People think Minmei is the worst Robotech character, but they forget about this dude:
His name is Lynn Kyle, and he’s a sullen, cousin-kissing, peacenik hippie, draped in a fringed leather jacket. He doesn’t even have a wikipedia entry. ‘Nuff said.
It’s Max and Miriya‘s daughter, the rambunctious Dana Sterling:
Her spacesuit is from the episode Viva Miriya (episode 30) and the toy she’s reaching for is a Minmei doll.
As I am ornery and unpleasant, I rarely take requests or even suggestions. However, my good pal Jacob suggested the first incarnation of Doctor Who‘s nemesis, the Master, as portrayed by the late Roger Delgado–this was too good of a suggestion to pass up:
Note to self: Start shopping at the same suit store as the Master, Han, and Blofeld–it’s step one towards becoming a bad-ass 70’s super-villain.
Let’s face it, I talk about He-Man a lot on this blog. But for those who don’t know, there would be no He-Man without Conan the Barbarian. And the visual language of Conan, and indeed of all Sword & Sorcery fiction, was defined by one man, Frank Frazetta.
To commemorate the passing of the once and future master, here is my humble rendition of Conan the Barbarian:
Additional inspiration provided by my pal Derek Fridolfs and his superb take on the barbarian.
A quick doodle on an outgoing envelope that I decided to scan into Photoshop and slap some colors on.
Sleepy-bye time!
The infamous Zentradi ace who fell in love with an Earthling (Max Sterling) and defected, Miriya Parina Sterling:
In the actual anime, Miriya doesn’t show up in this uniform much–so it was tough to find reference for the colors. The uncolored design for the uniform, which differs slightly from the one that the female bridge officers wear, was in one of my Robotech art books. In the instances where Miriya is wearing this uniform, the colors are inconsistent, but I found some images on the internet (possibly screengrabs from a Macross video game?) that backed up a particular version of the colors that I liked best, so I went with that. And that’s how my boring story ended!
The eleventh and current incarnation of the Doctor:
This is a decent likeness, even if I do say so myself. Of course, it helps that Matt Smith has a pretty unique look. With that giant head of hair, he’s almost like a palette swap of Conan O’Brien. At any rate, I think he’s doing a good job as the latest Doctor.
There are a handful of key figures who are responsible for the popularity of anime in the Western world–Carl Macek was one of them–he passed away last month.
Most notably, Carl was responsible for combining three unrelated series into one saga, and introducing them to America under the title Robotech. For an entire generation of nerds, including myself, this was our introduction to anime.
Thanks for everything, Carl!
Today’s post will appear later, possibly not until early Wednesday (Pacific Standard Time). My apologies for the delay.
