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Original Art For Sale: Wonder Woman 1941-2008
I am selling the original inked art for WONDER WOMAN 1941-2008. Rarely do I part with my originals, but it's time for this one. It's drawn on Blue Line comic board. The art space measures 10" x 15". If you are interested in purchasing the art, please fill out a Contact Form and I will reply with pricing information. What I Wrote Then: "After 1-1/2 years, this piece is finally complete! In 2006, I researched, penciled and inked this illustration depicting Wonder Woman and Diana Prince in her most definitive costumes since 1941. A comprehensive history of Wonder Woman’s look hasn’t been done since George Perez’s 1990′s poster, and even then it wasn’t approached from the original artists’ styles. Over the past few months, Kevenn T. Smith and I have been working on the colors in Photoshop. Between my drawing and his color expertise, we produced this result. Almost every definitive version of Diana that has appeared in the comic book and other media is in this drawing, drawn by me but based on the original artists’ artwork: H.G. Peter, George Perez, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Mike Deodato, Phil Jimenez, Terry Dodson, Jose Delbo, Ross Andru, Irv Novick, Curt Swan, Don Heck, Gene Colan, Jill Thompson, Mike Sekowsky, Alex Toth, Bruce Timm, and Darwyn Cooke. In addition, I included the Lynda Carter and Cathy Lee Crosby versions of Wonder Woman because no true history of Diana would be complete without them. Earth-2 Wonder Woman is based on Lynda Carter since there really isn’t a definitive depiction of her. Lynda Carter (including her Diana Prince and the motorcycle outfit), Cathy Lee Crosby, and Earth-2 are in my art style and not based on another artists’ work." Wonder Woman 1941-2008: Original Art Wonder Woman 1941-2008: Original Art
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comic books, illustration, television, wonder womanRay Caspio
Brian Andersen's "So Super Duper": Psyche's Date
I was asked by Brian Andersen, creator and writer of So Super Duper, an independent comic full of fun, humor, action, and attitude, with a dash of romance, to do a pin-up for the next issue of the title: Issue 11.  I cannot express enough how much I love this title.  If you're looking for a comic that's positive and hopeful, which is increasingly hard to find in the superhero genre, then you definitely need to buy some issues of So Super Duper. Here's Psyche's Date, which will be published soon! Incidentally, this is my first published comic book work! Woohoo!

Brian Andersen's So Super Duper: Psyche's Date

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comic books, illustration, published work, so super duper, superheroesRay Caspio
The Bionic Woman: Jaime & Max

Available as a print or poster (Jaime & Max):  http://www.redbubble.com/people/raycaspio/art/4501130-1-jaime-and-max

Even though I'm a child of the 1980s, I found most of my heroes in reruns of 1960s and 1970s television shows.  They were all women.  One of those women is Jaime Sommers:  The Bionic Woman, played by Lindsay Wagner, who won an Emmy for her portrayal. I've never been one to enjoy the tired cliché of the alpha-male character.  Lindsay imbued Jaime with a strong sense of feminine energy, intelligence, understanding, and unending compassion that I feel is lacking from so many female heroes of today.  Jaime was part-superhero but all woman, often solving problems primarily with her mind instead of her Bionic parts.  Her Bionics weren't used to inflict violence.  She was a hero I could, and still do look up to, as well as Lindsay herself. In the third season of the series, Jaime got a Bionic Dog called Max (aka Maximillion/Maximillian).  That's who Jaime is running with in this illustration.  Running is, after all, Jaime's favorite way to de-stress, and dogs are great de-stressors.

I'm very happy to be reliving this great series through Region 2 DVDs as I continue my recuperation from three herniated discs.  It gives me Bionic Inspiration.

The Bionic Woman: Jaime & Max
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bionic, bionic woman, celebrity, illustration, inspiration, jaime sommers, lindsay wagner, superheroes, televisionRay Caspio