Many of comics most iconic and enduring characters are ones that are multifaceted in their personalities, and have unforgettable designs every artist that comes to draw one of these iconic characters tends to put their spin on the character, integrate something new, or undo something someone did before them. Moderated by cullen stapleton worst comic podcast ever. Ill be the first to admit that im not an authority on the matterthe last time i talked about. A reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics. Glory was recently rebooted in an acclaimed series by joe keating and ross campbell.
The comic book constantinakatsari october 14, 20 ancient on october 9th, the first issue of a fivepart monthly comics series set in ancient sparta came to life. In sparta, usa, they believe in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness through treachery, blackmail and murder. Their work in the 1980s and 1990s contributed to revolutionizing the super hero genre and the history of mainstream american comic books. The five best and five worst comic book redesigns afro. The 20 worst redesigned marvel characters of the past decade. Join the star of spartacus, lord of the rings, and reign for this discussion. Like i mentioned previously, the 90s were an interesting and dark time to be a fan.
While a large amount of these are worthless grunts and cannon fodder, the ten listed below will give players a run for their money. Definately one of the better redesigns for comic book villains. Although the word novel normally refers to long fictional works, the term graphic novel is applied broadly and includes fiction, nonfiction, and anthologized work. Mar 09, 2017 today, comicbook writer jeff lemires new title for publisher valiant, bloodshot salvation, is putting the altright in the villain role. May 12, 2017 based off of hudlin and artist john romita jr. Marvel has a lot of great superhero costumes, but that hasnt stopped them from giving their characters some redesigns that are downright. The 10 best comictofilm character redesigns youtube. What was the explanation for why it didnt grow back, and how he got through the adamantium. Continuing last weeks post here other 6 horrible 90s redesigns. Recently, dc comics announced they would be relaunching their entire line of comics, with new number ones. But now lets take a look at the redesigns that are actually awesome for supervillains. So we hope that you will enjoy the ten worst comic book gimmick covers of alltime. Thatll help you be a better scientist, mother and superhero explorer. If youre interested in selling your modern age comics, give us a call at 8007439205 or fill out our seller inquiry form and we will take a look at what you have and potentially make an allcash offer.
Gods among us is a spectacular example of superman being duped into doing the worst imaginable misdeeds superman is. Alan moore and frank miller are often described as the most influential authors of the modern age of comic books. And were not sour on the new 52 here is our previous list of the best of that era. Many of comics most iconic and enduring characters are ones that are multifaceted in their personalities, and have unforgettable designs.
Jul 20, 2016 the comic book tie in for the video game injustice. This week marks the 15th anniversary of one of the worst comic book events of all time, marvel comics heroes reborn, a 19961997 crossover story arc. Sometimes being a titan in an industry isnt enough. Join erik and chris as they discuss some of the very best and sadly, very worst video games based on comic books.
So heres a top 10 list of the best supervillain redesigns. Top 10 worst superherovillain redesigns dresden codaks. Uncategorized the five best and five worst comic book redesigns april 22, 2017 afrofuturism1 leave a comment. So heres a look at some of the worst, most misguided and hideous superhero redesigns of all time. The 10 worst comic character redesigns by jason serafino jason serafino is a contributing writer at complex who covers movies, tv, and comic books. Dec 20, 2012 the top ten worst retcons of the new 52 by arnoldoaad december 20, 2012 44 comments last year, i made a list of the best and worst dc comics of 2011 and i was thinking of doing that again, but the. These could have been the coolest superhero costumes ever, but people had to get. Really, it was an excuse to have superman fight wonder woman and some of the jla. Nov 15, 2011 rare comic books what makes them so rare by pete on november 15, 2011 comic books when people hear of super rare comics that are bought and sold at extremely high prices, they are convinced that these books are worth so much more because of their age. Here are the top ten fashion misfires in comic book history. Top 10 bad comic book character redesigns in cartoons. It certainly seems that maintaining the iconic appearances isnt as important as it used to be in comics. Comic book character redesigns comic book characters. The five worst costume changes of the new 52 comic book.
Jan 02, 2018 the best and the worst of 2017 comic books its that time, to ring in the new year with comic book recommendations. Sep 12, 2014 comic book resources september 12, 2014 this weeks comic book legends revealed takes a look at the creator behind batmans origin, frank millers start on daredevil, and the name of the kingpin in france. A couple of the comments last week inspired me to go the other way this week. Nov 21, 2016 doug joins the awesome comics crew to discuss whats the worst comic book movie. See more ideas about superhero, superhero villains and comic character. Just thinking about how crappy it was makes me upset. Carmine infantinos 1956 flash design is universally regarded as one of the best costumes ever created. For more ways comics really screw things up, check out the 6 creepiest sexual encounters in comic book history and the 6 creepiest comic book. Who are the best and worst villains in marvel animation. I find the redesigns from the first three series to omniverse far far far more jarring and weird than the transition to the calarts style. The 6 most wtf superhero costumes redesigns of the 90s.
