Stupid Cupid Gallery

Subscription illo THWAK #2 by me.

Table of contents illo for issue #1 above and new illo for the rest of the run below by me.

The only time Stupid Cupid appeared as a character inside the mag was in the SUPER ZEROES story by Dave Newton. Above that is Kit Livey's version from his "Relationships" piece in issue #5. To the right is Marty Hirchak's Stupid Cupid that appeared on an envelope sent to me.


Like all "good" humor magazines THWAK needed a mascot. This unusual character arose from one of our early brain storming/goofing off sessions when the comic book version was being conceived. The character was a combination of 3 sick minds -Buddy Finethy, Brad McGinty and Josh Latta (I guess I was the one goofing off!) and as a mischievous fellow he was generally up to no good. With a name like STUPID CUPID we weren't exactly setting the bar very high for him!

The above gallery shows some of the THWAK gang's interpretation of him. He has appeared on each issue - hammering the logo in the comic book (Buddy Finethy), shooting an arrow into an unsuspecting "napping" ancient Egyptian Mummy #1 (Marten Jallad), being hoisted above an unruly bunch of "Super Zeroes" #2 (Dave Newton), reading a bedtime story to some scary individuals #3 (Ben Boling), about to "host" a big bash for the gang of Humor mag mascots #4 (Kent Gamble), as a siloutte in the James Bond themed #5 (Dave Newton) and most recently as an instigator to a "little" bonfire in "The THWAK Bonfire of Insanity Collection"(Kent Gamble).