My commissions from The Black Cat!! :)

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I couldn't resist, and frankly, I didn't really try!

First up are a couple of additions to my Dick Grayson / Kurt Wagner series.

My fanfic theory (as yet unwritten) is that Dick and Kurt have, since an accident involving an experimental attempt at teleporting, Margali casting a spell and the proximity of a stone circle, been meeting up on a roughly annual basis since they were both about six or seven. Neither of them (nor anyone else) remembers the events until the next meeting (except possibly as imaginary friends, and a couple of odd souvenirs, Dick's secret Smurf obsession, Kurt's "Haly Bros. Circus" poster), but they recall it all when then do meet up. Normally Kurt is the one to arrive in the DCU (Since he's the one who can teleport), but maybe not always.

I left the decision about the scenarios to The Black Cat and she provided me with scenes so good they instantly deserve their own chapters in the story...

In this first one it's early in Dick's career as Robin, possibly their first meeting since he took on the role, so he's explaining all about his new life (and the loss of his old one) and Kurt is VERY curious about Batman, so when he sees THIS, he REALLY wants to meet him.

I thought you might like to see the black and white and colour versions of this one, to show how they do add to the mood of the thing....


"So tell me, who needs a nightlight THAT big?"

In this one, maybe the next year, Dick gives in to Kurt pleading to see the Batcave and takes him for a visit. Of course, Dick has some fun and tells Kurt that the T-Rex is real, it's just dormant, and he mustn't wake him up... Cue some fun with an animatronic dinosaur, a remote control unit in a utility belt and an easily spooked Nightcrawler!



"Okay Kurt, now remember... don't make any sudden noises... or sudden moves, you'll wake it up!"

And this last one is a challenge for any artist, Warlock and Cypher of the New Mutants...

It's simple (Well, as simple as Warlock can ever be), it's fun and it's fantastic!



"It's a magical world Warlock ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!"

Yay!

And for legality

And for legality, a few pages from recent New Mutants issues which deal with the ever touchy Doug/Bobby DaCosta relationship, as Doug comes to visit Magma, who he had recently seriously injured...





And one word right back atcha Sunspot; REIGNFIRE!!!

Okay, it's bugging me, WHO is Doug patterned after here, it seems obvious he's supposed to look like someone

One final snark from Bobby from the most recent issue, where he's accompanied by Doug and Warlock on a mission;



Whatever happened to the Bobby who felt guilty for taking Warlock away from the New Mutants to stay with the Fallen Angels, which led sort of almost directly to Doug being killed in the first place?

Suggested tags; char: nightcrawler/kurt wagner, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, char: cypher/doug ramsey, char: sunspot/roberto dacosta, group: new mutants, title: new mutants, creator: the black cat, creator: zeb wells, creator: paul davidson, genre: commission

Comments

[neuhallidae]

So are Sam and Bobby just trading off who gets to be the defacto jackass every couple of months now?

[icon_uk]

Bobby has much better claim to the title and a lot less positives to balance it, plus he and Doug never really got along.

[autumn_lily]

It'll make for good hate sex later!

[icon_uk]

Bah, Doug can do a LOT better than an arrogant little snot like Bobby.

[autumn_lily]

yeah....where'd Anole go? That boy could use some action!

[sarno001]

Doug kinda reminds me of a very douchey looking Luke Skywalker. And oh my God, your fanfic theory is my new canon.

[icon_uk]

Mark Hamill as a base model.... Hmmm, maybe....

[cleome45]

Ehh... more like Sam J. Jones ( Flash Gordon: 1980 fAi1 version ), to me.

[icon_uk]

Oh my...Sam Jones in Flash Gordon.. now there was a pretty one... :)

[ar_feiniel]

Good call. I agree.

[grimmbear]

So Bobby has turned into an anthropomorphic broccoli?

[endis_ni]

Your theory is now utterly canon, as far as I'm concerned.

[icon_uk]

And the fun part is, it always can be without interfering with anything else. Everything just slots into unseen stories! :)

[sistermagpie]

I'm not sure what I love more, your fanfic story or BlackCat's rendering of it. And knowing how great BlackCat's work is, you know how much that means I love it! Especially the Imaginary Friend part.

[icon_uk]

At some point I'm going to have to get an image of Nightwing admiring his current costume in the mirror and having Nightcrawler be the reflected image, they line up.

To show what I mean, out of curiosity, a while back I took the lovely Mitch Ballard piece I got and took out everything except the highlighting colours,



See what I mean? :)

[greenmask]

Mooortaaaaal Koombaaaaaat

[icon_uk]

Why is that Mortal Kombat like?

[greenmask]

I see primary-coloured V-shapes on black and I think "oh man, Mortal Kombat (had terrible costume design)". It's a curse!

[sistermagpie]

OMG, they're like a constellation!

