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I wanted to doodle this out really quick to see how it looked. Saw a costume from some Alan Davis’ Fantastic Four: The End and really liked it so I did my own version with what I already had.
Today was Miracle Monday you guys. I know there’s only 40 minutes left in the day but I felt like I should do something! Ended up coloring this older drawing I had laying around. Happy Miracle Monday!
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/16/miracle-monday-superman/
So this is me combining a bunch of movies about robots I really like and projecting them all onto Vision. His appearance is a mixture of inspiration from Prime Superman in All Star Superman, Futura the robot from Metropolis, and then I loosely based his face off of Decker from Blade Runner for kicks. I also imagine him with T-1000 powers, so he can shape-shift his cool gold metal into stuff. So yeah, Vision 2.0 I guess. I wanted to give him ears too but it looked too weird, so I settled for real irises instead.
Looked up the fashion trends this year because Janet’s a fashion designer. Saw 60s and decided a mod Wasp would look pretty cool. Hope you guys like it, it was a lot of fun to make.
My Avengers redesign kick continues with Scarlet Witch. Hope you guys like this one, I’m really happy with how it turned out. Tried to make her a little less Ren Faire and a little more Kirby.
I know nobody’s gonna like this one, but I figure I may as well post it since it’s what I’ve been doing for the past 40ish minutes. Wonder Man’s new mask is based off of Racer X’s from the underrated live action Speed Racer movie.
Today’s wake-up sketch is Jordan Gibson’s slick redesign of Hawkeye’s costume.
Doc Shaner drew my Hawkeye design! He made it look pretty awesome!
Kept thinking about Hawkeye so I went back and did another doodle over my other one. This time I tried to give him a little more classic midsection with the new helmet. Dropped his 90s ‘crossing’ logo, even though I think it’s pretty sweet. The first one with the helmet is on the left for comparison.
Been wanting to take a crack at Hawkeye for a while. Doodled this out in 15-20 minutes based off of a few of Hawkeye’s designs. He has so many, it’s hard to do a definitive take. The mask is a mix of Nolan’s Batman helmet and Whedon’s Captain America helmet.
Different versions of these Superman designs have been floating in my head forever, so I decided to finally doodle them out. First one’s got Marvelman’s belt which I’ve always thought was the simplest solution to the trunks issue but whatever. If anybody likes them maybe I’ll do a finished thing with them, but for now this is just me getting them out there to see if they’re terrible or not.
Self-portrait I started last night just messing around and then actually decided to finish tonight. Figured I’d give myself a new twitter/tumblr icon.
DOGS OF MARS is out tomorrow!
Today, it’s featured on io9. Can’t wait for all those fun user comments! (jkguninmouth)
http://io9.com/5906245/read-a-preview-of-a-groovy-manga+influenced-martian-horror-graphic-novel
They ran a preview of the first pages, which were drawn soooo loooong agooooooo.
HEY. Paul Maybury’s awesome book comes out this week and you guys should go get it. I helped color it and even tried my hand at book design too! There’s also a pin-up in the back by Victoria Elliot and me so you guys should totally grab this thing. It’s the first time my art’ll be published in a real book! None of those fake books anymore, no sir.*
But mostly, Paul drew a really cool book that’s really reminiscent of Alien and John Carpenter’s The Thing. So if you like cool stuff like that, you’re going to love D.O.G.S. of Mars.
*If you want to put me in your fake book, message me and we’ll work something out.
When Superman was created during the Great Depression, he was the champion of the oppressed and fought on the side of the working man. He was lawless. If you were a wife beater, he’d throw you out the window. If you were a corrupt congressman, he’d swing you from the rooftops until you confessed. I think it appealed to people who were losing their jobs to machines: Suddenly you had Superman wrecking machines and punching robots. But his popularity has declined—nobody wants to be the son of a farmer now. American writers often say they find it difficult to write Superman. They say he’s too powerful; you can’t give him problems. But Superman is a metaphor. For me, Superman has the same problems we do, but on a Paul Bunyan scale. If Superman walks the dog, he walks it around the asteroid belt because it can fly in space. When Superman’s relatives visit, they come from the 31st century and bring some hellish monster conqueror from the future. But it’s still a story about your relatives visiting.
Grant MorrisonThe Avengers opens in theaters in the US on May 4th, and it’s going to do blockbuster business. The individual films featuring these characters have already grossed more than $2.2 billion dollars - that’s greater than the Gross National Product of almost half the countries on Earth - and it’s not unlikely that The Avengers will earn a hundred million dollars on its opening day alone.
This represents a pretty big payday to a lot of people - the actors, obviously, will take home pretty big paychecks. The director and the writers are well-compensated, and certainly the executives who greenlighted this project get to sit back and rake in large bonuses and healthy salaries.
