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Offline DamonO

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Heroes Redrawn
« on: November 25, 2016, 08:44:29 AM »
I've always found in interesting how any two artists can visualize and draw the same scenes totally differently.  I also enjoy seeing today's contemporary artists drawing the heroes of the Golden Age.  In that spirit, I decided to do the Heroes Redrawn Project. Basically, I give a present-day artist a page or pages from a Golden, Silver, or Bronze Age comic and ask that artist to revisualize and redraw the same scenes.  It not only presents an opportunity to contrast two artistic visions side-by-side, but it also shows how comics of the past might look if published today.


First up, from the pages of Blazing Comics:  The Green Turtle!  I took two pages as drawn by the character's creator, Chu F. Hing, and commissioned Yvel Guichet to give his own reinterpretation.  Yvel is the veteran artist of DC's Aquaman and Stormwatch, among many other credits.  I think both artists did a superb job.  Check it out.

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« on: November 25, 2016, 08:44:29 AM »

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2016, 08:55:33 AM »
Nice idea.


However, if there is a link to your re-drawn page, I do not see it.

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2016, 09:12:49 AM »
Whoops, ran into some technical difficulties.  Working on it....

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2016, 04:36:06 PM »
Sounds great!
Please do share a link to these D.
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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2016, 07:03:33 PM »

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2016, 09:14:22 PM »
Very nice work and a great idea for a commission theme too.
I'm not sure how I feel about seeing GT's face so much but still some nice work there.
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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2016, 12:03:00 AM »
Actually, I instructed the artist NOT to do the face obstruction thing.  As I understand it, that was Hing's way of hiding the fact that the character was Asian from his editor since he didn't think the editor would approve.  If that's true, it strikes me as sad and unfortunate and I didn't want to perpetuate that.

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2016, 01:41:27 PM »
Right, it's a pretty well known story and I could see you going either way with the commission.
Thanks again for sharing these!

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2016, 08:43:48 PM »
Thanks, Yoc!  And speaking of the Green Turtle, here's a commission of him as drawn by veteran DC artist Darryl Banks.  Not a Heroes Redrawn piece, but kinda cool just the same.

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2016, 08:36:09 AM »
Yep, nice one.  GT has gotten more attention the last little while than ever.  Google shows up some stuff you might enjoy.

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2016, 08:01:16 PM »
The Golden Agents!  A team of superheroes from the WW II era consisting of characters I first discovered right here at the DCM.  Dynamically rendered by Mike Bowden!  Clockwise from the top:  Speed Centaur, the Bouncer, the Bronze Terror, the Toreador, Zippo, Steel Fist and the Green Turtle.

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2016, 09:10:44 PM »
Wow, very, very snazzy work there!
Thanks for sharing these D.  Keep'em coming if you got more.

Love it!

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2016, 06:02:05 PM »
Here's Dagar the Desert Hawk.  Pencils by Nick Choles and inks by Bob Almond.  Another character I first learned about right here at the DCM!

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2016, 08:44:52 AM »
Hehe, another fun choice, nicely done too.
Thanks D!

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Re: Heroes Redrawn
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2016, 08:51:20 PM »
The Bouncer by Scott McDaniel (pencils) and Bob Almond (inks).