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Choose a superhero comic style book for CO

reiwulfreiwulf Posts: 442 Arc User
in Champions Online Discussion
If you could choose any superhero comic book style that CO could be made after, trying to get the overall feel and the aesthetic of it (at least what could be done from a 2d to a 3d environnement). what comic book would you choose?
I don't mean it has to follow the story of it, or have any of the characters of it; but the overall tone (more serious or lighter) and try to emulate the look of it.

I would choose "All new x-men" I've always loved Bendis and Immonen (I know Bendis has quite his share of detractors) and I'd love for CO to follow the tone of it and the graphical style of it.

Here's a small sample of it.


what about you? Try to post a screenshot of it so we can have an idea on how it looks.
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  • championshewolfchampionshewolf Posts: 4,375 Arc User
    reiwulf said:

    I've always loved Bendis

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  • reiwulfreiwulf Posts: 442 Arc User
    I expected some suggestion, not only a hate reply.
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  • cynicoolcynicool Posts: 160 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    Suggestions? Hate reply? Two for one!

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  • reiwulfreiwulf Posts: 442 Arc User
    that actually looks pretty nice, it's a very interesting art style.
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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    1st issues of Robert Kirkman's Invincible.​​
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  • squirrelloidsquirrelloid Posts: 869 Arc User
    Claremont era X-Men story/theme-wise. As far as an artist.. hmm... As tempting as it is to say Byrne, I'm actually going to go with John Romita Jr. ~UXM 180s or so
  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    reiwulf said:

    I expected some suggestion, not only a hate reply.

    You post Bendis you gotta expect hate.

    I think Champions MMO captures the cheesy late 70s early 80s feel of of PnP rather well. Both have this Spiderman and his Amazing friends feel to it.



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  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Posts: 447 Arc User
    Not sure who did the art, but I actually really like the art on the original Champs box:


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  • nextnametakennextnametaken Posts: 2,212 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    I wish there was a Bill Sienkiewicz shader to flip on.
    I suppose some the aura combinations can give that hallucinating schizophrenia feel.

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    An average day in Champions online. If the comic book outline was a Terry Austin ink shader I'd be thrilled. See the devs in the upper left?New mutants special edition 1 cover
  • reiwulfreiwulf Posts: 442 Arc User
    new mutants is also awesome. and that more serious champions posters looks pretty cool too.
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  • biffsmackwellbiffsmackwell Posts: 4,739 Arc User
    Can I cheat?


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  • iamruneiamrune Posts: 965 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    I'm a huge Mark Bagley Fan.. Did you know he was one of the guys that 'won' the first Marvel Super Hero Try-out Book thing for Penciler?

    ...Along with Doug Hazlewood as Inker. Bagley obviously list John Byrne and Manga / Anime as an major influence on his style, but his clean lines just really show action well, and he carries emotion in faces well too.



    And I'd go for the tone established and maintained in the Thunderbolts first run, maybe with a touch of the fun and excitement of the Runaways tossed in.
  • beezeezebeezeeze Posts: 927 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    Duh, Jack Kirby.


    Thunderbolts and Old Campions pnp art notwithstanding.


    Justice like lightning!

    I was all about the thunderbolts at one point...


    Even still...Kirby is the correct answer.





















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  • cynicoolcynicool Posts: 160 Arc User
    Okay, I'll go Kirby if I get my flying skis travel power.​​
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  • beezeezebeezeeze Posts: 927 Arc User
    Nevermind the technicalities...Just look at that!

    That is the stuff super heroes are made from.

  • piotrtiberiuspiotrtiberius Posts: 8 Arc User
    Perez. Here's an example of his work.


  • reiwulfreiwulf Posts: 442 Arc User
    oh that is the 90s in all its glory XD
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  • tigerofcachticetigerofcachtice Posts: 552 Arc User
    I'd choose Frank Miller. Not because I want to, but because I'm compelled.










