all over DA. Yet the minute they see a dick they start whining about porn. In the words of Artie Lange, “Wah.”
While going through RSS feeds just now, mindlessly marking all the Roids and Rants & Shirtless Superheroes updates as “read,” (honestly those dudes update like 12 times a day! hehe) I came across a brilliant shining surprise. My good buddy Chubtoons who runs the blog Big Boy Toons did a spectacular fan-art of the Anti-Heroes!Each Anti-Hero has Chubtoons’ signature stylization yet seems maintain the personality I gave them. It’s such a treat when I get these unsolicited because 1) I LOVE it and 2) I’m super embarrassed and shy about asking my favorite artists to do them. It’s like– well, if they don’t know my characters, why would they want to draw them?
So yeah, it’s super flattering that Chubtoons did this and I hope he knows I appreciate it very very much! Thanks again, Jason!
My experience in the U.S. wherein blacks are a minority, has caused me to feel a responsibility to include at least one major black character in every set of illustrations / characters I create. Some might call this tokenism, but I don’t think that necessarily has to have negative connotation. Growing up, I was always more apt to consume media that included your “token” black character. I saw these media as integrated, which was important to me.
Tokenism is bad when the black character is a stereotype or when OTHER token traits are applied to him. Like when the token black character is also the token nerd… or token fatty… or token midget… or token foreigner… or token indeterminate race character. Instances like that single the character out, which is counter-productive to the idea of their inclusion in the first place.
Rant, rant, preach, preach, I know, I’m sorry. But I swear, if I see another show where the black one is a wimpy awkward skinny ugly geek with big-ass glasses, I’m going to stab myself.
Anyway, enjoy this latest drawing of Caleb, the black Anti-Hero. I hope what I’ve done with this guy is create a character who is defined by more than his skin color. He’s the brain and the leader, which for me naturally progressed to become this sort-of bossy megalomaniacal mercenary. He’s also very handsome and knows it, like he knows everything, but doesn’t flaunt it. He prefers to flaunt his intelligence and commanding personality. And… his dick. That’s one stereotype I’m happy to perpetuate.
Jezza SmilezJezza is an amazing artist doing work in our field. I have the pleasure of knowing him in real life and am honored to be pals with ‘im! He’s the one who did this drawing of the Anti-Heroes: (which I originally posted in my Guest Art Bonanza last month here.) You need to check out his Thundercats, which are, quite literally, the sexiest renditions of them I’ve ever seen!
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NookieDog has been posting steamy erotic work on his blog for about a year now. It’s a great composite of original hotties and fan-art, but all rendered in warm, realistic style. I am pleased to show you guys this present he gave me today. It’s a fan-art of the Anti-Hero, Tai, done by NookieDog’s careful hand. He has a way of blending these really stark, stylish graphic elements (like this awesome background, and the thick contour line surrounding the figure) with subtle academic rendering techniques (like the texture in Tai’s skin and that beautifully rendered body hair.) Thanks NookieDog for a great gift and a great way to kick off this 3 day weekend!
Next up is another by Jeremonkey. (You may remember, he did a cute drawing of the Anti-Heroes back in May.) This time, for my birthday, he gives us his version of one of his favorite scenes from issue #1. He’s really captured both of their personalities here. Also love his coloring style. Looks like a lotta work!
This piece is by my good buddy Kitt Mouri. She sketched this one out while helping me run my booth at the Gay Erotic Expo a few months ago. Tai, I sometimes try to convey, can be a little elvish. Elves are something she specializes in. Good fit!
Here’s a great one I actually got a while back and forgot to post! Yikes! But back when Charha drew it, Tower posted it on his blog. It’s Tower’s characters Ractus the rat, Lange the fox, Revedian the tiger, and Tower the wolf doing cosplay of Zeke, Locus, Camili-Cat, and Tai respectively. Locus and Cam are (of course) Class Comics characters. Whenever I look at this one, it makes me wanna get into furry.
Next up, here’s Power Suit Caleb as drawn by Iceman. Recently I’ve connected with Iceman after being a fan for many years. We agreed to art trade– I did MidnightMan and he did Caleb. Great action pose and lighting.
Here’s a piece by a new friend I’ve made recently named Jezza. No website up for him just yet, although we’re workin’ on it! Jezza can draw pretty realistic, but I was floored when I saw hi more cartoony take on the Anti-Heroes. He’s got a fresh, unique style. Can’t wait to see more from him.
Lastly, I’d like to treat you all to a REALLY special treat. I’ve always been interested to know what the Anti-Heroes would look like as genuine bona fide action figures. So, I decided to commission Tobias Trost over at Imatoy.
I had been corresponding with him via email for a while and always knew in the back of my head that he’s who I wanted to make my Anti-Heroes toys. He does really great work. Tobias said that these were some of his favorite pieces to create. Indeed they are unique because he’s working in a larger scale and using more sculpting and painting and accessories than ever. It’s all made for some really great models of my favorite hot hung horny hard-bodies. My favorite of the three is definitely Zeke. There was a lot of back and forth and experimentation with him, but he came out pretty amazing.
It’s funny because I have these on my shelves with my Marvel Legends and Sota Street Fighter toys, and people ALWAYS double take when they see the Anti-Heroes amongst them. Like, “Woa! What X-Man is THAT supposed to be– with the big bulge… oh wait… that’s one of your characters!”
Thanks to everyone who sent me Anti-Heroes art. You don’t know how much I truly appreciate it! There’ve been days lately where I’ve been feeling like this whole art thing isn’t worth the effort, so when I get great gifts like these, not only does it make me feel good, it also validates my staying in the game. As long as someone out there likes it, I’m gonna keep on doin’ it! THANKS! SMOOCHES!
And for those who missed out… fear not. There IS still a way to read the first two issues of Anti-Heroes. In my online store, you can purchase and download DIGITAL copies! These comics will be in PDF format, easily viewable on any computer. So if you haven’t yet caught on to the wildest queer comics out there, now’s your chance! And grab the printed version of #3 while you’re there– because now THAT’s taking over my pad! hehe!
