Celebrating Star Wars!

It's Star Wars Day, and here's a gallery of artwork for your viewing pleasure!

Happy Birthday to Gina Carano!

Gina Carano, martial artist turned actress--pretty much a female version of Chuck Norris with the added fun of Twitter Controversies. (In 2012, she even won the Chuck Norris Award for Best Female Actor for her performance in "Haywire" (2012).)

Carano was born on this day, April 16, in 1982. Here are some pictures in celebration.

Extra Musical Monday with the Merkins... Because This is the Way Now!

It's early November 2020, and we haven't yet had time to watch the new episodes of "The Mandalorian"--there's just too much stuff to watch, including all the old things we want to cover for this blog!--but we are looking forward to the day when we can find the time.

(For the non-Star Wars fans out there, "The Mandalorian" is a series airing on Disney+ that details the adventures of the Mandalorian of the title and the baby alien he decides to protect. It's sort of like "Lone Wolf and Cub Meet Star Wars While Everyone is Brainstorming Spaghetti Western and Heist Movie Plots"... and the first batch of episodes were fantastic!)

And after coming across this hilarious musical tribute to the Mandalorian and the Child (whom we forever will refer to as Baby Yoda) via a Guns 'n Roses parody cover, we are looking forward to sitting down and watching that show even more!

The Merkins is a comedy group that specializes in spoof covers, more often than not revolving around the various masked characters from horror films. You can check out their YouTube channel here, and you can click here to see a selection of their songs that have been featured at our sister blog, Terror Titans.


UPDATE (11.9.2020)
It appears that Guns N Roses has nuked the "Green Child of Mine" parody with a copyright claim. What a bunch of useless, feckless bastards.


UPDATE (11.11.2020)
"Green Child of Mine" was reuploaded on someone's individual page. We'll see how long it sticks around! Watch it while you can!


UPDATE (11.16.2020)
The cunts of Guns N Roses have nuked "Green Child of Mine" again. Oh well. This post will stay here, in memory of a very funny parody. I'm sorry if you missed it. BUT! We're going to start a salty post where we will chronicle the ups-and-downs of Baby Yoda vs. the Cunts of Guns N Roses! Stay tuned!

Celebrating Star Wars!

It's May 4th -- Star Wars Day! Here's a celebratory gallery of art for your viewing pleasure!

By John Cassaday

By the Artist With a Web-home at this Link

By Howard Chaykin

By Eric Johnson

By Dru Moh

By Stan!

By Bella Rachlin

Mort Drucker passes away at 91

The great cartoonist and caricaturist Mort Drucker died on April 9, 2020, at the age of 91. Although best known for his strips and cartoons in MAD Magazine, he also illustrated children's books, drew a couple coloring books, did cartoons for a host of publishers and purposes ranging from advertising to T-shits... and he even did some "serious" comic book artwork and covers along the way.

In honor of Drucker's great talent, and in memory of all the joy and amusement he brought to readers over the years, here's a small selection of cartoons that are especially relevant to the topics touched on here at Shades of Gray. (Click on the drawings to see larger versions.)

Celebrating the Rise of Skywalker!

Today is the official release day for "Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker", and to celebrate, we're presenting a gallery of art featuring some of the great characters from the galaxy far, far away!

By Gary Erskine

By C. Love

By Colleen Doran

By Russ Manning

By Gene Day

By Gene Day



By Tony DeZuniga

By David Golding

By Randy Martinez

By Randy Martinez

By Carmine Infantino & Gene Day

By Arthur Adams

By Art Hodges

By Bill Sienkiewicz

By Admira Wijaya

By Odoro

Picture Perfect Wednesday: Solo!

I am looking forward to the newest Star Wars prequel, which comes out later this Friday! From the previews, it looks like it could fit right in with the vision I've always had of the Star Wars Universe, one which has been living since I was playing with the action figures on the Death Star playset, and through the Star Wars roleplaying game campaign I've either been running or playing in since 1995.

Here are some illos  in anticipation of "Solo" (aka "When Han Met Lando & Chewie").

By Rich Bernatovech

By Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy

May the Fourth...

It's a pun that makes fun of speech impediments and an excuse to post some Star Wars art, so May the Fourth Be Wif You!

By Tony Harris

By Al Williamson

By Sordet Romain