Long-time Marvel artist Stuart Immonen To Act As Guest Judge
They're
the first family of comic superheroes, and the first truly nuclear
family in history; they're the Fantastic Four. Created by Jack Kirby
and Stan Lee, the F.F. rang in their fiftieth year last year with Reed
finally growing into that greying hair he's always had. In modern
comics, the team (and the title) are have been floating in one of the
most critically acclaimed runs since the original days of Stan and Jack,
and to celebrate the team and their tenure Project: Rooftop
is taking them in in our next redesign contest. "Fantastic Four:
Fashion Forward" is a Project: Rooftop contest giving artists worldwide
the chance to redesign this super-hero family in a friendly competition
for honor, recognition and just plain fun.
"The
Fantastic Four have been high on our list of heroes to celebrate here
at Project: Rooftop for years," says site co-founder and comics
journalist Chris Arrant. "Now seems like the perfect time to honor these
four timeless creations and the two men who created them 51 years
ago."
For
this ambitious contest (Project: Rooftop's first team contest), P:R's
staff will be joined by a very special guest to judge the entries: Stuart Immonen, artist of Fear Itself, New Avengers, Nextwave and creator-owned projects such as Moving Pictures, Shockrockets and Superstar: As Seen On TV. For the Richards & Co., Immonen has illustrated them in runs on both Fantastic Four and Ultimate Fantastic Four.
Project: Rooftop has long admired his work and featured critiques of
his superhero design on multiple occasions, and Project: Rooftop was in
fact launched back on March 14, 2006 with a original redesign of Marvel's Black Widow Immonen contributed.
Entries
for "Fantastic Four: Fashion Forward" should redesign the original
four members of the Fantastic Four: Mister Fantastic, the Invisible
Girl, the Thing and the Human Torch. Any entries including other
characters or missing these four will be discarded. All entries must be
received by July 31, 2012 at midnight EST. As usual, check our guidelines, include your name and website, and send your art as an attachment in jpg, png, or gif format to projectrooftop@gmail.com.
Thanks to Daniel Irizarri for designing our contest logo!
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Project: Rooftop (http://www.projectrooftop.com)
is where cartoonists and illustrators bring their costume design
skills to task in tribute to the superheroes and villains we've grown
up with. This site is intended to promote the idea of superhero costume
redesigning as a skill, specific to superhero media. We also aim to
foster continued interest for these amazing characters and spotlight
up-and-coming creators.
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