Here are some early sketches from my high school art classes; I really wish I could still draw like this. The first three are Sandman...bonus points for anyone who can name the other "recognizable" characters (or you could cheat and look at the bottom of the page now...but that wouldn't be fair, now would it?):

To check out a short comic I created for my Commercial Art class in high school, click here!

Sandman, Death and the Shade are properties of DC comics.
The Maxx is property of Sam Keith.
Madman is property of Mike Allred.
Darth Maul is property of Lucasfilms.