Heat: The Space Age of Pro Wrestling

In keeping with the tradition of these Classic Wrestling Moments somehow foreshadowing the next chapter, this one is an introduction to the Super Max Challenge. I actually did a lot of development art prior to this one. I designed a whole big entrance stage, then dialed it back a little to create the stage that you (kinda) see in this comic. The character concepts for Laredo and Living Legend were a lot of fun to work on, too. Pretty much any time I get to draw wrestlers from Doc’s era, it’s a good time.

The last two panels on this page are my favourites (yes, it’s cheating to call two-thirds of a page my favourite part. What can I say, I really like this page). The brawl in the crowd turned out a lot better than I was expecting it too. I don’t like drawing crowds, but this one was actually pretty fun. Mostly because I got to come up with a bunch of t-shirts for the audience members. The Ragnar Rasmussen one (overlapped by the masked wrestler’s arm) is my favourite, I think. The last panel may be the first time I’ve drawn a clothesline (or in this case, a lariat, which is Laredo’s finisher) that didn’t look like garbage.

Also, make sure to scroll down for my review of PWA: Hysteria last weekend. I highly recommend catching a PWA show if you’re in in Alberta, it blows the junk on TV away.

On Wednesday: A new cast member!