A spread of Suitehearts! One day I’ll actually do a reference sheet for each of them in my AU but for now this is what you get! (Close-ups under the break)
Benzedrine gets trapped in the kids show so late in the timeline that I haven’t drawn him as much as I should… I should change that
Here is my full piece from @ourlawyerzine - this project has been absolutely amazing, I feel so lucky to have taken part and been surrounded by so many amazing artists.
Thank you to everyone who purchased a copy ♥️
(WIP process + thoughts beneath)
I unfortunately was occupied quote heavily with preparing for a big poetry slam around the time I was painting which means I didn’t add as much as I would’ve lived to, however I do love how this came out!
Being a perfectionist sucks, but in a very Tourdust-esque sentiment, it is so good to create, no matter the outcome. I love art, and I love Fall Out Boy! Once again, I feel so very grateful to have been included in this Zine ♥️
Relearning alcohol markers. Wanted a Doctor Frankenstein vibe for Benzedrine but when I gave him a moustache he’s joined Donnie in the Nosferatu-feeling designs
Made the mistake of watching Nosferatu whilst thinking about Donnie’s design… I’ll do a proper ref at some point, but I’ve been really into colouring pencils at the moment!
'The Man that Eats Colour meets the Luckiest Man Alive'
When Donnie the Catcher loses all his colour, the Horseshoe Crab ventures into the graveyard to find the source of this monochrome mayhem.
Below is a review of the episode from the blog DoctorBBlog.org, a website that fell inactive after Mr. Benzedrine was introduced into the show:
This episode marked the introduction of 'Mr. Sandman' in the show. I think it only aired once and got loads of complaints from parents that said Sandman had terrified their children. They pulled the episode from rebroadcast but kept Sandman as a character, retconning his inability to control his colour-eating powers by the next episode- it was like he'd gone under loads of character development offscreen.
I've been searching for a copy of this episode since I started my Suitehearts collection, and I finally found a tape at a yard sale last week. None of the databases online talk about the musical number at the end- this episode contains the only song without Donnie since his introduction- it's weird to see a song without the usual ensemble.
Like every episode, I can't find any behind-the-scenes info- I was specifically interested on how they achieved the monochrome filter over Donnie- maybe it's similar to how they did it in the Wizard of Oz? Either way, the original producer is still responding to my emails with denials that the show even exists past episode 20, but I know it was never cancelled, and I will get to the bottom of what the hell is going on with this show.
I assume Sandman's colour-eating was supposed to be a metaphor for mental health- it felt like the actor wasn't really clear on the character motivations, though. It reminds me of Donnie's first episode, too- both of them seemed like they thought they were acting in a thriller as opposed to a kids show. It was freaky, too, like Sandman's fear in the scenes of not being able to control his powers felt really genuine. Uncomfortably so.
I'll upload more screenshots later, but I thought the scene of Sandman realising he won't drain Crab's colour because of the latter's luck was too sweet not to share early. I'm glad the show started making use of Crab's good fortune again, it was a real chekov's gun situation.
No news on my search for a copy of episode 21. I'm starting to think it doesn't exist.
