Bully's Sketchbook: Batton Lash

Hey, do you like sketches of little stuffed bulls? (Sure, we all do!) That's why you've come to the right place tonight (and all this week) as I feature artwork of yours little stuffed truly, the photogenic...er, make that pen and pencilgenic bovine. Tonight's sketch comes from the talented pen of Batton Lash, the man whose name sounds like a pirate's, but who's actually a wonderfully delightful comics writer, artist, and fabulous all-around-human-bean! I got to meet Mister Lash at last year's San Diego Comic Con 2008, and he's captured me here in all my black-and-whiteness, not sparing a pun that made me giggle until milk came out of my nose (and here's the funny thing...I wasn't even drinking milk at the time!)



Thanks for capturing me in a pensive mood, Mister Lash! (Say, d'you think Bat is his brother?) If you're lucky enough to run into Batton Lash at a convention or comics show, shake his hand, thank him for his cool work, and maybe if you're lucky he'll draw you a sketch too!

But if you can't get to meet Batton Lash in person, well, the next best thing is picking up some of his work, especially the weird and macabrely delightful Supernatural Law (aka Wolff and Byrd, or some of his fabulous Archie comics (including the delightful Archie: Freshman Year miniseries. You can order 'em all right here on Batton's website, so stop by and tell him a little stuffed bull sent you.

One of Batton Lash's greatest works that isn't in trade paperback, however, is a comic you nevertheless oughta seek out, as it's one of the zaniest, craziest, wildest, Most Fun Comics of All Time: Archie Meets the Punisher! Seriously...it's one fabulously fantastic comic! (You can read more about it on Scott Shaw!'s "Oddball Comics" website here.) You can likely find a back issue of Archie/Punisher if you search your LCBS or convention, but hey, get off your rears and get this back in print, Archie and Marvel...you will never look at Archie Andrews or Frank Castle the same way again!

Thanks for the sketch, Batton Lash!