McMutants

October 2, 2008 on 4:08 pm | In Wizard World Texas | No Comments

Wizard World Programming Director Adam Tracey alerted me to the awesome piece of art below. It was originally posted on Comic Book Resources’ Comics Should Be Good blog, which I subscribe to in my Google Reader (hint hint, faithful readers, or reader).

This image is awesome in a number of ways.

1. It depicts the X-Men as weird tiny-baby-creatures, a phenomenon I absolutely adore and miss. “Muppet Babies” is indeed my favorite show of all time, but let’s not forget the underrated “A Pup Named Scooby Doo” and the, okay, forgettable “Flinstone Kids.” The world needs more adult characters as weird tiny-baby-creatures cartoons!

2. It depicts the X-Men at, in my opinion, their most megastar cool. This is the 1991 relaunch lineup minus Colossus and Archangel. You can’t tell me, oh children of the ’90s, that you don’t think of these costumes when you think of the X-Men. Jim Lee’s redesigns are classic, absolutely!

3. I like fast food, especially the new angus burgers at McDonald’s. Man, now I have much hunger and not even the weird force-feeding thing Jean Grey is doing to Cyclops can deter it!

4. This is the PERFECT EXAMPLE of the type of crazy commissions you can get done at conventions! Honestly, superhero/corporation mash-ups is a great idea for a book, and the more specific superhero/fast food corporation mash-ups is even better. Batman making a run for the border, Ms. Marvel eating fresh, Superman having it his way…come on, the possibilities are endless!

So there you have it. Get your sketchbooks ready because Wizard World Texas is this November 7-9. You can purchase your tickets now online and save up to 20%.

-Brett