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  • reiwulfreiwulf Posts: 442 Arc User
    that quite a comic!
    and yeah, I was just reading about nextwave and saw it's by Immonen, that explains it :D
    also my favorite colorist at the moment is probably Marte Gracia, it makes me want to draw whenever i see his art.
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  • beezeezebeezeeze Posts: 927 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    reiwulf said:

    oh that is the 90s in all its glory XD

    Perez was more of an 80s guy... as in he pretty much defined the style of DC in the 80s, and he continued working through the 90s and beyond. (and still does as far as I know!)

  • reiwulfreiwulf Posts: 442 Arc User
    Ah, I see. that pic looks a bit more 90s by the coloring though, also DC and marvel joined forces in the 90's (If I remember correctly)
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  • iamruneiamrune Posts: 965 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    reiwulf said:

    Ah, I see. that pic looks a bit more 90s by the coloring though, also DC and marvel joined forces in the 90's (If I remember correctly)

    Yeah, it's from Avengers/JLA, a wonderful 4 part crossover. George Perez would actually be my second choice here, and he's been active in the Comics industry from the late seventies on to the present. I remember the first time I noticed his artwork on an issue of the Fantastic Four, and my older brother thought it 'sucked' while I was instantly enamored. He couldn't get over the change in style from Rich Buckler. [Rich was a pretty outstanding artist in his own right by the way, but the technology of the time really limited how much of his art got to shine through. Google him!]


    Rich Buckler example, Bronze Age Marvel

    John Byrne would be my third choice, but his best known style is fairly similar to Bagley. Not his fault, Bagley emulates him somewhat.

    Kirby would be my number five, but only because I think the game already does a pretty spectacular job of emulating Kirby's style now.
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  • moxiedangermoxiedanger Posts: 189 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    Champions Online doesn't seem to take itself very seriously, and has a fairly cartoonish visual style. So I'd go with either of these creative combos:

    Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (previous collaboration: Young Avengers volume 2)

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    or, Matt Fraction and Mike Allred (previous collaboration: FF)

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    (+1 to Fraction for the Kree Sentry's dialogue)
    (and an extra +1 for Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.; what a fun book)



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  • reiwulfreiwulf Posts: 442 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    you had me at young avengers XD I can't resist a white haired hot guy in shorts (shorts not in the pic)
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  • cynicoolcynicool Posts: 160 Arc User
    Man. We need an upvote button. Moxie's got good recommendations.​​
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  • moxiedangermoxiedanger Posts: 189 Arc User
    Moxie reads entirely too many comics.
  • splosionssplosions Posts: 37 Cryptic Developer
    moxiedanger said:

    Champions Online doesn't seem to take itself very seriously, and has a fairly cartoonish visual style. So I'd go with either of these creative combos:

    Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie

    We keep trying for "Phonogram" and missing. Maybe "Wic+Div"?
    ;)

    (That said, Gillen actually wrote some lovely coverage of the game, including an interview with Arkayne, during his pre-Marvel life at Rock-Paper-Shotgun).
  • sistersiliconsistersilicon Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    splosions said:

    We keep trying for "Phonogram" and missing. Maybe "Wic+Div"?
    ;)

    Now that you mention it, Prime could totally pull off a Badb Halloween costume. (A Wic+Div CC would be a room full of Lucies anyway.)
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  • moxiedangermoxiedanger Posts: 189 Arc User
    splosions said:

    moxiedanger said:

    Champions Online doesn't seem to take itself very seriously, and has a fairly cartoonish visual style. So I'd go with either of these creative combos:

    Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie

    We keep trying for "Phonogram" and missing. Maybe "Wic+Div"?
    ;)

    (That said, Gillen actually wrote some lovely coverage of the game, including an interview with Arkayne, during his pre-Marvel life at Rock-Paper-Shotgun).
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  • moxiedangermoxiedanger Posts: 189 Arc User
    sistersilicon said:

    splosions said:

    We keep trying for "Phonogram" and missing. Maybe "Wic+Div"?
    ;)

    (A Wic+Div CC would be a room full of Lucies anyway.)
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  • roughbearmattachroughbearmattach Posts: 4,784 Arc User
    I loved the work of Bill Willingham back in the day. He wrote and did the artwork for Elementals, and also worked on Justice Machine, both from Comico.

    To be fair, this isn't too different from the current style, though faces are done differently.

    This cover showcases both groups:


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