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The Phantom declared undisputed King of GRIM AND GRITTY

post #1 of 16
5/7/10 at 11:53pm
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His costume is blood.

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Ross...om-100507.html

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post #2 of 16
5/8/10 at 12:53pm
On a continent with such an enormous problem with HIV/AIDS that just isn't a very wise fashion decision, Mr. Phantom. The Ghost Who Walks...with AIDS!!!
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post #3 of 16
5/8/10 at 1:24pm
Blood aside, what a fucking dumb costume. Loincloth with a belt/holster, and boots? Yeah you're real cool, buddy.
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post #4 of 16
5/8/10 at 4:34pm
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He also has Batman movie costume EYE BLACK!
It looks like he's on some kind of fucked up jungle bender.
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post #5 of 16
5/8/10 at 4:50pm
They reeeaaalllyyy need to stop letting Alex Ross design characters, he is fucking terrible at it.
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post #6 of 16
5/8/10 at 4:57pm
Does he have his guns pointed at two other dudes off page, but he's staring at you in the middle? Or is it just you, and he's all like, "look at my fuckin' guns!"?
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post #7 of 16
5/8/10 at 5:03pm
Maybe the blood's magical and forms a costume, or something....wait, thats a symbiote, and much worse.
Billy Zane wouldnt approve , thats for sure.
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post #8 of 16
5/8/10 at 5:14pm
Jesus, I need to borrow Treat Williams' microscope after looking at that.
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post #9 of 16
5/16/10 at 11:40pm
So his costume is blood? Wow, what a fucking genius Alex Ross is. At least he's not just taking some old design and passing it off as something new

Good thing it never rains in the jungle, or else the Phantom would just be some guy wearing leather boots and a loin cloth and look completely retarded. Oh wait, it always rains in the jungle, which means the Phantom is an idiot.
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post #10 of 16
5/16/10 at 11:51pm
As a lifelong fan of the entire Walker clan let me just say what... the... fuck.

Someone will get the Phantom right in the modern age, surely. Someone has to.
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post #11 of 16
5/17/10 at 4:18am
Plus, the perspective on his right leg is wonky, and he's clearly been photoshopped onto the tree branch from another drawing.

The title of this book may be more accurate than they'd intended.
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post #12 of 16
5/17/10 at 4:30am
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post
As a lifelong fan of the entire Walker clan let me just say what... the... fuck.

Someone will get the Phantom right in the modern age, surely. Someone has to.
"Phantom 2040" was as close as we got, and that was set in the future.
I loved that show.
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post #13 of 16
6/28/10 at 12:43pm
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lol Turns out the bloody look is a REALISM thing! Wearing clothes in the jungle doesn't make sense, but covering yourself in blood and berry juice does.
This will be the first Phantom to be eaten alive by bugs or die of Malaria before he can SLAM EVIL.

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At the other end of the redesign spectrum stands Ross' unique reinvention of the appearance of King Feature Syndicate's classic "Ghost Who Walks" for "The Last Phantom." The stained look of the hero recently licensed by Dynamite came from a practical consideration, both in terms of the story and Dynamite's plans for the character. "Why would anybody be wearing garments that were heavy and restrictive in the African jungle?" laughed Ross. "That's where the whole bodypaint thinking came into mind. If you take your Tarzan archetypal figure and have him go take a big wine bath with crushed berries or dripping blood – any way that you could smear this person all over with this red-violet color – that causes him to have a striking presence. Obviously, the color purple doesn't equal justice or violence or something subconscious, but this dripping effect has an impactful feeling. He's basically like Sissy Spacek coming out of that scene in 'Carrie' where she's dumped with pig's blood."
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post #14 of 16
6/28/10 at 4:08pm
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Jesus, I need to borrow Treat Williams' microscope after looking at that.
YESSS!

I really dug that flick. Shame it never got a sequel.

I don't mind the warpaint approach. But berries and blood? He'd have more flies on him than all the Sally Struthers sponsor child commercial combined.
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post #15 of 16
6/29/10 at 12:41am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Blood aside, what a fucking dumb costume. Loincloth with a belt/holster, and boots? Yeah you're real cool, buddy.
Hey it worked for Connery in ZARDOZ!
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post #16 of 16
6/29/10 at 11:35am
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Originally Posted by JacknifeJohnny View Post
Does he have his guns pointed at two other dudes off page, but he's staring at you in the middle? Or is it just you, and he's all like, "look at my fuckin' guns!"?
He's hunting raptors.
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