CSBG Archive
The Line it is Drawn Try-Out Week 1, Group 1
Welcome to the first batch of drawings by artists who are trying out to see if they can nab a spot as one of the regular The Line it is Drawn artists!
All day, I’ll be posting entries in groups of 20 artists an entry. Check their work out and marvel at all the great talent on display here. Then, next week, after these artists do a second drawing, we’ll ask you all to vote on your favorites. I’ll also have a group of judges vote for their favorites. I’ll combine the votes and we’ll end up with the two new regular artists for The Line it is Drawn. We’ll also be picking out one regular alternate artist for the Line it is Drawn, but I’ll let you know how we’re picking that artist a little later on.
So kick back and check out some nifty artwork, all based on the same theme as The Line it is Drawn this week, which was “Turn a famous person/character into a superhero or supervillain.”
Enjoy!
I’m listing the pieces in the order I received them. There are way too many to credit all the suggestion givers, but if you recognize one of your suggestions, feel free to mention it in the comments if you’d like credit!
All copyright and trademarks of the following characters are held by their respective owners!
David Ryan shows us Cerebus as a superhero…
Richard Grzela gives us Rambo as an X-Man…

Joey Jarin drew Neil Gaiman as a familiar looking superhero…
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Scott MacIver gives us Johnny Knoxville as “The Target”, the indestructible man….
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Aaron Pittman did Lone Wolf and Cub as a giant anime-style robot…
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Jeff Langcaon (who does a webcomic called “Henchmen for Hire” that you can check out here) did the cast of the Wizard of Oz as “Agents of Oz”….
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JL Lamastus gave us The Emperor HunnyPot with his Heffalump and woozle minnions….
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Paul Shinn (whose website is here) drew the Virgin Mary as a superhero…
Cory Stauffer gave Andy Kaufman the superhero treatment…
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Tyler Jones did Abraham Lincoln as a superhero…
Don Cardenas (whose website is here) also turned Honest Abe into a superhero…
Axel Medellin (whose website is here) thought that Elmo would work well as a villain, so he did him Freddy Kruegger style….
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Hector Rodriguez (whose website is here) gave us an anti-hero Johnny Cash…
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Our old Reader Art Gallery buddy Rufus Edge did the A-Team, only inspired by ANOTHER Stephen J. Cannell show, The Greatest American Hero!
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Carlton Reid Beaman III had Bing Crosby and Bob Hope team up together…as Nick Fury and Captain America!
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Andre Richard gives us All-Star Miss Marple…
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Another veteran of our reader art spots, Doug Nelson (whose website is here), gives us MTM Comics!
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Jamon Gott did Neil Gaiman as the Crow…
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Josh Gowdy gave Hunter S. Thompson the hero treatment…
Christoffer Cerdic gave us the super(hero? villain? who knows?), Cigaratte Smoking Man!
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Okay, that’s it for Group 1! Check them all out and come back in a half hour for the second group! And keep coming back all day long, as we have a lot of entries!

























41 Comments
Kevin Madison
December 1, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Nice work by all, but my favourits were the Elmo-as-Kruger (like Elmo’s not nightmare fuel enough on his own, now he has claws), Abraham Lincoln as the Emancipator (Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus is genius!) and Hunter S. Thomson as the Freak (so much to love about that piece, but the Sheriff’s badge takes the cake).
Kevin Madison
December 1, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Stupid typos. Should say “favourites”.
James
December 1, 2011 at 12:28 pm
I’m loving this. These are all great, Elmo is my favourite, I think, although I gotta say the Neil Gaiman one is a good likeness!
manny
December 1, 2011 at 12:40 pm
In this batch I’d say David Ryan, Aaron Pittman, Paul Shinn, Cory Stauffer, Rufus, Josh Gowdy and Christoffer Cerdic were all the stand outs!
Caanan
December 1, 2011 at 12:48 pm
So much art candy, though my favourites are Immaculate, the Goddamn Marple (pardon?) and the Freak.
Man, Brian… why not do this EVERY week? Mwu ha HA.
Bill Walko
December 1, 2011 at 1:07 pm
“Goddamn Marple” is the winner for me, but the Hunter S. Thompson piece is super-cool.
ithinkyoureok
December 1, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Woah! I suggested Miss Marple, but this result is so full of little in-jokes about that series (POIROT! NEMESIS! NEPHEW RAYMOND!), as well as All-Star Batman, that I’m blown away! WIN.
buttler
December 1, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Wow, Medellin’s Elmo. Pittman’s Lone Wolf and Cub and Cardenas’s Abe are my faves, but there’s some great stuff here all around.
Frank
December 1, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Excellent artists all around.
Ryan, Pittman, Cardenas, Gott and Gowdy were my favorites.
