I’m in the sticky midst of trying to convince the bank to toss some money my way. Because even though this is something I could very well succeed at, I don’t have that kind of money in my back pocket.  It all comes down to getting the owner to sell for a decent price and hoping the bank will agree to back me.

If this goes through, I’ll once again be jumping into the murky waters of  the corporate world. But I’m hoping it will be worth it.

You can be sure that, regardless of the outcome, I’ll fill you in when the dust settles. And then we’ll get back to trying to get some Heroes,inc done.

-Scott-

As it says… read the blog for this one.

This is just a temporary version of the final page. No text, no color, half done with some scribbled pencils still going on.

Hope to have the final up soon!

-Scott-

She was created in the 1940′s and her original costume is pretty much a generic super heroine costume from that age. The thing is unlike most other superheroes (men AND woman) of that age that have put on more sensible costumes, she hasn’t. There’s been a few attempts as you can see above, but they’ve always returned to a version of the original. I’ve never really read Wonder Woman, but even as a kid in the 70′s I thought her costume was silly.

Some of you might know about this already. It’s been all over the internet the last week or so.  J. Michael Strazinski (Babylon 5) is giving Wonder Woman a new origin story. I’m not 100% with all the details , but the main idea for the new origin seems to be that Wonder Woman grew up in the western world and didn’t find out who she really is until adulthood. So they now  have a fairly young Wonder Woman who is just finding her powers etc. JMS wanted the new costume to be less pole dancer and more down to earth. Something that can at least almost pass for street clothes. In comes artist extraordanaire Jim Lee… and pretty much hit a wall, in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, I think Jim Lee is one of the best comic book artists around. He’s not so much my favorite as when I was a teen, but still…

Anyways… This is what he came up with. Unfortunately someone forgot to tell Mr Lee that it’s now 2010. It seems he’s still living in the late 80′s. That leather jacket with the rolled up sleeves, those ugly boots… tacky 80′s.

So here’s mine:

It has the familiar color scheme.  The short skirt over her pants, the gold trimming and the style of her shoes are all throwbacks to the familiar original.   She can move around in it, fight in it, but it could still (at least in a comic book world) pass for street clothes.  And…HER HAIR IS TIED UP! I know that HUGE wavy hair is cool on super women, but it’s not practical in a fight. You either get it pulled or end up whipping yourself with it.

So far most readers haven’t been too happy with Jim Lee’s design. Most want the orginal “stripper” costume back. That’s comic geeks for you. Some have been happy with my “low-key” , practical version. Will they change her costume? More than likely. Will it go back to the original underwear version? Maybe. Will they change it to something along the lines that I’ve done? Who knows, but REMEMBER… you saw it here first!

What do you think?

-Scott-

So… the scribbled version is now replaced with the final.

*WHEW*

And we are FINALLY introduced to HER. Yes she has a name. Why is she someone who’s presence worried Lawrence? (other than her chopping everything in sight) We’ll get to that soon.

-Scott-

OKAY! I had the sketched version up for some time… here’s the finished page. So if the comments below sound weird… that’s the reason.

Be sure to check the previous page, because I added Archie’s journal to it.

-Scott-

Whoo boy!!

Got my new PC!!  Whoohoo! And damn… It’s SMALL! I guess that says a lot about how old my computer was, huh? Well, finally got this page up, but most of the text is left out for now, because doing it in Photoshop is a pain and once again it’s super late at night/morning.

Hopefully I’ll have Illustrator installed tomorrow and then I’ll do the rest of the dialogue and the notes from Archie’s journal.

This also needs the “old movie” effect done to it that I’ve used on these flashback scenes, but that can wait too.

NEXT PAGE:  Things get… messy!

-Scott-

It’s now after 1 AM and I’m trying to get this page #20  done.  I’m hoping to find a farely cheap place where I can maybe get a new computer.

Just when things were starting to pick up.

-Scott-

Quite a beginning for a book.

This is a dream that various super villains of the DC universe are having. Night after night they see the end of the world play out in their sleep. It has such a strong effect on them that Lex Luthor leads an operation to change the world. they start by creating a huge mountain of ice in the Sahara desert. The issue ends with Aquaman (my favorite character when done by Ross) being captured by The Black Manta who is then recruited by Luthor for what apparently appears to be a new League.

The first issue is basically the hook of the series. You see all this disaster eye-candy created by Krueger and Ross and then the villains who seem to be turning a new page in their lives. Your left wondering are the villains truely turning good and why are the heroes incapable of saving the world.

I’m off to start issue #2

-Scott-

Aaaah, Berlin, Germania.

And who the hell is Sanders if he freaks Danny Garret, The Blue Beetle?

He’s a cool guy, that’s who he is…

And HEY!… don’t forget to check out the blog!

-Scott-