Sisters of Mercy - Mariah

Back in the late 90's Poison drummer Rikki Rockett teamed up with his good friend Mark Williams and created a set of comics through Rob Liefeld's Maximum Press (an imprint of Image Comics).



Soon after this they launched under their own banner of 'No Mercy Comics'. The titles they produced were a fun, interesting and typically Image-styled comic art. Three titles were produced including "Nightshade", "Coven 13" and my favourite "Sisters of Mercy".


"Sisters of Mercy" was a post-apocolyptic tale of two sisters - Malina & Mariah - living on an ark-like island filled with the last remaining animals on the planet. There are other survivers of whatever has happened to the earth and they live on other islands away from the animals.


The title encapsulated horror, fantasty, animal protection, adventure and a bit of cheesecake. All in all a fun read and a pity they never eleased the next series of the title.

Unfortunately Mark Williams died in 1998 (he did special effects work on Aliens, The Abyss & Terminator 2) - read his bio http://www.answers.com/topic/mark-williams-horror-children-s-family

Here's my sketch of Mariah - martial artist/warrior.
Cheers,
Rob.

Bret Michaels - Sketch Monday

Bret Michaels

Saw Bret Michaels (Poison front man and Celebrity Apprentice/Rock of Love) on Oprah today talking about his brain hemorage and by all accounts he's licky to be alive.

I'm not afraid to say i thought Poison was cool in their heyday back in '87 - guess it shows my age - but hey they were a fun, freaky rock n' roll band at the time and they have some good tunes like "Every Rose has it's Thorn", "Your Mama don't Dance", "Fallen Angel", "Ride the Wind" and "Something to Believe In".

So i did a couple of pen sketches while i was listening to them talk and this is how they turned out. I was going for the caricature look and especially with his headband and jooby lips it's not too hard what to pick to exaggerate on him. :)

Enjoy!
Rob