I was doing some Sherlock Holmes reading yesterday, and I stumbled on the rumor that Arthur Conan Doyle’s master criminal, Professor Moriarty, was based on a real life man by the name of Adam Worth. I did a bit of research (Wikipedia) and discovered that not only was this dude real, but he was a huge bad ass. Check out the article here for the full read, but basically this guy covered the full gamut of criminality, from pickpocketing to eventually creating a master criminal ring in London, and escaping from Sing Sing on a tugboat! He was eventually nicknamed “the Napoleon of the criminal world.”

Anywho, I felt like drawing last night, so I threw a quick sketch of him together, and colored it in PS. Took about an hour, minus the time up and down the stairs to grab a few beers.

Yes, that is correct. I got to dress up as a huge eagle for the AE student rush last week at the pens game. It was a sweet experience, to say the least. Pittsburgh college peeps are definitely some of the best sports fans out there. I’m gonna miss Mellon Arena!

I’m in most of the first third of the video above, and you can see me right at the end hanging with IceBurgh!