Hey Everyone! Warren Ellis wants you to reimagine Superman

[shavedwookie]

Warren Ellis, often challenges readers of his blog to come up with their own art designs for different subjects. This week he put out a challenge to design a cover for a comic titled "Superman #1".

" You are an artist/designer. You have to put together the cover for a comic called SUPERMAN. It is issue 1 of this book. You have been told that Superman is a man who dresses predominantly in a shade of blue, and wears a red S symbol. You know nothing else about the character. The cover must include a logo and the text THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE DARING EXPLOITS OF THE ONE AND ONLY SUPERMAN. And that's it. It's up to you what kind of company you're at. What kind of comics you make. How you translate that description of Superman. What era you're in. Who you are, even. Go nuts with it. You have one week. Go.

check out some art already submitted http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=8704 and http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/c...ID=7801&page=1


















These are some of the better ones. I know alot of you guys would be up for this so get your rears in gear.

[ManofSilver81]

Wow all of those are absolutely gorgeous! I'd buy those if I saw just their covers at the store.

[Inkthinker]

Hm. It's an interesting proposal. With only 3 elements (predominantly blue, red S, "Superman"), it's basically asking you to interpret the term and apply that to the sort of comic you want to do, whatever that might be. It's not so much re-imagining the traditional character as it is an exercise in introspective interpretation. What does your take on those three elements say about you?

Plus, it lets folks see where your strengths lie. Some of these guys appear to be graphic design majors.

[Aurelius]

The contest sounds fun. It is more like recreating Superman in a vaccum (which is tough).
Although I do not advocate Nazism, it would be kind of fun to see a Nazi version of Superman being beaten up by an American soldier. It would kind of work considering the Nazis perverted some of Nietzsche's ideas of the "super-man".

[Inkthinker]

Hmmm... casting him as the villain. Puts a twist on "daring exploits". Could be interesting, it's definitely different. "Outside the box", so to speak.

[malachimanson]

Not a bad Idea. As long as they don't ***** out of it and turn him good at the end. You make Lex the hero a Soldier who finds a way to harm this Super Nazi and makes it his mission to take out the most dangerous weapon the Nazi's have. THE MAN OF STEEL.