Sunday, September 16, 2007

The New Swamp Thing

More from the vaults:

At some point, Swamp Thing was flagging a bit, so Tom Peyer and I decided to brainstorm some new approaches. First Tom drew this enticing "teaser ad":

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Then I drafted this idea over an existing piece of Mike Hoffman art (sorry, Mike):

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However, in high-level discussions, it was deemed that World War II books were on the way out. So Tom came through with this inspired redesign instead, brilliantly revamping the character for the '90s:

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Sadly, "the suits" didn't see it that way, and life went on.
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7 comments:

  1. StangSeptember 16, 2007 at 5:12 PM

    Lousy suits. They wouldn't let us make Constantine a Blackhawk, either.

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  2. StangSeptember 17, 2007 at 5:28 AM

    I mean, why couldn't Constantine be a Blackhawk? They had a Pole, a Swede, a French guy... everything but an Englishman. What was the suits' fucking problem?

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  3. Stuart MooreSeptember 17, 2007 at 8:48 AM

    For god's sake, man. Let it go!

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  4. Brandon JerwaSeptember 17, 2007 at 10:46 AM

    I think I just had a Crisis in my pants.

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  5. Stuart MooreSeptember 17, 2007 at 5:17 PM

    A Final Crisis?

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  6. Brandon JerwaSeptember 18, 2007 at 12:01 AM

    As long as it's not an Impotent Crisis, I'll take it.

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  7. rassmguyOctober 20, 2007 at 8:55 PM

    This is hilarious! Thanks for posting it.

    Rich Handley
    Roots of the Swamp Thing
    http://www.swampthingroots.com

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