For those that aren’t already aware. I am a huge Astro Boy fan.

Yet this was actually the first time I have drawn him. Why? Simply because I didn’t want to do a crap Astro. A few years back when I first started drawing, I began to give it a go, realised it would be awful, and stopped. Then last week at work I was pondering what to draw a mate for his bday and my brain said, “Why not?” So I grabbed some images for inspiration and then instead of copying one of those I decided to do something different. I drew him the way I see him.

In every story there’s always that point where the bad guy has just pushed Astro’s sense of forgiveness too far and his resolve hardens, queue the music, it’s time to open up a can of Whoopass! This is very much a fan piece that I intend to turn into a full colour piece at some stage. My mate liked it too, which was a relief as I think it’s awesome.