

In 1994 I bought my first two Badger comics, and they could not have been more different. One was Shattered Mirror #1, with art by Jill Thompson, and the other was The Zen Pop Funny Animal Version #1, which featured art by Steven Butler. I was fascinated by the totally different stories by Mike Baron, and have since then read a ton of Badger comics, including many drawn by Steven. If you've never read any Badger comics, then I highly recommend you try some. They have some crazy stories and lots of great art. And the Badger's appearances in Nexus are fantastic as well. Anyway, I knew I wanted another commission from Steven after he drew me his fantastic Karate Kid vs. Silver Sable, and the Badger was an obvious choice for another opponent for Karate Kid. Steven and set this up over e-mail, and he sent me four possible layouts to choose from, which I've included below. I liked all four, and eventually chose #3. The finished piece looks amazing. The characters of course look incredible, but also look at that beautiful background and those whirling nunchaku! And I love Karate Kid's wristbands! Huge thanks to Steven for another spectacular commission!





How would this fight go? Well, I think Badger would confuse Karate Kid at first by continually referring to him as Larry. Val Armorr would probably underestimate the Badger because of all of his crazy talk, and be surprised when Badger shows that he is a master martial artist. This would help Badger last longer than the average opponent for Val, but ultimately Karate Kid would knock his crazy butt out. However, I like to think that later they would become friends and Karate Kid would teach Badger some new moves.





If you like this piece then please do go buy some books featuring Steven's work in either physical or digital format and/or go commission him yourself.