I'm a writer. I read a lot of comics. My friend Jojo is an artist. She doesn't read any comics.

At lunch, she draws super heroes from memory. Her memory is not always very good.

As you look at these drawings, I can not stress enough that Jojo is a professional artist, and a full grown woman. It's important to remember that.

~ Wednesday, February 22 ~
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Today Jojo draws Black Manta. This week I’m asking Jojo to draw super villains from memory. I wanted her to draw a DC villain today but had trouble finding one she had heard of (she already drew most of the Batman villains.) When I mentioned Black Manta her eyes lit up (as much as they ever do when I’m talking about comics around her) and she said, “Oh, the one with a butt for a face?” I informed her that Black Manta’s helmet is supposed to look like a manta ray. She said, “Okay but what it looks like is a butt. That he has for a face.” Well, she’s convinced me. This looks a hell of a lot like Black Manta, and it looks a hell of a lot like he has a butt for a face. It’s even more accurate if you remember she’s probably only seen the Super Friends version of the character. She added fins to his limbs and she gave him some extra cables (we know from when she drew Cable, that she’s good at cables.) She also gave him a harpoon instead of a trident but she defended that, saying, “Whatever, it’s a water weapon. You poke people with it. It’s exactly the same but with a third as much poking.” Fair enough Jojo. You win again.

Today Jojo draws Black Manta.

This week I’m asking Jojo to draw super villains from memory. I wanted her to draw a DC villain today but had trouble finding one she had heard of (she already drew most of the Batman villains.) When I mentioned Black Manta her eyes lit up (as much as they ever do when I’m talking about comics around her) and she said, “Oh, the one with a butt for a face?”

I informed her that Black Manta’s helmet is supposed to look like a manta ray. She said, “Okay but what it looks like is a butt. That he has for a face.”

Well, she’s convinced me. This looks a hell of a lot like Black Manta, and it looks a hell of a lot like he has a butt for a face. It’s even more accurate if you remember she’s probably only seen the Super Friends version of the character. She added fins to his limbs and she gave him some extra cables (we know from when she drew Cable, that she’s good at cables.)

She also gave him a harpoon instead of a trident but she defended that, saying, “Whatever, it’s a water weapon. You poke people with it. It’s exactly the same but with a third as much poking.”

Fair enough Jojo. You win again.

Tags: comics aquaman black manta super friends DC comics
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