Saturday 2 January 2010

Happy New Year

Here is a very quick sketch of Strontium Dog (Johnny Alpha). I've just finished reading a story called A Traitor to His Kind in my catch-up reading of the weekly progs. It's a great story, and like A Portrait of a Mutant it really gives background depth to Johnny's character.


This year, according to various sources, John Wagner will revisit/rewrite the death of Johnny Alpha, I'd like the story to give Johnny back his future. I didn't think Johnny should have died in The Final Solution and don't mind if there is a twist in the tale that gives him his life back - I'd like to think Johnny eventually finds happiness and gets to retire to an alien planet somewhere...

Hopefully that's a nice positive thought for the start to the New Year.

3 comments:

Phil Toodle said...

Nice sketch Kev.

Brigonos said...

Good one, Kev - is this for the 2000ad 15-minute sketch challenge thingy?

(on an unrelated note, the word verification image spells 'nunwaps' - which I'm probably alone in thinking is utterly awesome)

Mark Kardwell said...

Always thought Alpha's death sequence was utterly uncharacteristic of the strip's own milieu, and as such was all wrong.