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.

~ Sunday, December 25 ~
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Merry Christmas! Today we get Reed putting the finishing touches on their Christmas tree. In the background we see Ben is still celebrating Hanukkah (it’s not over yet) and Sue is roasting a marshmallow on Johnny’s head. Clearly, either Jojo doesn’t think much of Human Torch or at least assumes his sister doesn’t. We’ll be on semi break this week, by which I mean there will be no normal hero drawings. Jojo has been claiming that she’s going to be posting stuff other than heroes while on break… she keeps talking about Kim Jong Il. We’ll see if anything comes of that.

Merry Christmas!

Today we get Reed putting the finishing touches on their Christmas tree.

In the background we see Ben is still celebrating Hanukkah (it’s not over yet) and Sue is roasting a marshmallow on Johnny’s head. Clearly, either Jojo doesn’t think much of Human Torch or at least assumes his sister doesn’t.

We’ll be on semi break this week, by which I mean there will be no normal hero drawings. Jojo has been claiming that she’s going to be posting stuff other than heroes while on break… she keeps talking about Kim Jong Il.

We’ll see if anything comes of that.

Tags: comics christmas Hanukkah fantastic four mr. fantastic invisible woman human torch the thing marvel
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~ Tuesday, December 20 ~
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Today Jojo draws The Thing! This week I’m having Jojo draw The Fantastic Four from memory. Each day I’ll tell her “draw one of them” until she’s drawn all four, without telling her their names. Here’s what she said about this drawing: Jojo: “His name is the thingy, he’s made of dried riverbed.” Me: “He’s supposed to made of bricks, or rocks.” Jojo: “But he’s orange. He’s made of dried riverbed.” This is a very, very accurate drawing. You can even imagine him yelling his classic battle cry, “It’s clobberin’ time!” Although in this case I imagine Jojo yelling, “It’s Jojo-ing time!” I’m going to see if I can get her to start saying that. For real.

Today Jojo draws The Thing!

This week I’m having Jojo draw The Fantastic Four from memory. Each day I’ll tell her “draw one of them” until she’s drawn all four, without telling her their names. Here’s what she said about this drawing:

Jojo: “His name is the thingy, he’s made of dried riverbed.”

Me: “He’s supposed to made of bricks, or rocks.”

Jojo: “But he’s orange. He’s made of dried riverbed.”

This is a very, very accurate drawing. You can even imagine him yelling his classic battle cry, “It’s clobberin’ time!”

Although in this case I imagine Jojo yelling, “It’s Jojo-ing time!”

I’m going to see if I can get her to start saying that. For real.

Tags: comics the thing fantastic four ff jojo's new battle cry
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