CGS Episode 300 Trading Cards

Here are three original art trading cards created for the Comic Geek Speak Episode 300 artist card exchange. I decided to use my Mr. Zombie and Chad characters and I added one of myself. Since the cards are cut to the same size as traditional baseball cards, I designed them to look like classic Topps baseball cards.
(Micron and Sharpee pens on smooth bristol board, colored with markers and colored leads)

Goofy #85 - Rachel

One last baseball related doodle. Back when I first started working for my current employer, we had an company softball team. One of our opponents that year was a team comprised totally of Jewish women. Before we played them I wondered what their cheering section would look like. Well I can tell you they didn't look like my doodle and they very nearly kicked our gentile asses.
(Felt tip on drawing paper.)

Goofy #84 - Swing

To continue the baseball theme another day, here's a quick pencil sketch I did while on the phone. I know the pose is completely improbable, but I still thought it was cool and funny.
(Pencil on note pad.)

Goofy #83 - Big Hat

Since today was the opening day for my beloved Philadelphia Phillies, I dug deep in the pile of drawings to dredge this one up. It's yet another self portrait done eons ago of me wearing the Phillies cap of the period. The Fightin' Phils went out today and immediately lost the first game. Go team!
(Ballpoint pen on scrap paper.)

Goofy #82 - Manager

Okay, ESPN thinks today is the opening day of Major League Baseball. Everyone knows that it's not really opening day until the first pitches are thrown in Cincinnati and Detroit. To mark this false occasion, here's a sketch done a number of years ago. I don't know when exactly, but I figure it was after seeing the Natural.
(Felt tip, ball points and pencil on scrap paper.)

Goofy #52 - Red Barons

Hey kids, it's a Saturday matinee double feature! This sketch was my attempt at designing a mascot for the local AAA minor league baseball team, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. It's all moot now since they've left town and the fuggin' Yankees moved in. Maybe I'll pitch a mascot drawing of a huge schlong for them.
(Felt tip markers, design markers and brush on drawing paper.)

Goofy #47 - Von Hayes

Here's a blast from the past. This is a quick doodle I did of the ball player Von Hayes. Hayes was this tall, thin left-hander that played for the Phillies back in the mid 80s. The Phils traded 5 guys for Hayes, who was thought of as the next Ted Williams. He never really panned-out, but I guess he was worthy of a sketch.
(Colored felt tips on scrap paper.)

Goofy Bonus #2 - The Natural

Here's another bonus sketch from my early freelance days. I did this one after seeing "The Natural" at the movies. Yet another image combining my passions for art, cartoons, and baseball.
(Rotring sketch pen, Rapidograph pen, and brush on drawing paper.)

Goofy #21 - Pitcher

Another baseball player, this time a pitcher. Pitchers just ask to be exaggerated when drawn. I tried to get this hurler in mid-kick.
(Black felt tip on drawing paper.)

Goofy #20 - Batter

Hey! A couple drawings about my favorite sport, BASEBALL!
I could draw the dynamic poses of ball players all day.
Here's a slugger.
(Black felt tip on drawing paper.)