Well, you know where this is going; shamefully, the people who aren’t making a big profit from these movies are the people (and the families of the people) who did the essential work of creating them in the first place. It’s not just Jack Kirby, either, or (Black Widow and Hawkeye co-creator) Don Heck, but also Steve Engelhart, Peter David, Herb Trimpe, Jim Steranko, Roy Thomas and dozens more - the artists and writers who refined and defined the characters appearing in this movie, who fleshed out the original creations and molded them into the figures we cheer for when we see them on the screen.
Some very sensible people are calling for a boycott of this film on those grounds, but I think it’s fairly obvious that a boycott of idealistic comic fans isn’t going to accomplish much - it’s not only comic book fans who’ll be dropping a collective billion dollars over the next eight weeks to see this movie, it’s going to be a lot of movie-goers who haven’t read a comic since they were kids, much less know anything of the controversy.
Plus, of course, you - the collective “you”, representing comic book fans all over the world - want to see this movie. And you’re going to, most likely, right? Even though you know of the morally shady practices of Marvel towards its creators, they’ve got you hooked. Don’t be ashamed, they’ve had you hooked for years. It’s what they do.
So how about this: You’re probably going to go see The Avengers and, judging by the early reviews, you’ll probably enjoy it. How about - as a thank you to the creators who brought you these characters in the first place, who gave you something to enjoy so much - you match your ticket price as a donation to The Hero Initiative?
THI is a charity which provides essential financial assistance to comic book professionals who have fallen on hard times; for decades, the comic industry provided no financial safety net to its employees, most of whom it regarded only as freelancers and journeymen, meaning they were offered no health insurance, no unemployment insurance, no retirement plans - none of the financial support most of us enjoy from our jobs and careers. A small donation will help this agency provide a valuable safety net in times of need to these beloved entertainers.
I don’t plan on seeing The Avengers, but I’ve donated $15 - the price of a 3-D ticket - to Hero. If every concerned comic fan - every superhero aficionado who learned to live by the lessons of altruism and sacrifice taught by these comics - donated the price of their ticket, well, it may not hit a billion dollars but it’ll bring in a lot of money for a good and relevant cause.
One last note: Remember what Spider-Man always says? “With great power comes great responsibility”. The lesson in that is that everyone has great power. Spider-Man’s great power is being able to lift a bus. Your great power is the ability to help good causes do good work for good reasons - so why not go be a superhero instead of just watching them on the screen…
(PS: “Liking” this post is nice, thank you, but reblogging/retweeting it helps get the message out and would be even more appreciated)
Sounds good to me.
I always thought it would be really cool if Wonder Woman were played up as a role-reversed Zelda game and she’d have to save Steve Trevor from Hades or something. Costume is basically one of Colleen Doran’s excellent redesigns but I tweaked it a little. Also the palette is ripped almost 100% from Winder Waker, which is my favorite Zelda game. Anyway yeah, hope you like it.
I made this thing for Power Girl. Is this cool or dumb? I don’t know. It’s just a thing. Here it is.
the final section of lowther and shuster’s illustrated novel, the adventures of superman: a series of behind-the-scenes peeks into shuster’s sketchbook.
personally, i can’t believe the amount of skill evidenced by these simple mock-ups. the kinetics at work here, and the poise at work in the character, remind me of grant morrison’s take on what would happen if you put an invincible creature on earth and convinced him he was human.
when shuster draws superman in flight here, he’s obviously totally comfortable. he’s relaxed, swooping, looking over his shoulder back at the rest of humanity. when he’s throwing a punch, his whole body tells you it’s going to connect.
Superman by Joe Shuster. I can’t believe how pure and amazing these are.
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- @DanielOlsn Yeah I could see that. I like that the premise is simple though, reminds me of 60s Marvel.
- @deebeemonster Same here. Even if it's basically just "The Big Guy and Peter Parker."
- @deebeemonster Haha yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Seems like he just gave them a premise he made up and then they took it from there.
- @deebeemonster It looks pretty cool. I'd like to see how Stan's sensibilities translate to manga and anime.
- I kind of want to check out that Heroman manga/anime. The wikipedia says Stan writes the manga (but I am skeptical).May 23, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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- Oh man... I think I need that Daredevil: Born Again Artist's Edition.May 23, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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- @calamityjon Unfinished? #rimshot
- Photo: I wanted to doodle this out really quick to see how it looked. Saw a costume from some Alan Davis’... http://t.co/33UBK7Ha
- I tried AND I was tired.May 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I just tired to argue for like 40 minutes with people about sexualizing women in comics. I hate everything. Cape comics have the worst fans.May 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- If anyone's still up... this is the worst animated cartoon I've ever seen in my life. http://t.co/kA4tiwGwMay 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @NakatomiTim Haha yeah that's wise.
- @NakatomiTim Oh man... it's kind of hilarious. Tim Robbins looks lost and hung over in every scene he's in.
- @Ruiz_Moreno Thanks Ruiz, glad you like it!
- Also the fan wasn't on, but it's still probably more the first one.May 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