The ultimates 3 is probably the absolute worst comic i have ever personally read. Powerful comic book superheroes with progressive redesigns by. Savitarthe flash cw series now before you go nuts, let me point out that i love watching the flash on cw. The amount weve done is growing, and im going to try giving. Artist lord ingvard has created a series of of female superhero character designs that feature more practical and functional redesigns for several characters from the dc and marvel universe. Similar videos top 10 awesome cartoon character redesigns. No, the worst was deciding hes now a guy in jeans and a tshirt. Jun 26, 2009 the for tomorrow arc has to be one of the most boring, confusing, and crappiest runs on any comic book. Since the dc comics new 52 relaunch has effectively reinvented a number of their characters from the ground up, the redesigns of their costumes was in. The 10 worst comictofilm character redesigns youtube. Comic books artist, concept artist, character designer. The first lady of marvel comics at one point just decided she needed a boob window. But today, godfrey mclaine, greatest quarterback in spartas history, has returnedready to expose the rotten core of the american dream. Even though clones have been used in superhero comics for decades, the.
The wiki format allows any registered user to create any article, so we can all work together to build the site. Like i mentioned previously, the 90s were an interesting and dark time to. Female superhero costumes given practical redesigns. Sep 29, 2015 frank millers allstar batman and robin, the worst comic ever, might finally get an ending benjamin moore former contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. As the years went by and comic book art became more cheesecakey, though, jessicas costume became increasingly vacuum sealed and logicdefying hint. What have been some of the most important superhero redesigns. Marvel comics recently announced that the popular male norse god thor was now going to be a woman in upcoming comics. Get ready to cringe in horror as we look at 20 of the worst marvel superhero redesigns of the past 10 years. One of the most visually interesting designs for a character get some reduced to a dude in a suit with some bad special effects to make him spooky. Sep 29, 2015 spinning off of the worst stories you have ever read thread, i thought it would be cool to see what people think is the worst cover of alltime. This is the 10 worst examples of times that comic book characters were drastically changed from book to screen. The staffers of bam smack pow give their favorite and most disappointing moments in comics and super herorelated media for 2014. Marvel comics superheroes have been around almost as long as sliced bread, with the machine for cutting loaves invented in 1928, just 11 years before the debut of superman. Maybe we can have this set up where everyone nominates.
Shed like to thank the folks at escher girls, who collect pictures of comic book womens bizarre poses and were a great resource for this article. Jun 25, 2016 a buddy and i are doing a series of comic book character redesigns for fun. Your xmen redesigns one of the few things that im not excited about in dawn of x is how many characters have outdated looks and didnt get the redesigns they deserved. Now you can define this any way you want, best adapted from the page to the screen, best improved from the comics, best original villain, etc and vice versa. Changes for 20200512 comic books are a visual medium. The comic book tie in for the video game injustice. Watchmojo top 10 worst character redesigns in anime. Superhero characters, comic book characters, comic character, comic books art, comic art, hq marvel, marvel heroes, marvel venom, character creation.
After bane beats batman, have a new batman take over, but when he goes off the rails, and ends up corrupting the symbol, bruce. From marvels spiderman to arkham asylum to superman 64, they cover pretty much all. Afro futurism comic books, anime, video games, christianity and theology, politics, and social commentary of the black community. The 20 worst redesigned marvel costumes of the past. Top 10 anime character redesigns that made fans rage quit. Final fantasy vii remakes enemy roster is filled with creative reimaginings of classic opponents from the original 1997 classic. Whats the absolute worst comic book series or issue you have. People keep reiterating that many of the comic book characters we know and love created by visionaries like stan lee, steve ditko, jack kirby, bob kane, joe shuster and jerry siegel were created in a time where social context limited what a comic character could be. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The worst part is, moore had a mechanism set up in his story that would have allowed larsen to reset the universe and do what he wanted, but larsen didnt even bother he simply had supreme mk1 turn up out of nowhere and say im the old version of supreme, and ive got this mcguffin that was introduced three pages ago that will drain you. In larrys kingdom the reimagining battlestar galactica is superior, the wire is the greatest crime show ever, and rom, spaceknight is the hero of the realm.
The worst of the alltooreal worst in comic books newsarama. Worst comicbook to screen character redesigns resetera. Many of comics most iconic and enduring characters are. I shared my worst of 2016 list with you guys last week, and as new years eve looms, here are the comic book flicks i consider to be the very best of the past 12 months.
