"I Saw this on C.S.I. Last Night" ("I, Robot")
As hard as it is to believe, I had never drawn a picture in which Erik has any contact with characters from one of my favorite television shows, "Mystery Science Theater 3000". The closest I came to was every Christmas when I posted (and still do annually) a picture of Erik exposing MST3k boxers one reason or another. But never, not even sketches or doodles, had Erik crossed paths with Joel, Mike, or the Bots. And all things considered, that's pretty fricking strange since if I'm not working on some Plight project or another, I'm most likely watching old reruns on DVD. Hell, as I write this I'm wearing an MST3k shirt.
The point is I knew if I was finally going to do this, it would have to be something special. I know, I can be such a dork; but I knew I didn't want to rush this one. I wanted this one to be a high point in this year's gallery so I dove into my archives and studied every detail I could on the Satellite of Love's back wall. I was so anal-retentive to make Crow and Tom Servo look exactly the way they're suppose to look. And, being the sentimental idiot I am, I forced Tony into coloring it. Tony was glad to, but for another reason altogether. For some strange reason he seems to have a love affair with Will Smith movies coming out on the Fourth of July weekend.... "Big Willy Weekends" .
But getting back to the picture, this is the part now when I pick out little flaws or offer suggestions on how I could have made it better. But not this time. I got exactly what I wanted! - Jake