Sunday, May 3, 2015

Rolling Thunder



My brother Eric (you may know his robots), suggested the idea of a superhero biker team, and even though I thought it would be tough to get multiple characters with motorcycles to fit on one cover, the idea rattled around in my brain until I finally decided to give it a shot.  STF has already established the partnership of Ghost Rider and Evel Knievel in more than one adventure, so I figured that they would be a good duo to start assembling the team with. I had been wanting to use Kaneda from Akira on a cover for ages and I was happy to also feature the star of one of my favorite childhood books, The Mouse and The Motorcycle.  Black Canary is a biker babe who can more than hold her own in a fight, so she fit right in, and the team was complete!
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10 comments:

  1. David WelshMay 3, 2015 at 9:22 AM

    Are they all five somehow a single mutant that projects their power onto someone else? Go Team America!

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  2. AnonymousMay 3, 2015 at 9:51 AM

    Hey Ross... where is Batgirl and her batcycle??? later.... jack-el

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  3. AnonymousMay 3, 2015 at 10:37 AM

    ...or the Greg Saunder's version of The Vigiante also from DC... he rode a cycle and would have added a diverse look to the group with his singing cowboy motif.....
    later.... jack-el

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  4. Bob GreenwadeMay 3, 2015 at 11:30 AM

    Batgirl and her cycle would have been cool, but I think Black Canary is a better fit for this team in terms of powers and personality.

    On a related topic, this does give me some hope for my earlier suggestion of a team of horse-riding heroes, starting with the Shining Knight and the original Ghost Rider.

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  5. AnonymousMay 3, 2015 at 8:59 PM

    Actually, I think Motor Mouse (from the "Auto Cat and Motor Mouse" segment of the 1970's Hanna-Barbera series THE CHATTANOOGA CATS) predated the "Runaway Ralph" books.

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  6. RaphaelMay 3, 2015 at 11:04 PM

    Rescuing Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch perhaps?

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  7. AnonymousMay 4, 2015 at 10:30 AM

    @Raphael

    If you think she'd rescue those Lovebug rip-offs, you don't know Grayson. ;-)

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  8. AnonymousMay 4, 2015 at 12:37 PM

    Looking at Ralph and loving it! I can truly say this a team-up I would not have come up with.

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  9. pblfsdaMay 5, 2015 at 7:39 PM

    @Raphael: "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" came out first, then the Motor Mouse cartoons, then the sequel "Runaway Ralph". Ralph, the character, was also the mouse in the first book.

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  10. Paulo CostaMay 7, 2015 at 9:23 AM

    I would have added the Biker Mice From Mars.

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