Suggestion Box 1: Cover Homages!
So, Heroites, Temp Month II will be starting up after our fourth storyline comes to a close. Over a four week period, I’ve be posting Hero Business comics and drawing from a series of talented creators while I gear up for our fifth exciting storyline! I’ve got some great artists lined up, and I thought I’d also involve my trusty readers as well. That’s why I’m opening up the first ever Hero Business Suggestion Box!
Here’s how it works: I provide a theme, and you the fans submit suggestions in the comments feed below. I’ll present that list to the artists and a few of them will choose from your suggestions! And those chosen will receive a nifty Hero Business swag bag.
First Suggestion Theme: Cover Homages!
Put our Hero Business cast members in famous comic book covers! Bravado and Simon on Batman #183. Trixie Templeton on Lois Lane #106. Parker (and the Hero Business office) on Uncanny X-Men #171. That sort of thing.
The homage cover for The Hero Business Collection #3 was Superman (second series) #2 by John Byrne
In addition to our cast, don’t forget about our recurring characters, too:
Glamazon: Our brazen and bawdy Brazilian amazon (also friends with Morgan)
Trixie Templeton: Bravado’s kooky and clingy reporter girlfriend
Louie The Lounge Lizard: A reformed reptilian criminal who now owns a swanky bar-lounge called ‘The Rocks”
Demonatrix: Parker’s evil mother, a powerful demon sorceress and CEO of Infernal Enterprises
Primstone: Demontrix’s devilishly flamboyant assistant
Nocurnowl: A caped crusader with way too many sidekicks over the years
The Fowlers: Nocurnowl’s steady stream of boy sidekicks (one of ’em dated Morgan, Glamazon and Hex Kitten!)
Squawk Girl: Part of the “Nocurnowl Family,” she’s an overly-driven urban vigilante
Wallflower: The mousy and overlooked member of the Femtastic Four, with control over plants
Bug Boy: A spider-themed young hero
Uberboy: A horn dog young hero who uses his X-ray vision for mischief
Crood The Conquerer: An unaculturated Barbarian hero
Amerigirl: A teen amazon with identity issues
Stiletto: A sexy and highly skilled vigilante super-heroine
JD Rivers: A bombastic hollywood director
Buddy Blathers: Comic book artist and egoist
sh1: “Super-Heroes 1”, a cable channel that’s all-super-heroes, all the time. Their show, “Week In Capes,” is hosted by four vapid TV personalities
Infernal Enterprises: An evil upstart company that specializes in Murders & Acquisitions
Ghoulrilla Marketing: a rival agency that caters to monsters and the undead
One of our Heroites has done a fabulous fan cast with most of our cast, which you can check out here!
Let the suggestions commence below!
I like the movie ones. Have you done an homage to the “The Usual Suspects” line-up shot? or even better “The Full Monty”. How about “Trainspotting”. The “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was great how about a Hitchcock (Vertigo, Psycho, North by Northwest parody)
Krood vs Bravado, on the cover of DC Presents #47
Aaaaand I spelled Crood wrong. Huzzah.
The Hero Biz heroes on the cover of Squadron Supreme #1 (1985)
Oh, this idea should be good: Put Parker, Demonatrix, and Brody on the cover to Batman #232 from 1971, the debut of Ra’s Al Ghul! It’s a Neal Adams classic!
Oh, and thanks for referencing my fancast!
How about Fantastic Four #275 with She-Hulk on the cover, or Uncanny Xmen #135 with Dark Phoenix?
Ha! I can imagine Fantastic Four #275 with Glamazon or Hex Kitten. And I can see Demonatrix on Uncanny Xmen #135.
I think an Identity Crisis #09 homage cover would be awesome, with coffee instead of blood ^.^
Identity Crisis only had 7 issues. Were you referring to the alternate cover to #1? http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=42982347368%201%203RD%20PRINT
Yes I was, I apologize ^.^
How about an homage cover to Avengers #83; the first introduction to the Lady Liberators. Have Glamazon, Hex Kitten, Wallflower, Squawk Girl, and Amerigirl lord over the fallen male cast.
Hope to see the next page posted soon. I’m starting to go into withdrawal.
I’m thinking that an homage to Fantastic Four #51 (“This Man, This Monster”) can feature Bravado conflicted over choices from his closet, with Morgan and Simon (or maybe Parker & Brody) being very concerned and/or trapped in the background.
• Giant Size X-Men #1
• X-Men #141 (very cool way to showcase your characters)
• Batman #682 (very cool color palette)
and of course…
• Kingdom Come (any cover of the graphic novel)
Bug Boy, Bravado, and the Hero Biz office crew on Damage Control (volume 1) #1
Parker in the same iconic pose as the Joker w/camera on the cover of Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke.
Action Comics #1 with Bravado and Malfactor as the scared running dude.
Bravado vs. Mike Tyson on the Superman vs. Muhammad Ali Cover. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/SvA_full.png/600px-SvA_full.png
action comics #511 with Brvado and Malefactor
Another one….Buddy Blathers (the obnoxious comic artist) as John Byrne, along with the FEMtastic four members, on the cover of Marvel Age #14
I’ve got two: Avengers: Initiative #1 with all the gang, (and hopefully more characters that have yet to debut) & Action Comics 660 – the “Death” of Luthor {there is just something so creepy about a Superman(Bravado)/Grim Reaper pastiche}.
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