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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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    You people have had it too easy lately. From 1938, a character that lasted six issues:


    Skyrocket Steele was a hero in the year X. He was assisted by Sari Marston and Invex the Invisible Man. His nemesis was Vance Roy.

    Skyrocket Steele was the first character created by Bill Everett.


    THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL THERE IS.

    HE LIVES IN THE YEAR X.

    All right, listen, I'll show you a picture, but it's going to be useless to you:





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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
    • CommentAuthorScottS
    • CommentTimeFeb 21st 2010
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    does it look like Sari Marston is kicking Invex the Invisible Man square in the nuts, or is it just me?
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    Wow. It's so blank... Vance Roy just sounds like a douchebag All-American country club-type, and "Amazing Mystery Funnies" is such an odd contradiction (like the shows Monk and Psych? Funny mysteries?).
    • CommentAuthorOxbrow
    • CommentTimeFeb 21st 2010
     (7767.4)
    That's given me an idea. An insane idea, but an idea nonetheless.
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    I hate to leave post five and not contribute a drawing of any sort, but! I just wanted to stop in and say that I literally breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that there was a new R/R thread up.

    I may sketch something out, but I will more than likely wait until I get my wacom to add anything to this, my favorite of the recurring threads.
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    I'm Claiming the cyborg pornstar
  7.  (7767.7)
    Yesyesyesyes
    I've missed those!
    ok, count me in...
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      CommentAuthorPaul Sizer
    • CommentTimeFeb 21st 2010
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    Year X? Man, I graduated high school in the year X! Art and concept will be brung (sometime later this week)
    Thanks for giving us a good one.
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    I misread Vance Roy as Bacon Ray somehow. I plan on having fun with this.
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      CommentAuthorYoav
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010
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    bring it
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      CommentAuthorSobreiro
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010
     (7767.11)
    I missed these threads sorely, let the insanity begin!
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    I fucking love these threads, Warren.
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    WARNING: I was in a good mood last night, and didn't eject the WANKSTAIN who managed to post DIGITAL "ART" that was ALSO NOTHING BUT TEXT.

    My good mood will not last forever. If you do it again, I will not only close this thread and destroy your ability to enter this forum, but I'll also post your email address so people know who to thank.
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    Cool R/R. Bill Everett is a giant of the industry who created the Sub-Mariner and did a ton of work for Marvel and other early publishers.
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    Huh. Apparently I'm the "WANKSTAIN"... Sorry, I guess. I didn't really think about it, in that it wasn't a pen-portrait; it was intended as a warm-up...
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    I claim the porn staaahdammit too late.

    I still might draw it. Damn it all!
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    ssteele
    Sketched, edited in the 'touch, edited on the laptop, moved back and forth and whatnot. So, there it is.
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    Photobucket
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    That background building looks like a Dalek, imho.
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      CommentAuthorstsparky
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2010 edited
     (7767.20)
    Already did Ghostfucker - so this is sort of a Caniff/Wildey with Steele a mix of Jonny Quest and Terry Lee/Steve Canyon ... in Space.
    Rocket is in his pants!

    By the way - Ron Goulart claimed the character as his in a weird short novel...

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