Welcome to the thirdGraphic Violence Presents: Create a Super Hero/Villain contest!
The Theme for the third contest is: INSPIRED BY MYTHS AND LEGENDS!. Myths and legends is a very broad category spanning pretty much all of human civilization. So you've got options! You can make heroes or villains.
Here are THE RULES:
Follow basic rules of the forums. That means no porn, no use of things like the N-bomb, etc. Check the rules thread for basic ideas.
All entries must be able to fit in the character limit of a single post. That's more than enough space.
Link to images over 200k. Make thumbnails if you have to.
You can make two entries. If you do, one must be a hero, and one must be a villain. We'll have separate polls for each.
And here are some GUIDELINES:
Your entry should contain the following:
The name of your hero or villain.
A drawing and/or description of the appearance of your hero or villain.
An origin story and/or biography of your character.
Powers and abilities, etc.
You aren't required to include all of these categories, and you may add more, but these should work as basic guidelines.
The deadline for entries is tentatively scheduled for Monday, September 21st before 11:59 PM Central time.
BONUS FOR THOSE WHO SUCK AT ART
Here's a link to HeroMachine, where you can do simplified hero designs. It ain't perfect, but it'll do!
I was working on this a few weeks ago and ended up getting distracted. Instead of an inspired hero/villain, I came up with a mythic framework that basically boils down to a Red Heat-style story only instead of Belushi and Schwarzenegger in Chicago hunting a Russian gangster it's Puck and a Chinese fox spirit hunting down a changeling snakehead in Hong Kong. With special guest appearance by St. Michael as the Yelling Boss.
That's not for this anymore. But I felt like sharing because when the idea finally jelled I was so giddy with excitement I could hardly stand it. That I wanted to share because, well, I haven't had an idea like that in a long, long time.
Does the myth or legend need to be a real one? Or can it be a made up one?
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AntimatterDevo Was RightGates of SteelRegistered Userregular
edited September 2009
I present to you:THE MANTICORPS! Origins:A secret agency by the name of C.H.I.R.O.N. has created a special breed of metahuman to keep Earth safe, be it from terrestrial or extraterrestrial threats.
Powers:These metahumans have been granted DNA from various species before they were "born" in the hatchery. No Manticorps member has the exact same combination of DNA, but there is one ability they all have: Fire Breath.
In a world gone mad, the people cry out for a hero! They call out for a leader! They call out for a bastion of sheer damn manliness! They call out for…
Theodore F’N Roosevelt
Called from the past by the last surviving member of the Bull Moose Party, Theodore Roosevelt is here to guide America through its toughest times, “To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."
And he does that by KICKING THEIR ASS!
And how you ask?
BY BEING ABLE TO BRING THE PAIN~!
Roosevelt had a lifelong interest in pursuing what he called, in an 1899 speech, "the strenuous life." To this end, he exercised regularly and took up boxing, tennis, hiking, rowing, polo, and horseback riding. As governor of New York, he boxed with sparring partners several times a week, a practice he regularly continued as President until one blow detached his left retina, leaving him blind in that eye (a fact not made public until many years later). Thereafter, he practiced judo attaining a third degree brown belt and continued his habit of skinny-dipping in the Potomac River during winter
BY BEING TOO MANLY FOR BULLETS~!
“a saloonkeeper named John Schrank shot him, but the bullet lodged in his chest only after penetrating both his steel eyeglass case and passing through a thick (50 pages) single-folded copy of the speech he was carrying in his jacket.[60] Roosevelt, as an experienced hunter and anatomist, correctly concluded that since he wasn't coughing blood, the bullet had not completely penetrated the chest wall to his lung, and so declined suggestions he go to the hospital immediately. Instead, he delivered his scheduled speech with blood seeping into his shirt He spoke for ninety minutes. His opening comments to the gathered crowd were, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.” Afterwards, probes and X-ray showed that the bullet had traversed three inches (76 mm) of tissue and lodged in Roosevelt's chest muscle but did not penetrate the pleura, and it would be more dangerous to attempt to remove the bullet than to leave it in place. Roosevelt carried it with him for the rest of his life.
BY HUNTING WHOLE MUSEUMS WORTH OF ANIMALS~!
All told, Roosevelt and his companions killed or trapped over 11,397 animals, from insects and moles to hippopotamuses and elephants. 512 of the animals were big game animals, including six rare white rhinos. 262 of these were consumed by the expedition. Tons of salted animals and their skins were shipped to Washington; the quantity was so large that it took years to mount them all, and the Smithsonian was able to share many duplicate animals with other museums.
Don’t call him Teddy!
He’s…
Theodore F’N Roosevelt
Seriously, 9/10 of this is stuff on wikipedia. But DAMN reading through the entry is ri-goddamn-diculous and he would totally work as a Captain America/Nick Fury character. Tell me he wouldn’t! You can’t.
teddy roosevelt is actually my favorite president. there's quite an engaging biography series written about him, starting with the rise of theodore roosevelt.
