Comments on: The Human Fly by J.S. Kociuba

By: steve flint

steve flint — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:45:12 +0000

Rick Rojatt was his name whereabouts now as big a mystery as he created in the 70′s with his stunt,comic book persona. The rework is beautifully reverential and light and some how manages to be contempory and retro at same time,not easy to achieve so brief surpassed i would say, well done!

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:56:44 +0000

The Six-Million Dollar Man comparison caught my eye immediately and I couldn’t help but think of just how appropriate this redesign really is.
Y’see, Lee Majors was also the star of The Fall Guy. For those who don’t know, that was a TV show where Majors played a stuntman.
Intentional or not, a nice homage all the same.

By: Pete Bangs

Pete Bangs — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:55:31 +0000

I just saw the photo of the “real” Human Fly on Warren Ellis.com and it brought back so many memories I googled for more and found this. The redesign is very very sweet. It catches the Stuntman vibe perfectly.

By: kalorama

kalorama — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:10:19 +0000

I remember this book from when I was a kid. It was dumb as a bag of rocks but fun.

I like the design. I think it reflects the character’s nature as a stuntman more than any kind of super hero. It’s bright, eye-catching, and functional. The cape adds a dash of flare, but he’d probably take it off before he actually did anything dangerous.

By: Darren Calvert

Darren Calvert — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:47:02 +0000

I think this could actually go over really well. I like the lighter footwear, it makes him look quick and acrobatic to me. I like the short cape and luchador mask for flair combined with the practical jumpsuit.

It does seem strange to me that the character is named “The Human Fly” when there is nothing remotely fly-like about his costume and his emblem is a rocket.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:14:58 +0000

It looks great. I loved that old Human Fly series, so seeing this made me smile.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:19:53 +0000

He looks like the Six Million Dollar Man (Steve Austin) with a luchador mask and cape.

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By: Joel Priddy

Joel Priddy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:40:11 +0000

The great/ridiculous thing about the comics version of this character is that, after an accident, doctors replaced his entire skeleton with stainless steel! Which, somehow, helped him to do stuff.

It may be that the real version of the Human Fly also had a stainless steel skeleton, and this is why he hasn’t been heard from since the Seventies. Because, you know, having a stainless steel skeleton would pretty much kill you.

I can’t get over the fact that this guy looks like the Danish flag. But I like the mix of casual sports gear and mask and cape. I especially like the flared design around the eye-holes. The shoes probably need to be a bit more substantive. These look like slip-ons, and if you’re clinging to the side of a skyscraper, you don’t want ‘em slipping off. And it might be nice to incorporate some standard stunt tools-of-the-trade into the costume (whatever those might be: suction sups? carabiners?).

By: Dean Trippe

Dean Trippe — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:34:50 +0000

I dig the simplicity, though I’m not that familiar with the character, other than knowing the name. I like the cape, and really dig the gloves. I think the stuntman vibe could be punched up a bit with some piping on the jacket and maybe some knee-pad sections on the pants. Cool stuff, though. (And, of course, it matches the P:R color scheme…)