Daily Sketch Blog Day 14 (June 15, 2011) The Fastest Man Alive

If you follow me on Deviant Art you would have already seen this one posted first thing this morning (and tomorrow's sketch). I had to step away from Marvel for at least 1 day so I keep myself out of a rut. With 10 hours to waste at work I have been roughing out 2 to 3 sketch cards a day and this is one I started yesterday at work and finished late last night to post today. I'm overall happy with this one.  

@Raven0207: My personal faves so far are Cyclops, Gambit, Punisher, Flash, M.J. and War Machine.

Nice one!
I see you're a Barry Allen fan though. :(

@Raven0207: I caught this on deviant last night along with Hal, a perfect combo to do. I always liked when these two worked together. Apparently the plans on the Flash movie will be to tie in Barry's friendship with Hal into the story. :)

I have to admit, I had a LOT of reservations about his revival too, his was one of the most noble deaths in comic history in my opinion and I really hate for them to mess with that.

@Raven0207: I caught this on deviant last night along with Hal, a perfect combo to do. I always liked when these two worked together. Apparently the plans on the Flash movie will be to tie in Barry's friendship with Hal into the story. :)

I have to admit, I had a LOT of reservations about his revival too, his was one of the most noble deaths in comic history in my opinion and I really hate for them to mess with that.

@Raven0207: I do love DA for the early previews :)

Part of my reservations with reviving Barry were exactly because of Wally. He did manage to successfully carry the Flash torch after crisis and really became his own hero. Although Barry had been the Flash I grew up with, and his death hit me just as hard as Karas, I came to accept Wally as the modern Flash.

I can imagine readers who started with Wally and only knew him as the Flash must be even more confused with the whole thing.

@Raven0207: Can I have a link to your DA page?

@tonis: The Flash television show was my entry into the world of comics and Barry was the first superhero I ever fell in love with. So I was a little confused when I read my first Flash comic and people were calling him Wally. :P

Since then of course I've read a lot featuring both of them and I grew to like Wally even more than Barry. He earned the title of Flash and was thankful to his hero and mentor Barry every step of the way, even in his bumpy early days. *sniff* It was beautiful.

@M.S. Feather said:

@Raven0207: Can I have a link to your DA page?

@tonis: The Flash television show was my entry into the world of comics and Barry was the first superhero I ever fell in love with. So I was a little confused when I read my first Flash comic and people were calling him Wally. :P

Since then of course I've read a lot featuring both of them and I grew to like Wally even more than Barry. He earned the title of Flash and was thankful to his hero and mentor Barry every step of the way, even in his bumpy early days. *sniff* It was beautiful.

Loved that show, it's a shame they never gave it more of a chance. They really focused on the police and crime investigation side of Barry which I always enjoyed in his books. Although I was always itching to see more Flash and special fx they did manage to stick to solid stories and good drama. I'm gonna have to do a marathon and watch those this week now that you got me reminiscing :)

I have to admit as much as Barry is my 'original' Flash, Wally became my favorite too. His occasional humor, and honor towards Barrys memory made him a stand up guy and quality hero in his own right.