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    There was, back in 2007, a recurrent meme among several comics art blogs. Reclaiming characters from their owners, I guess it could be broadly described as... people were reimagining abused characters (chiefly Supergirl) as artistic call-and-response in various places, chiefly LiveJournal. In the aftermath of that, I did a similar thing on old messageboard The Engine, called REMAKE/REMODEL. They were embraced as technical exercises, bits of fun, ways to get the brain moving. I think most people's favourite was the dear late Mike Wieringo's wondrous retro-aristo Buck Rogers...

    I thought it might be an interesting thing to bring back here. So, once a week, I'll call a character, and you art types here can post images of your reinterpretation of that character.

    Photography and digital art is also fine, before anyone asks.

    The point is REinterpretation: remake/remodel.

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    No time right now, so, take it away my saviour Jess Nevins:

    The Bat

    The Bat was created by Eden Phillpots, under his pseudonym of "Harrington Next," and appeared in Number 87 (1922). The Bat is Paul Strossmeyer, a Yugoslav trade representative who grows concerned with the short-sightedness of various world politicians, especially with regards to the discovery and application of atomic energy. So Strossmeyer begins a series of terrorist acts, from the disintegration of the Albert Memorial to the destruction of various Christian Science churches to the assassination of several politicians, from Britain, Japan, America, and Russia. In each case the assassination was done by a needle-thin puncture near the heart and the transmutation of various elements of the body. Also in each case, a mysterious figure was seen near the crime; this figure, the Bat, is larger than a man, has glowing eyes, and leaves behind a foul stench.

    Strossmeyer is the Bat, who worked with radioactivity for decades and discovered Element 87, which allows for the easy splitting of the atom and the production of enormous amounts of energy. Strossmeyer used Element 87 to power his flying suit, his weapons, and his bat-shaped aircraft, which can fly through the upper atmosphere at 100,000 miles an hour.

    It all ends badly for Strossmeyer, of course, who destroys his fortress and then heads off into space to kill himself.


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    Your task, as ever, is to re-invent that into something a 21st Century audience could enjoy.

    I look forward to seeing what you come up with, but bear in mind this is an ART thread. No pen-portraits. This is ART ONLY. Posting just a bunch of text, or a scribble and a vast number of words, will get the thread closed and your account banned.

    You have one week. Go.

    -- W
  2.  (5454.2)
    ....Does anyone else think that its a little ironic that the guy that is worried about people being shortsighted named himself The Bat?

    Or Is that just me?
  3.  (5454.3)
    @HylianHearts

    Rest assured that you are not alone.
  4.  (5454.4)
    Perhaps the newspapers named him...

    I REALLY like this concept; that is, until the flying suit and going off into space to kill himself parts.

    Do you think that it is the Bat's radioactive tumors that smell so bad? Anyway, I'm curious to see which way people take this: animal bat or baseball bat...

    Also, I found this today while at a local bakery and thought that some Remakers might find it interesting.
    Photobucket
    I had never heard of it, but apparently this play has been around awhile. Since it was the first Remake on Whitechapel, I thought you guys might dig a look...
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      CommentAuthormoali
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2009
     (5454.5)
    I have missed too many, so this MUST be attempted...
  6.  (5454.6)
    For some reason, this is the image that popped into my head immediately after reading the description of The Bat.
    Photobucket
    It's by William Stout...
    • CommentAuthorOxbrow
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2009
     (5454.7)
    So not the same The Bat as filmed four years later and influencing Bob Kane to create a certain comic character, then?

    Hmm...
  8.  (5454.8)
    So we're supposed to get a radioactive communist terrorist vampire from a country that does not even exist anymore an enjoyable idea for a 21st century audience? Sure, they'll laugh their ass off. Can I turn him into a playboy billionaire and call him Bruce Wayne?
  9.  (5454.9)
    Well, much of the book (Google Books sometimes omits random pages...) seems to be here (it links to the middle of the book ((perhaps because of the words I searched)), but the whole book is about The Bat ((sort of...)), so you may need to scroll around.), but a cursory skimming of the pages creates a rather long and boring picture of The Bat. It's there if you're interested, but there really didn't seem to be much that the provided synopsis didn't do better in far less space...
  10.  (5454.10)
    Oh, yes... Brian le Golem reminds me of another point. Paul Strossmeyer is a trade rep AND an atomic scientist? Okay...
  11.  (5454.11)
    I think The Bat already sounds fantastic, as have the last two. Furthermore, once the thread's off its feet with some art, might be a better time to poke at it with text posts. Let it rest in its little womb before a certain someone gives it the wire hanger.
  12.  (5454.12)
    Moaning gits.
    • CommentAuthorOxbrow
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2009 edited
     (5454.13)
    I'll put my pencil where my keyboard is.

    The Bat, by Oxbrow

    Night vision goggles are a must, so I made him skinny and gave him a coat and knit cap rather than the body armour I gave The Black Terror. The two-prong hypo is for leaving a pair of marks on the necks.

    Full body sketch
    • CommentAuthorOxbrow
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2009
     (5454.14)
    Apparently the real Element 87 is Francium, which wouldn't be very nice if someone injected you with it either.
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    batty
    The Bat: Grandpa's gone nuclear, now with bean-powered stench!
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    Ok, after first few seconds of doubt... it'll be the easiest one yet for me it seems. Already working on mine!
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    Photobucket
    Was trying for a sort of Ben Templesmith stlye of Fell-esque coloring, with the use of grays, etc... It pretty much still looks like how I draw, which I guess is to be expected, but whatever. I was sort of inspired by the Templesmith pic that up on WarrenEllis.com, right now. Fun to play around with the different layer settings, but inevitably a failed experiment.

    Also, not sure exactly, but the mask feels really familiar... Not quite Batman, but I may have subconsciously copied Acro-Bat from the old DC comic "Chase", which I liked back in the late 90's. There is perhaps some resemblance to Die Fledermaus (Batmanuel...) from the various Tick iterations, as well.

    I think I shall try again later to better evoke the creepy mood I'm going for.
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      CommentAuthorMiranda
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2009
     (5454.18)
    @Frequentcontributor: I like it, a lot - you made a pretty intense and tangible character.
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    the bat

    Went for something more demonic, somewhat Devilman inspired (wings on the helmet). Rather than go for goggles (which were my first thought) I chose a faceless helmet (perhaps with electronic gear inside, perhaps just a bulletproof one-way mirror, who knows).

    So yeah, there you go.
  20.  (5454.20)
    batmask
    Drew another bat-thing.

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