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[Selkirk]

really good ideas here-im loving the idea of a european comics themed week. also seconding and thirding what seems to be pretty popular idea for a topic-lets draw more manga characters ....might even be a cool idea to have like a manga/anime day of the week-like manga tuesday or something. as always keep up the excellent work.

Edited by Selkirk, 03 January 2012 - 10:01 AM.

[Ragnaroker]

wipeout, I like the idea of Buffy!

[Selkirk]

buffy definitely has legs so second that...and thought of a couple more too . from thunderbolts-the troll girl and of course valkyrie or hela .

[Selkirk]

...oh and a couple more if not done already. would love love to see a cobra week...and a gi joe week.

[Sweattshop]

From Nexus, I would love to see a Juddah the Hammer DSC.
Or even a Nexus drawing week. Plenty of characters to choose from.

[wildcats25]

how about, any character from the mini-zines!!!!! i love to see other artists' interpretation on any of the characters.

[Furious Nick]

Glad to see all the request/suggestion poping up. All of them are intriguing and potentially will be used. Thanks for the help people...

[LocalHero]

Would love to see a 2000AD week or even an Eagle week - would be very interested to see the outcasts take on these british characters, in particular was always a fan of Doomlord http://www.internati.../d/doomlord.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomlord from the 80s relaunch of the Eagle so even if we can't have a week of Eagle characters, be nice to see this as an individual challenge.

[Furious Nick]

LocalHero, on 11 January 2012 - 06:27 PM, said:

Would love to see a 2000AD week or even an Eagle week - would be very interested to see the outcasts take on these british characters, in particular was always a fan of Doomlord http://www.internati.../d/doomlord.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomlord from the 80s relaunch of the Eagle so even if we can't have a week of Eagle characters, be nice to see this as an individual challenge.

OOoooooOOOO, that is an idea. There have been some other request for some british characters. Aoste gave me some ideas on some for Live Draw Nite, that are perfect for DSC treatments too. I'll get some up into our rotation.

Thanks for all the cool suggestions. We'll definitely continue to pull from this thread and get those out there to draw!

[thirdraildesignlab]

This is very obviously a special interest group pressure kind of comment, but since I'm not the only one with a creator-owned property, I was thinking: have everyone with a creator-owned character at hand throw them into the pot and you could filter those into the daily pulls as well. Everyone would get fan art fo their properties, and people with multiple characters would have to choose one, or a team or whatever, to narrow the selection and keep the daily entries cohesive.
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[Selkirk]

i just saw this http://www.comicbook...d=10839&cover=1 -image is relaunching all of liefeld's 'extreme' characters. wow that glory looks great...as drawn by a different artist of course. what about a redesign/update week with some of the old image characters.

[aoste]

Some British classics not necessarily all in one go (some well before my time)

Robot Archie (i dont really get it but its popular here)

Robot Archie first appeared in the first issue of Lion, a weekly British boys adventure title published by IPC Magazines, who were at the time, the biggest publisher of weekly adventure titles in the UK along with DC Thomson. Lion was a science fiction action-adventure comic in the mold of Eagle and was a direct competitor to that comic.

Johnny red ***Getting ref for this is tough (if chosen let me know ill find some)

Britain’s best-loved aerial combat comic. When pilot Johnny Redburn is discharged from the RAF for striking an officer, he is forced to join the Merchant Navy. But a German sneak attack forces Redburn back into the air — in a stolen Hurricane! Redburn aims for Russia, planning to save his plane and career, but on landing, meets the “Falcon Squadron” of the 5th Soviet Air Brigade, who are under German attack! Redburn takes to the skies once more — to fight for Russia!

Dan Dare

Dan Dare Pilot of the Future is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson in 1950, he also wrote the first stories, that is, the Venus and Red Moon stories, and a complete storyline for Operation Saturn. Dare appeared in the Eagle comic story Dan Dare, The stories were set in the late 1990s but the dialogue and manner of the characters is reminiscent of British war films of the 1950s. Dan Dare has been described as "Biggles in Space" and as the British equivalent of Buck Rogers.

Zenith

Zenith is a British superhero, who appeared in the science fiction comic 2000 AD. Created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Steve Yeowell, with original character designs by Brendan McCarthy, he first appeared in 2000 AD #536 (22 August 1987). Shallow and sarcastic, Zenith was a distinctly Generation X superhero. Morrison used the Zenith serial to explore cultural differences between generations and criticize the Conservative Party. Zenith was featured regularly in 2000 AD from 1987 until 1992, with occasional appearances since. The series was an early success for Morrison, who has since written popular works for DC and Marvel, and using his own characters.

Strontium Dog

Strontium Dog is a long-running comics series featuring in the British science fiction weekly 2000 AD, starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons. The series was created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra for Starlord, a short-lived weekly science fiction comic, in 1978. When Starlord was cancelled the series transferred to 2000 AD

Marvelman, also known as Miracleman

Marvelman, also known as Miracleman for trademark reasons in his American reprints and story continuation, is a fictional comic book superhero created in 1954 by writer-artist Mick Anglo for publisher L. Miller & Son. Originally intended as a United Kingdom home-grown substitute for the American character Captain Marvel, the series ran until 1963. He was revived in 1982 in a dark, post-modern deconstructionist series by writer Alan Moore, with later contributions by Neil Gaiman.

The Spider

No origin was ever given for the Spider, nor any explanation for his appearance: pointed ears and teeth, and upswept eyebrows. His base of operations was a Scottish castle he brought over to the U.S. The Spider appeared in the 1960s in the United States with the aim to become King of Crooks. He broke out several other criminals to become members of his army of crime, and would clash with both the police and with other criminal masterminds.

[PingChowChi]

lol - hey astoe, thats not fair I wanted to bring Zenith to the DSC ... mind you I find the B&W drawings of him better, here was my example.

I think you in particular could do a cracking job of him in B&W

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Edited by PingChowChi, 20 January 2012 - 05:05 AM.

[Furious Nick]

Rest assured Gents, Zenith is going to make it into a DSC rotation in the future. I'm glad to see him get suggested by you both. I like the design of this guy. Miracle Man too.

I'm really enjoying the many suggestions that you all are posting. This is actually very educational for me, as I learn about new characters from all over. Keep 'em coming!

Also, don't worry about suggesting a character more than once, or if you have a specific version of a character in mind either. It is all good!

[aoste]

Galactus

Ed Marks from "the Nam"


Amalgam Comics
Bruce Wayne Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D
X-Patrol
Magneto and the Magnetic Men
Spider-Boy
Iron Lantern
Thorion of the New Asgods
...and others

Elric

Corum


Typhoid Mary (Daredevil)


Deunan & Briareos


Crying Freeman


Batman Gotham by Gaslight

Edited by aoste, 20 January 2012 - 12:48 PM.