[joasakura]

yeah, when I got the new NM, it was very much a "woah, Bobby. Aren't we a little jackass, aren't we?"

[icon_uk]

To be fair, he pretty much always was, but it seems to have been turned up to 11 recently.

[joasakura]

that's exactly it. Plus you're right :cough:reignfire:cough:

[icon_uk]

And I just remembered, it was a plot point back in the original New Mutants, when they first met Amara (pre-Cypher on the team) Sunspot was the only member of the team who COULD speak some Latin because his archaeologist mother (and whatever happened to her?) had thought it would be good for him.

[math_camel]

These are really sweet, in almost every possible meaning of the word.

[pyrotwilight]

In related news Black Cat has opened commissions yet again. While I have ideas I can't spend much money on art at the moment so I'll be passing this commission round.

[icon_uk]

I'm giving up commissions amongst other things, for Lent. Still have a few to arrive to keep me going, but I have to resist harder! :)

[cleome45]

I feel bad that I can't cover the season for you. I don't celebrate Lent, but then again there's the whole broke-as-fuck thing... [scowl]

These are great, though.

[northstarfan]

Dagnabbit. I have the worst timing for these things, I swear. *sigh* Maybe next time.

[perletwo]

I still vote for a young Brad Pitt as the model for this incarnation of Doug Ramsey. YMMV, natch.

Love that face on Kurt hanging from the T-rex's mouth!

[icon_uk]

Oooh, good one, a strong contender

[cmdr_zoom]

Nice pic of Warlock and Doug, and you adding that tagline just makes it gold.

[icon_uk]

Thanks, it's a comparison I've had in my head for a long time, since I got this piece. :)

[jelly_ace]

And here I was hoping for some bit of bondage to start my day. :)

I love BC's Robin. And Nightcrawler's face in the second face is so cute. Shades of Home Alone?

Too bad I don't have a PayPal account. I want my own commission, too! :(

[icon_uk]

And here I was hoping for some bit of bondage to start my day. :)

Sorry about that, but I'm not a complete perv, just 66.67% perv... 75% on a good day.

I have an idea for a image of Kurt arriving for one meeting and finding Dick in his usual Tuesday situation and, after dealing with the bad guys of course, deciding how to get his own back for the T-rex incident whilst he has a tied up Robin to hand...

[jelly_ace]

Tied-up Tuesdays! Hahaha

Your idea made me think of a comic posted here in S_D about a pixie/fairy who's trying to decide what she wants her lover to "give" her, and ends up spending the whole of her birthday just thinking about it. It's a porn comic, by the way.

Maybe that comic'll give you more ideas. :D

[kingrockwell]

Was that Small Favors?

[jelly_ace]

Yes, that's it!

[retro_nouveau]

"Ach mein Gott! This is the biggest gargoyle I've ever stood on, Dick!" :)

I still say that if you spook the elf even a little, the next thing you know you're looking at a sulfur cloud.

Self-Friend-Doug does not require broom while Self is in proximity! :)

Wunderbar!

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"Ach mein Gott! This is the biggest gargoyle I've ever stood on, Dick!" :)

"Kurt, that's not a gargogyle that IS Batman"

I still say that if you spook the elf even a little, the next thing you know you're looking at a sulfur cloud.

"Oh, and be careful Kurt, we found some things that wake it up almost immediately and drive it NUTS. Smells mostly.... garlic for one... sulfur for another, and we THINK pepperoni pizza, but Batman doesn't believe me about that one. Oh right, you make that sulfur smell when you bamf don't you?"

[retro_nouveau]

"Oh right, you make that sulfur smell when you bamf don't you?"

"Ja, but it will not be my problem. If you're fast enough, I'll meet you in the kitchen topside..." *BAMF* :D

[icon_uk]

See, their friendship practically writes itself, doesn't it? ;)

[goblinthebamf]

Black Cat + Nightcrawler... I cannot express my love textually, so I'll leave you a surprised kitten instead.

[proteus_lives]

That's so cute, it's illegal in 43 countries.

[icon_uk]

Aww thank you... I like the way it's paws pop out like little flick knives! :)

[proteus_lives]

Love the Nightcrawler ones!

[northstarfan]

And one word right back atcha Sunspot; REIGNFIRE!!!

Amen.

Even so, I'm kind of liking that Mr. Machismo may be having a freak-out about a teammate -- especially one that he used to view as pretty much harmless, if not outright useless -- coming back from the grave and trying to kill them. Might also be some injured pride over zombie-Doug whipping his butt, perhaps?

Gotta say, I'm not really digging this interpretation of the Kirby Dots.

[sun_soraya]

Kurt is just trying to get a better look at Dick's crotch by hanging off the T-Rex (and acting all surprised now that he's caught).

I seriously love the first one, great commissions once again!