What some of you may not know about Dustin Harbin is that he has one thing in common with stud cartoonist Guy Davis: we are both former winners of Sam Hiti‘s Fistacuffs competition. The short description is that cartoonists would create cartoon gladiator/combatants, which would then face each other in tournament-style brackets, with the readers of the blog voting on the winner of each.
Now, Guy won his (I think it was the third FACA (Fist-A-Cuffs Association) all by his lonesome, while I was part of a three-stud team which also included Spaniard powerhouses David Rubin and Javier Olivares (Javier won the very first FACA). Does this mean I had a team full of ringers? YES HAHAHA!
Anyway, head FACA fan Neil Bramlette wanted to get a jam sketch by me and Guy at LAST year’s HeroesCon, where Guy was a guest for the first time, but I was so busy running around I never had time to sit down and do anything, so we agreed that Guy would mail his bit to me and I’d complete it. A little over one year and a second HeroesCon later, at last Guy’s chocolate and my peanut butter have been joined forever. Hats off to Neil for being a super enthusiastic supporter of cartoonists everywhere, and for flattering me monstrously by wanting me to draw all over ANYthing by Guy Davis.
Also, just so you know: I will totally draw stuff for you if you want, although I will charge you money. Basically the more specific you are with what you want, the more I will charge you. But we can talk about this via e-mail, should you be interested.
You can see the above drawing bigger over at my Flickr stream–just click on “All Sizes” to see the big version.
i remember both of your well-deserved wins! this is really great.
Sooooooo AWESOME! I can't thank the both of you enough for doing this for me.
You did a great job with the colors, Dusty. They really compliment what Guy did. I knew you would rock it.
Thanks Neil! I probably won't get this into the mail until next week if that's okay, but you're one step closer to finally having this art in your hands!
Memories…. R.I.P Fist-A-Cuffs.
Yeah seriously, Joe–I loved that stuff. Unfortunately I think it crushed Sam time-wise, but maybe one day this phoenix will rise from the ashes.
One plus of being Dharbin drawing obsessed is, that I KNOW you won this! mwahahahhahahah.
Sorry 'bout that!
Great stuff!
But I wouldn't say The FACA is dead. Who knows, what's in store for it next…
Oops I think I just peed a little bit.
COOL! General Melee (and Dustin) for the WIN! The Raja never saw it coming~ glad we didn't have an official matchup, I want to keep my FACA belt. Really great work as always, Dustin!
I NEVER GOT AN OFFICIAL BELT THANKS FOR REMIND ME GUY JEEZ SHOWOFF JEEZ