Sketchbook Sunday: Unused Cover -- Amazing Arizona Comics #4

Initially, Amazing Arizona Comics #4 was going to feature Dust Devil rescuing the Arizona Cardinal from the Colonel, who was determined to deep fry the football fowl.  I eventually opted to introduce Lou Ferrigno and the Marijuana Catapult, instead, but not before this cover was drawn, blatantly swiped from Savage Dragon #56 (because I love Savage Dragon).  This wasn't the only unused cover for AAC #4; this issue went through many changes before the final product.

And, because this post expands the cast I introduced in The Fast Food Wars, here's another player: Wendell, whose uncle was so determined to establish a burger chain based on his cute niece, he dressed up his nephew to create her.

Sketchbook: The Fast Food Wars

 

Tucson Comic Con starts tomorrow!  I'm excited to be on the exhibitors list this year.  Now, back to the sketchbook . . .

Back when I introduced Amazing Arizona Comics #1, I explained why a certain pasty-faced fast food icon was included on the cover:

". . . a line from the flick Demolition Man once inspired me to wonder what a real fast food war would look like (by way of the excellent graphic novel Three Fingers . . ."

So, enter: Donnie McDougal, the albino son of an entrepreneur that capitalized on the fast food craze of the early '50s by founding a chain of derivative burger joints across America.  Exploited by his father, Donnie fled and joined a circus -- then, when Daddy died and left Donnie the business, McDougal's became a safe haven for freaks needing work.  

Eventually, other derivative fast food chains opened, too, and competition got fierce.  Literally.  The Fast Food Wars began!  More to come on this one . . .

Reunited . . .

. . . and it's understood! Sheriff Joe tweeted this photo with a certain fast food funnyman, but this isn't their first time together! Check out the cover to Amazing Arizona Comics #1 (at right) -- the conspiracy continues . . .