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Denfeld redesigns the DC universe

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03:50 / 25.01.06

I was recently not asked to update and redesign some of DC's greatest characters. I will share them here. Inspired by a Blog craze earlier in the month, I present Batgirl.

03:51 / 25.01.06

And Batgirl's boyfriend, smiling swashbuckling The Batman!

Phex: Dorset Doom

03:58 / 25.01.06

With a grey Lightsabre!?! This is a bold new direction for this tired and lifeless character who, let's face it, is hardly relevant to the DCU.

04:06 / 25.01.06

Their son, the wild boy wonder, Robin!

04:18 / 25.01.06

A darker Superman, for a darker time. But with a great big smile nonetheless!

04:24 / 25.01.06

The Atom! With brand new superguns, mini-nuclear rocket grenades, and battle tank!

P. Horus Rhacoid

04:38 / 25.01.06

Robin should be applauded for cleverly incorporating his lopsided torso into his costume, rather than trying to hide it through, say, excessive amounts of body armor with molded rubber nipples. He is an inspiration to people with R-shaped bodies everywhere and with him, DC strikes a welcome blow for equality among body shapes.

Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo

04:47 / 25.01.06

Why does Robin look like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? Are you going for faux 80's nostalgia?

Besides, none of these characters matter. No DC characters matter unless they are part of The New Gods.

04:51 / 25.01.06

Robin easily becomes New Miracleman design by making the R into an M.

04:51 / 25.01.06

Or Mr. Miracle.

05:47 / 25.01.06

What about Green Arrow, Denfield?

06:18 / 25.01.06

I had some hack do a little line work on this one, but it's mostly my vision.

Haus of Mystery

12:24 / 25.01.06

Don't like that one. Sorry.

12:33 / 25.01.06

The eyes are good. But that's about it.

13:11 / 25.01.06

does he have to be green?

16:56 / 25.01.06

Dunc, what do you think of his insignia?

17:15 / 25.01.06

I think there should be a G on one breast and an A on the other. What's his name? 'Green'?

Sorry, doesn't work for me. Obviously the lettering's top-notch, if a little formalistic.

17:17 / 25.01.06

Or maybe, we could have A's on the tips of all the arrows? The man is green, here are his arrows, that sort of thing.

17:52 / 25.01.06

I think he should have a hat in the shape of an arrow.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

17:55 / 25.01.06

Or there should be an arrow through his hat.

18:00 / 25.01.06

I don't think so. He is the master of arrows, an arrow through his hat would look like someone shot him with an arrow and hit. That is not possible.

He. Is. The. Master. Of. Arrows. Tru. Fax.

18:01 / 25.01.06

Denfield, do Green Arrow with the Arrow Hat.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

18:19 / 25.01.06

No, stupidhead, it would look like he was so hard he shot himself through his own hat.

Denfloid, do the hat with the arrow through it.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

18:25 / 25.01.06

Try one with an arrow hat, one with a hat shaped like an A. See which one works best, and banish the other to a different Earth! Later they can fight.

With arrows.

And hats.

It'll be like that bit in For A Few Dollars More.

Only with arrows.

19:48 / 25.01.06

How about he wears an arrow with a hat through it? OR! He fires arrows with little hats on the end. Why? To dress the wounds.

19:58 / 25.01.06

we must stop being children and see that the arrow has it the mature. the arrow hat is a direction. it is forward to the future.

it is purpose AND THE FUTURE for all MASTERS OF ARROWS.

DENFIELD ARROW HAT

20:21 / 25.01.06

Terrific work, Jack. However, the Atom's redesign just doesn't have that...you know...oomph. I feel he'd be much improved by a third (cybernetic) arm protruding from his solar plexus, a pomeranian in a mask patterned after the Atom's own (we could call him Ion, the Atom-Hound), a squad of at least ten Atomettes (this would be a cheerleading squad comprised of girls fourteen to seventeen years of age, most with braces, all perpetually smiling and shouting words of encouragement to the Atom as they go through their energetic routines), the AtomVan (a battlevan), and three floating, telepathic blue whales who are the Atom's friends. Please correct and repost your otherwise awesome concept drawing.

P. Horus Rhacoid

20:34 / 25.01.06

On the hat/arrow debate I have to agree with MC. If there is an arrow through his hat it obviously means that he SHOT IT AROUND THE ENTIRE WORLD AND STILL MANAGED TO HIT HIS TARGET. How is this even up for debate?

20:36 / 25.01.06

Yeah, that's well and good if you're dealing with silly things like Asterix, but NOT with the ultra-serious and IMPORTANT DC Universe!!!

ARROW HAT. GREEN. DENFELD. GREEN DENFELD ARROW HAT, WITH AN A.

20:39 / 25.01.06

Also, Green Arrow does not have superpowers, as any fule no, and therefore the suggestion he could shoot an arrow round the world into his own hat would be a spurious boast, likely leading to hubris.

Heyyy.... I might have a story idea there!!

20:42 / 25.01.06

Oh, God. Triple post, and I just found out hubris doesn't mean what I thought. Bollocks.

'A hubristic boast leading to a fall.' Yeah.

20:49 / 25.01.06

yes he does not have powers he has a MASTERY OF ARROWS which is a skillz but not a powers.

how will an arrow through his hat take him forward as a person and a character IT GIVES NO DIRECTION TO PURPOSE?

21:34 / 25.01.06

he could shoot an arrow round the world if he had a frictionless arrow and a tracking satellite, though.
maybe a special hat to catch it too.

he's a billionaire in his spare time, so i'm sure he could swing it.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

21:47 / 25.01.06

The arrow went round the world and just as it was coming back it took a tiny nick out of the earlobe of an innocent curly-haired CHILD. The child was about to fall off a bridge and on a railway /antimatter device but the force exerted by the arrow was just sufficient to knock the child back to saftey BUT Green Arrow decided that the horrors of what might have happened cannot be allowed to get ignored by him ever so he wears the arrow in his hat for permanent.

Or OR! the arrow went so fucking fast it went into a Mirror Dimension and came back again reversed and in the instant it re-emerged Green Arrow saw a vision of an Evil Green Arrow from the Mirror Dimension WHICH HE COULD SO EASILY BECOME (if he got hubrised).

Either way the arrow in the hat gives PURPOSE TO DIRECTION.

22:15 / 25.01.06

Can I tell you? Can I tell you? Because I had this awesome idea for a Green Arrow pitch. It has to do with the true purpose and origin of Green Arrow's fearsome arrowing skills. You know how the Kaos Majickians use the star with the eight arrows coming out of it? That makes Green Arrow a Kaos Magickian, and he is Green because he is a Wicca Warlock, and the arrows are the materialization of his Will. When he shoots an arrow it has a spell on it, which is usually that a bank robber should get stapled to a wall, or a cloud of gas should make a supervillain throw up, but really it can do anything he Wills it to. This is why Green Arrow is a bigger badass than Batman and Superman together--he is hella rich (Batman), he has fearsome skills (Batman), and he can do anything (Superman). But he plays it cool an no one knows, because he is a decent, caring guy and doesn't want to embarrass his friends Batman and Superman, and.

So, Jack, you need to make his hat like a visor that goes all the way around his head and has 8 arrows shooting out of it.

I really like the new, dark Superman.

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