Don
December 1, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Wow, I’m in good company here! How do you choose? So much crazy going on!
@kevinmadison & buttler: Thanks for the nice words! Much appreciated.
Don
December 1, 2011 at 1:51 pm
@Frank: Thanks!
Keith
December 1, 2011 at 2:00 pm
The Smoking man is my Favorite
Andre
December 1, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Canaan & Ithinkyoureok- thanks for the comments! I’m a big fan of the books so had to sneak in that reference (the books with Mr.RafURL are my faves
)
Thad
December 1, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Yowch. You expect us to choose?
Dean
December 1, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus. There’s your winner!
Big Mike
December 1, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Woot, A-Team and Andy Kaufman were my suggestions. It’s going to take some time to inspect each one for a sure vote. @_@ Wow, such variety
MechanisticMoth
December 1, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Josh Gowdy for the win! I love the Hunter S. Thompson piece!
Hector
December 1, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Wow! It’s definitely an honor being amongst such amazing talent! That Elmo sure is creepy.
Brian
December 1, 2011 at 4:18 pm
I’m glad someone besides myself has recognized the great superhero potential of Mary Richards/Mary Tyler Moore. Her powers include:
- Turning the world on with a smile
- Making nothing dates seem suddenly worthwhile
- Causing time to stop by tossing her hat in the air
- With her teammates, merging into an unstoppable ‘gestalt” through the famous “Group Hug” technique
-The ability to transform into an adorable kitten, decades before ‘Surprised Kitty” turned everyone’s brains into sentimental mush
Few villains are able to withstand her relentless cheeriness!
Chris johnson
December 1, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Andy Kaufman is really, really good.
Daniel
December 1, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Aaron Pittman show’s a lot of promise with that Lone Wolf and Cub piece. Another good one was the Immaculate cover. that and the Hunter S. Thompson piece are just fantastic.
Scott
December 1, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Neil Gaiman as Marvelman is awesome!
And yeah, Elmo!
-Scott
Astrozac
December 1, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Some of the stand outs for me, were The Andy Kaufman hero/villian piece. The Emancipator Abraham Lincoln. Elmo Krueger was scary. The A-Team was good. And the Hunter S. Thompson as the Freak
Cristocrat
December 1, 2011 at 9:38 pm
Oh, damn. Kauffman and Hunter Thompson are so fine. So so fine.
Crowley
December 1, 2011 at 9:43 pm
I vote for Aaron PIttman! Great take on Lone Wolf & Cub!
Third Man
December 1, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Josh Hardy, Axel Medillen, and Aaron Pittman are my favorites. I especially love Hardy, who looks like he has a style with a lot of swagger in it.
ctrl+alt+delete
December 1, 2011 at 11:28 pm
My god, the level of “drawing” skills from this group is just horrible. You can´t be serious about publishing any of these guys.
Paul Shinn
December 2, 2011 at 7:18 am
@manny, @Caanan, and @Daniel Thanks a lot! I’m glad you like it!
Dave S.
December 2, 2011 at 7:40 am
Aaron Pittman get’s mine. Super Rad.
CB
December 2, 2011 at 8:03 am
pittman!
luke pelletier
December 2, 2011 at 8:26 am
Aaron Pittman IS THE MAN
Dekky
December 2, 2011 at 10:09 am
I like Aaron Pittman and Don Cardenas in this group.
Tyler Ragan
December 2, 2011 at 12:54 pm
After looking through all of the entries, Christoffer Cerdic’s Cigarette Smoking Man is the one that stands out to me one day later. Perfect execution.
I could see him taking on Too Much Coffee Man…. ; )
Dean Hacker
December 3, 2011 at 8:28 am
Nice work from everyone. My favorites are:
- Josh Gowdy’s Hunter S. Thompson piece. The figure drawing is great. Thompson is really in character. Plus, the details are really clever.
- Cory Stauffer’s Andy Kaufman piece. I love the composition and the depth of the pop culture reference.
- Axel Medellin’s Elmo. This is too funny.
Jason Atomic
December 3, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Love the Hunter S Thompson, shouldn’t his super alter ego be “Gonzo” though? whatever, Josh gets my vote!
Ken
December 3, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Richard Grzela, Paul Shinn, Axel Medellin, Josh Gowdy, Christoffer Cerdic all get my vote ..
Andy S.
December 3, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Marple, Hunter S. Thompson, and Andy Kaufman are the winners for me out of this group.
Steve Broome
December 3, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Aaron Pittman, Josh Gowdy and Cristoffer.
Bart
December 3, 2011 at 11:24 pm
Josh gowdy and christopher cedric stand out for me…
Global Honored
December 4, 2011 at 9:51 am
Loving Gowdy, Jarin, Ryan and Pittman contributions
Brian from Canada
December 5, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Ditto on Kevin’s choices. Those were the three that popped out to me.