Clone is word that comic book creators are scared to utter today. Comic book journalists, and i use that term loosely, would write about how important this series was compared to liefelds version. Digital media episode recaps events featured article for kids front page industry international movies opinion superheroes television toon zone toons toys video games 3d cgi card games editorial featured for grown ups forums giveaways illustration interviews liveaction memes podcast press releases. Worse than any fourletter word, if a reader sees clone used in a comic, they immediately recoil. Many of these redesigns have already been criticized, so instead of hating on a bunch of costumes from comic books that havent even been published yet, i will be taking a stroll down. Public domain super heroes is a collaborative website about public domain characters from comic books, comic strips, films, books, pulps, mythology, television, animation, folk stories, among others. Its even more remarkable when you note how much of a departure it was from the original flash. Gamings 9 wrongest and most wtf character redesigns. Since a skeleton is not one fused piece, you wouldnt have to go through the adamantium to remove a. Best of comic books everything about comic books and geek. It has it all, shitty plots, mischaracterization, mary sue self insertion, and even some statutory rape in front of a girls parents. Namor, the submariner was always one of my favorites as a kid and was one of the true early antiheroes of the marvel universe. The 10 best comic tofilm character redesigns duration. I first discovered charlton when i found out that it was the company that had originated some of my favorite dc comics heroes of the time.
Next top 10 worst super villian redesigns by kaijufan97 on. Here are ten of the most disastrous superhero redesigns. Rare comic books what makes them so rare rare books digest. Devoting an entire page to familiar heroes doing a familiar, unexciting thing is essentially filler. With that in mind, newsarama s best shots team has compiled their list of the worst titles of the new 52 era. Nov 14, 2012 the comic book is typically label adults only as there is a plethora of nudity and sexual escapades scattered throughout the series which would require any adaptation to either water down the source material or take on an adultonly rating. They include wonder woman, supergirl, elektra, black canary, ms.
It is one of the few books that was absolutely panned by critics and fans alike, yet the guy inexplicably got more work. Top 10 worst anime character redesigns since the sequel. Gods among us is a spectacular example of superman being duped into doing the worst imaginable misdeeds superman is overjoyed to learn that. The entire collection of redesigns can be viewed at dorkly. Sure, a lot of people think ultimatum is worse, and that book is unspeakably awful, but ultimates 3.
Join this eisnernominated comic book artist and new york times bestselling author in this unique. Aug 04, 2014 new york artist angelica bamundo and canadian writer nick ross worked together as they gave a group of powerful comic book superheroes progressive redesigns for dorkly. Marvel, vampirella, red sonja, power girl, and zatanna. Wolverines healing factor wasnt as over the top in 1995. Spartacus character designs, marc lataste artstation. The 10 worst redesigns of iconic superheroes the robots. Superman needs to have a costume that is easy not only for every comic book artist to draw, but more importantly, every young kid who loves the character to sketch in their notebook during class, and not worrying about whether or not they got too many of the lines in. Top 10 best super villain redesigns by kaijufan97 on. The 20 worst redesigned marvel costumes of the past decade cbr. A graphic novel is a book made up of comics content. The comic book was designed for a nonmajors sensory biology course and was used during the section of the course that focuses on vision and evolution. This is the ten best example of times that comic book characters. Costume updates and redesigns are always fun to talk about and always generated a lot of passion among fans.
Heres what the artist had to say about her at series, and why she did it. Look bellow to check out who i deem are some of the worst comic book movie villains of all time. Whether its a wholesome revamp of a company line like marvels ultimates series or dcs new 52, or simply a single character getting an update, no comic book character stays the same forever, for. After hearing a few more terrible redesigns, and finding more terrible ones, i decided to make another top 10 worst supervillain redesigns. Ive always thought the dark knight rises would have been better if theyd borrowed more from knightfall than just bane beating batman. Along with these new number ones, will be a linewide redesign for every character. See more ideas about hero, superhero and comic character. Sep 15, 20 liefeld created numerous bad girls but one i want to mention is glory. What are some of the worst redesigns in comic book history. It was a radical approach in the comics that i quite liked but soon he become more. Man did comic books to screen translations go through a ton a garbage. The top ten worst retcons of the new 52 comic vine.
Frank millers allstar batman and robin, the worst comic ever, might finally get an ending benjamin moore former contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. The top 10 best and worst comic book movies of 2016. Frank millers allstar batman and robin, the worst comic. Best and worst villains in marvel animation page 2. Dec 22, 2014 charlton comics was long a favorite comic book publisher of mine, even though they were already history by the time i discovered their comics as back issues in the early 1990s. Sometimes when a character comes to the big screen they are hyper accurate to their comic book counterpart. Didnt like the look and it does not suit the character at all. Jean grey is the worst offender, but i think a lot of characters could have used new looks. Best and worst of comics and super heroes in 2014 page 2. It is hard being a king, especially when your first name is larry. Aug 16, 2011 characters get modernized all the time, so why is it such a big issue when that process involves updating race or culture. Even though clones have been used in superhero comics for decades, the 90s are responsible for ruining them. Are comic books an effective way to engage nonmajors in.
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