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Neill’s A-Z of Awesomeness vol. 2 (G-J)
By Neill Cameron - June 23, 2009 | Email the author

[Editor's Note: thanks everyone for the uber-enthusiastic response to the first volume (A-F) of our new feature! The rampant army of Whedonites who invaded our site will probably be quite happy with today's batch new four letters. Don't forget to follow our daily updates on Twitter @comicsnexus, and visit Neill's twitterblog or  Facebook Group to vote for the next entries!]

The A-Z of Awesomeness is an ongoing project by Neill Cameron, in which he draws a picture each day, of stuff that is Awesome, for the letters A-Z. It’s pretty high concept.

Prepare to be Awesomed:

FIRST VOLUME:  (A-F)

[Click on each of the boxes for full-sized images (recommended, trust us).]

G is for... Galactus Geeking out with his Glove puppets of Gundam and Godzilla

G is for... Galactus Geeking out with his Glove puppets of Gundam and Godzilla

Neill Says:  Now, I realise that what with the pics for D and F, we’ve now had an awful lot of entries featuring characters from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four. I would defend this apparent limiting of scope by pointing out that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four, taken as a body of work, achieves a degree of Aweseomeness almost unparalleled in western popular culture. Also, I just totally wanted to draw Galactus.

H is for... Hagar the Horrible Hacking Hello Kitty in Half

H is for... Hagar the Horrible Hacking Hello Kitty in Half

Neill Says: There! This is what you wanted! Are you happy now?

This was suggested by Edwin Austin on the Neill’s A-Z Facebook group, and it seemed like a bunch of other people wanted to see it, so here you go. I started out with a version where Harry 20, Hellboy and Harry Potter were holding Hello kitty down while Hagar Hacked Her in Half, but it had a weird mysogynistic vibe and I kind of creeped myself out, so you get the more actiontastic version above.

You will note that Hagar is drawn in my own usual style, whereas Hello Kitty just looks like Hello Kitty. The reasoning for this is that if you take away the iconic abstraction of creator Dik Browne’s style from Hagar you are left with a grumpy fat smelly-looking viking, which is a fun thing to draw in itself, whereas if you take away the iconic abstraction of Hello Kitty from Hello Kitty you are left with precisely nothing.

I is for... Indiana Jones Inching Away from an Inebriated Iron Man

I is for... Indiana Jones Inching Away from an Inebriated Iron Man

Neill Says: This was suggested by Davey Candlish on the Facebook Group. Seemed like a lot of people wanted to see an Inebriated Iron Man, so I hope this is satisfactory. Look, he’s got all sick on him, ho ho ho.

J is for... Joss. Just Joss.

J is for... Joss. Just Joss.

Neill says: Here is today’s EXTRA SEXY installment of the A-Z of Awesomeness!

There was a landslide of votes for Joss Whedon, but very few suggestions for what, specifically, he should be doing, so I decided to read between the lines and give all you Whedonians what you really, really want.

[Editor's Note - Update: We've just been informed that today -in a creepy but happy confluence of... things- is Joss Whedon's birthday! Happy Birthday Joss, from everyone at the Nexus :) ]

So weird. I guess I drew him in the right suit, hey? BOOM BOOM!

Anyway, here is an important announcement: I’ve had a bit of feedback on the A-Z from a very important if slightly unexpected corner: my Dad. He writes:

“I am a little surprised that your A-Z of awesomeness has no dinosaurs, no Transformers, no characters from HHGG or LOTR; but early days yet, I suppose.”

Well done, people. you have made my father disappointed in me. Well, more disappointed, anyway. Suggest more Transformers and dinosaurs, already.

It is never too late to join in the suggesting-things-that-are-Awesome fun. Suggestions now being taken for ‘K’, ‘L’ and ‘M’. You can chip in your ideas on FacebookTwitter, on Neill’s blog, or in the comments section here… hell, you can probably just go out in your garden and shout really loudly and I’m sure one way or another it’ll get onto the internet.


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Comments
  1. Mighty Mouse Manhandling Marilyn Monroe!

    Posted by jun | June 23, 2009, 9:25 am
  2. L is for Lucy Lawless doing something Lesbian-like ;)

    Posted by Revolos55 | June 23, 2009, 9:26 am
  3. M is for Moping Marvin Manicuring a Masked Megatron in Mordor.

    That should cover HHGG, LOTR and Transformers.

    Posted by JA | June 23, 2009, 11:18 am
  4. To expand upon JA’s suggestion…

    M is for Microraptors Maiming a Moping Marvin Manicuring a Masked Megatron while Marooned in Mordor.

    That gets your dinosaurs in too.

    Posted by Jeanie TTF | June 23, 2009, 5:58 pm
  5. L is for Legolas Lithely Leaping over Ligers, Lizards and Little People

    Posted by SarahW | June 23, 2009, 11:43 pm
  6. M is for Martian Manhunter Mimicing a Mightily annoyed Megatron

    Posted by rodders | June 24, 2009, 7:11 am
  7. K is for Kraven the hunter Killing King Kong with a Katana from Korea

    Posted by rodders | June 24, 2009, 7:15 am
  8. You have GOT to have Spike doing something…I don’t care what. Spike sipping soda?

    Posted by elaine | June 24, 2009, 9:16 am
  9. King Kong (or Kal-el) kayaking by Kraken, kissing K-9.

    Posted by Shojoholic | June 24, 2009, 10:12 am
  10. Kudos to Revolos55 for the L is for Lucy Lawless theme… :)

    Posted by KEG | June 24, 2009, 10:14 am
  11. Oh, and I forgot. Major props for the J is for Joss creation. Absolution perfect!

    Posted by KEG | June 24, 2009, 10:14 am
  12. Pipin’s (or Penny’s) penchant for polyjuice potion proves problematic

    Posted by Shojoholic | June 24, 2009, 10:37 am
  13. Spock, Spike and Snape spot Serenity spacing Sauron

    Posted by Shojoholic | June 24, 2009, 12:20 pm
  14. Some off the top of my head…

    M is for: Marvin the Martian Making Minced Meat of the Martian Manhunter.

    S is for: Spike Sucking Superman’s blood in Sin City.

    T is for: Teenage mutant ninja Turtles Tempting Tawky Tawny.

    W is for Wall-E Waking up with Wonder Woman and Waffles.

    Posted by Batmite79 | June 24, 2009, 9:04 pm
  15. V is for: Voldemoort Vexing Vampirella while Violently Vivisecting Van Damme.

    Posted by Batmite79 | June 24, 2009, 9:12 pm
  16. V is for: Voltron Viciously exacting Vengeance against Lord Voldemort.

    … in Las Vegas?

    Posted by Dan | June 29, 2009, 8:53 pm
  17. Rebecca Romijn, on the rebound from Roger Rabbit, romanced by Robby the Robot.

    Sam Spade, Screwy Squirrel, and Sally Sparrow singing Stephen Sondheim songs to the Seven Samurai.

    Tony the Tiger’s tow truck takes the TARDIS through Toontown.

    Unicorns unicycling upside-down under Uma Thurman’s umbrella.

    Venus Flytrap vies with Voltron on a voyage to Vulcan.

    Wendy Watson whomps Willy Wonka with weighty watermelons.

    Xavier xeroxes Xander’s x-rays of a xylophoning Xena.

    Yvonne Craig yawns and yanks her yellow yo-yo.

    Zordon zaps Zsa-Zsa’s zany zebra.

    Posted by CLB | June 30, 2009, 11:45 am
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