Two More DCU Men Contest Entries
- Posted by Johanna on May 6, 2008 at 7:45 pm
- Category: Meta
Two more entries! Click to see them full-size.
First, Paul Salvi sent this image. (Paul is currently illustrating Action, Ohio, written by Neil Kleid, in this month’s Zuda competition.) I love his slick line and polished look!
From left to right:
Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), Arthur Curry (Aquaman), Dick Grayson (Robin), Bruce Wayne (Batman), Clark Kent (Superman), Barry Allen (Flash), Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Billy Batson (Captain Marvel), Barry Allen (Flash)
(I’m glad he updated me, or I was going to guess Steve Trevor for the military man. Which isn’t in keeping with the rest. Paul would also like you to know that he hadn’t seen the previous entry when he did his multiple Flashes.)
Next, Jeff Hebert (creator of HeroMachine, and whom it turns out I went to college with) sent this along:
From left to right:
Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Querl Dox (Brainiac 5), Clark Kent (Superman), Bruce Wayne (Batman), Jason Todd (Robin — says Jeff, “emo style”), Wally West (Flash), John Stewart (Green Lantern)
Hey, a Legionnaire! (Although should green men wear purple?) And what great character attitudes. I just adore Oliver’s vest and shirtsleeves in both of them.
Update: Jeff later did a more traditional formal wear version.
Not to take anything away from the work of these fine gentlemen, but I’m hoping this inspires more of you to take part! You have over a week left before May 15.
May 6, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Great job Paul! I love it that we both have Oliver Queen in a vest, I’m not sure what that says about the character but it’s awesome. I love the spats, too, I wish I’d thought of that. Kinda neat that we both have Hal Jordan (test pilot) shorter than the others — great minds think alike!
As for Brainiac Five in purple, hey, what can I say, he stole it from the Hulk. At least Querl changes his pants every now and again, which is more than the Not-So-Jolly Green Giant can claim.
Come on everyone, get those drawing tools out and send your entries in!
May 6, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Great looking entries, but they lack of the unifying look that helped the DCU Women poster look so sharp.
However, I do love the decision in the first example to put one of the characters in formal military dress.
May 6, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Dan, would you prefer them all in black, as in http://www.heromachine.com/composite-web-black.jpg ?
May 7, 2008 at 2:14 am
That’s Dick Grayson! I can’t stress enough how extremely important it is that everyone be made aware of that!
Thanks for the kind words, Johanna and Don.
May 7, 2008 at 6:29 am
That second image is cool and it kind of modernises those characters at the same time!
My question, though, is who got to choose those specific characters? Because that line-up shows how un-diverse and lacking DC is. One non-white hero is all they got? (I’m not talking about the green one).
May 7, 2008 at 6:55 am
Sorry, Paul! Sloppy cut’n'paste on my part. It’s been fixed.
Tomo, it’s up to the artist to pick the characters. And yes, this is an area where DC is still a bit behind the times. You could choose the current Atom (Asian) or Blue Beetle (Hispanic) to add diversity, but both of those don’t have quite as much personality yet to be distinctive in evening wear, I fear.
May 7, 2008 at 6:56 am
Jeff, oh, I do like that all-black one!
May 7, 2008 at 9:21 am
Feel free to use the all-black one instead as my entry if you like it better, Johanna. I aim to please.
May 7, 2008 at 10:06 am
“Although should green men wear purple?”
Why not? It works for Beast Boy, and the Hulk, and the Green Goblin, and…
…uh…
yeah, I see your point.
May 8, 2008 at 12:32 am
Well, I wouldn’t pick him to demonstrate the DCU’s diversity, since he keeps getting drawn white, but I took the man on the right in Jeff’s picture who you have labelled Wally West as Connor Hawke.
May 8, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I love this idea. I’m going to try and throw my hat in the ring :)
Awesome that Robin made the grade.
May 9, 2008 at 9:57 am
I’m amused that the two posters have two different Robins. Is he wearing a tuxedo T-shirt in the second poster?
I really like the all-black version of the second poster–it’s a nice contrast to Hughes’ original poster, with the women all in white. Is there a way you could link it to the front page, Johanna? It needs to be seen by folks who don’t read the comments.
Man, I wish I could draw. :-/
May 9, 2008 at 11:47 am
Rob, yes, that’s a tuxedo T-shirt in the second version.
May 9, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I love Billy’s stiffness in the first one.
For black DC Heroes - John Irons, Black Lightning, Cyborg, Mister Terrific
Hispanic is harder, ’cause they’re usually drawn white. Kyle Rayner qualifies, though.
I can’t think of much for Asian, Native American or Middle Eastern.
May 9, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I really love this, really–I hope you get a lot of entries, and can make a gallery. I do however have to debate the idea that Jaime Reyes doesn’t have enough character yet for formal wear. In fact a few weeks ago I blogged about how I want to ask him to prom. Even though he’s fictional, and I’m 31. But still. Blue Beetle, in a modified blue leisure suit. Think about it.
May 10, 2008 at 5:45 pm
ewwww… too much polyester! :)
Thanks to Rob’s suggestion, I’ve edited the post to show both of Jeff’s images.
May 10, 2008 at 8:30 pm
“Great job Paul!”
Thanks Jeff. You too.
May 13, 2008 at 7:39 am
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