Seriously, 9/10 of this is stuff on wikipedia. But DAMN reading through the entry is ri-goddamn-diculous and he would totally work as a Captain America/Nick Fury character. Tell me he wouldn’t! You can’t.
Man, PM me a description. I've got eight hours to kill at work every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening, so if you can get me something in before this evening, I'll draw it.
TLB I don't need to fight for your affection for I've got better things to do like watch Glee okay
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edited September 2009
Sometimes, man forgets what it is to obey the first law of the gods: do unto others as you would have done unto you. In times of great discord and villainy, a champion is chosen to uphold this law, delivering punishment commensurate with the crime committed.
Alexander Talionis was on his way home from work as a public defender when he was accosted by a gang of skinheads on the subway. He was brutally beaten and left for dead. Bleeding and wavering in and out of consciousness, a radiant figure appeared and offered him the chance to right not only the wrong done to him, but to others as well. He accepted, and was granted the mantle of Hammurabi, champion of justice.
Kettu, the emissary of Shamash, the god of justice, instructs Hammurabi on where to find criminals who require punishment. As befits the law, each form of retribution is unique to the crime. He is as strong as ten men and unmatched in hand to hand combat. He is also able to convey the emotional experience of the victims to the criminals such that they empathically feel it as if they were experiencing it themselves.
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That's not for this anymore. But I felt like sharing because when the idea finally jelled I was so giddy with excitement I could hardly stand it. That I wanted to share because, well, I haven't had an idea like that in a long, long time.
Origins:A secret agency by the name of C.H.I.R.O.N. has created a special breed of metahuman to keep Earth safe, be it from terrestrial or extraterrestrial threats.
Powers:These metahumans have been granted DNA from various species before they were "born" in the hatchery. No Manticorps member has the exact same combination of DNA, but there is one ability they all have: Fire Breath.
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Theodore F’N Roosevelt
Called from the past by the last surviving member of the Bull Moose Party, Theodore Roosevelt is here to guide America through its toughest times, “To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."
And he does that by KICKING THEIR ASS!
And how you ask?
BY BEING ABLE TO BRING THE PAIN~!
Don’t call him Teddy!
He’s…
Theodore F’N Roosevelt
Seriously, 9/10 of this is stuff on wikipedia. But DAMN reading through the entry is ri-goddamn-diculous and he would totally work as a Captain America/Nick Fury character. Tell me he wouldn’t! You can’t.
I love Teddy, but is he really a legend?
It doesn't really seem to fit the theme
I'm not sure if he's a legend per se...
but damn that was a sweet pitch MarkGoodhart
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I need someone to draw EL CHUPACABRA: ACE DETECTIVE
that is the extent of the teamup
someone drawing me EL CHUPACABRA: ACE DETECTIVE
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Faynor still sucks
Sometimes, man forgets what it is to obey the first law of the gods: do unto others as you would have done unto you. In times of great discord and villainy, a champion is chosen to uphold this law, delivering punishment commensurate with the crime committed.
Alexander Talionis was on his way home from work as a public defender when he was accosted by a gang of skinheads on the subway. He was brutally beaten and left for dead. Bleeding and wavering in and out of consciousness, a radiant figure appeared and offered him the chance to right not only the wrong done to him, but to others as well. He accepted, and was granted the mantle of Hammurabi, champion of justice.
Kettu, the emissary of Shamash, the god of justice, instructs Hammurabi on where to find criminals who require punishment. As befits the law, each form of retribution is unique to the crime. He is as strong as ten men and unmatched in hand to hand combat. He is also able to convey the emotional experience of the victims to the criminals such that they empathically feel it as if they were experiencing it themselves.
I love it. I absolutely fucking love this even more than my idea.
Also I have a hell of a lot of work to do if I really want to get in on this one
this is the first sentence of his origin:
Juan Chupacabra used to be a cop, but cattle mutilations, missing livestock, and petty larceny forced him to turn in his badge and gun.
so was teddy roosevelt
and in my mythos all such guys are called hammurabi, that dude wasn't the first or the last
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Let's never fight again.
Meanwhile... Damn. I'm feeling kind of fucked already between this and T f'ing R.
man the chupacabra lives down here
sucking the blood out of all our goats
And I still need to get my ass in gear on this other story.
also damnit quoth you need to keep a better eye on your goats
what is wrong with you
Mothman rules
i am scared of the dark
Mothman showed up in one town for a year
Dogman's been around since 1938 and keeps showing up around the state
ain't no movie about him starring Kevin Costner
yet
dangit
you'll never join the midnight society at this rate
but my membership to the noon brigade is all but assured!