This is another piece that I've mothballed for so long that virtually all of the particulars are lost to me. I thought at first that I got it at the Amazing Con where much of the J'Onzz Family Portrait Artist Jam was completed, but I don't believe I've held this back for a full decade. I thought maybe a Space City Comic Con, but I think they went defunct in 2016, and it hasn't quite been that long either. I'm taking a guess that it was the same Dallas-adjacent show where I interviewed Jim Starlin, a mere seven years gone. All I remember for sure was that there was a long line to get to one signing (I'm guess the Secret Wars reunion) that stretched in front of a bunch of people's tables all day, and one of them was Tom Cook's.
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Tom Cook is an animator who worked on some many TV cartoons that no Generation X child could possibly escape him. On the super-hero front, he started on Plastic Man in 1979, then did The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! from 1981, and Super Friends from 1981-84. Other boy toys included Thundarr, Blackstar, He-Man, She-Ra, and BraveStarr. I picked up a nifty Super Friends character sheet (oooo-- scaaale,) and thought it would be fun for Cook to add J'Onn J'Onzz to their number, since he was one Leaguer that didn't make the animation cut. Well, discounting a few seconds of a 1984 Kenner Super Powers Collection Commercial and my pet theory that El Dorado was an alternate identity like Bloodwynd. So hey, you tell me how that worked out, and feel free to check out some more of today's art posts!
2 comments:
El Dorado should've been used in the issue of his solo book where it was shown that he has multiple identities around the globe.
I would love more inclusion of the original Super Friends into DC Comics, but there's some stupid intracompany negotiation regarding Hanna-Barbera's rights, despite their being owned by Warner Brothers currently. It would be smart to do whatever was needed to move all those right to DC, because you never know when vulture capitol might try to spin them off to new owners in a reverse FOX situation.
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