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    There was, way back in the mists of... 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 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.

    NOTE: NO MORE PHOTO-MANIPULATION "art". I'll just delete them. People have been drenching recent threads with several pieces at a time that they've knocked out in photoshop in 2 minutes with no thought at all. I consider this to be taking the piss now.

    NEW RULE: no more than TWO submissions by any one person in any one REMAKE/REMODEL.

    The point is REinterpretation: remake/remodel.

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    From 1941, when the drugs were apparently very good:

    Mr. E appealed for guidance and assistance to a statue of a ancient tribal god named King Kolah which he housed in a subterranean temple beneath his home. Kolah presented Mr. E with visions that led him to criminals. The idol also gave Mr. E the assistance of his elven messengers. The messengers were small gnome-like creatures who could shapeshift into a variety of creatures and wreaked mischief against Mr. E's enemies. One of the messengers was named Butch. Mr. E used his visions and assistant gnomes to fight crime in Washington DC. Mr. E dated a girl named Miss Terry.



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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
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      CommentAuthorjohnjones
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2010
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    Didn't Neil Gaiman already do this for the Books of Magic? Or was that a different Mr. E?
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    There's a Mr. E in DC Comics.

    This is, evidently, a different one.

    I love the "Miss Terry" part.
  4.  (7629.4)
    mre

    Yeah, I read that description and all I could think was, "that's less the behavior of a superhero and more the behavior of a fucking psychopath."
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    Tristan Davis: Yep. That's about right.

    This concept is so totally insane. I love the part about the subterranian temple, like, how did that get there? And why does his girlfriend have the same sounding name as him? Nuts...
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    I just picture this poor bastard wandering around the city accosting strangers because elves only he can see commanded him to punish them for their sins.

    How Love Works


    Sloppy, but I gave myself a half-hour limit. Think I got the functional schizophrenic look I wanted, though.
    It occurs to me: what if the elves are real, but he's not using them...they're using him?
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      CommentAuthorBerserker
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2010
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    That doesn't sound like the drugs were good at all - it sounds like they were fucking fantastic.
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      CommentAuthorrazrangel
    • CommentTimeJan 24th 2010
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    Yay! YAYAYAYAYAY!!
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      CommentAuthorstsparky
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2010
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    Not that anyone cares - I drew Ernest Hemingway from memory - I had a poster of him from a reading of "The Old Man and the Sea" as a child ...
    The Importance of Being Earnest ...
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      CommentAuthormattk
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2010
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    Mister E Plots

    Still don't quite know where this came from. I saw the new thread last night, apparently right after it was posted, and thought "I'll bite; who was 'Mister E?'" I didn't even have a forum account, and haven't really drawn in years, but after reading the description my brain started working on its own, and before I knew it I was at my desk scribbling this out. Definitely a strange experience.
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    Welcome to Whitechapel.....your last sentence says it all really - I like where you went with your drawing.
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    mattk: Oh, yes, well... It's a basement. "Subterranean temple" is like the buzz-word version. Nice.

    stsparky: I like that it's Ernest Hemingway. And he looks grizzled.
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      CommentAuthormattk
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2010
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    Thanks! Yes, the general consensus seems to be that this Mister E is in some way or other a bit... mainstream-reality-challenged. The version which I was channeling definitely looks like a dirty, junk-collecting escapee from a mental institution. Do his "ancient tribal idol" and "elven messengers" actually possess strange powers, all the same? Perhaps therein lies a tale.
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    Mr E & Butch

    I scientist with religion!

    I had butch in my head goading him in the voices of Beevis & Butt-Head for some reason!
    • CommentAuthorSteadyUP
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2010
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    mattk - it looks like he's studying a Dharma map from Lost.
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      CommentAuthormattk
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2010
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    Does it? I have never seen Lost, don't see much television. So I'm not sure what a Dharma map is, but it sounds like something which would fit well with Mister E's other weird paraphernalia.

    I was actually attempting a rough suggestion of the Washington DC subway system...
    • CommentAuthorSteadyUP
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2010 edited
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    Exhibit A.

    Hmm, now I'm thinking that the DC subway is some sort of clue...
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    Which again proves that watching Lost fans have a conversation is like listening to a schizophrenic talk to himself.
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    Yes, well, I've just cracked it, I feel. Will draw tomorrow...
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    @mattk--there definitely seems to be a "this-guy-must-be-batshit-crazy" theme...

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