Comments on: Darkhawk by Joel Carroll

By: collinevan

collinevan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:00:10 +0000

I love some of the real classic looks. Less is more I guess. It’s very sleek.

By: Reno

Reno — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:45:49 +0000

The streamlining effect is a bit similar to the Shadowhawk redesign a while back…

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/s/shadowhawk2.jpg

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:26:25 +0000

why does he have Wolverine claws, seriously? shouldn’t they be more hawk like… just a thought.

By: Chad Raymond

Chad Raymond — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:05:09 +0000

Mmm… my favorite bit is the helm. I’m getting further and further away from spandex with my tastes, and Darkhawk’s is the kind of character who could use a Swamp Thing style Anatomy Lesson.

I know reimagining a character in its entirety is outide the parameters of the project, but I would have liked to have seen more strange alien shapes like the helmet, and less bodysuit.

Still, I love the streamlining of the essential armor/supersuit, something Carroll is an expert at. While he looks wicked-cool, he resembles villains, like Stormtroopers, Foot Soldiers, Manhunters and Doombots.

By: Lea

Lea — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:38:44 +0000

It’s nice to see more Marvel characters featured. Will there be a meme/contest for a Marvel character, like with Batgirl, Wonder Woman etc.? I think that would be nice.

By: Guido Strotheide

Guido Strotheide — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:24:09 +0000

Also not sold on the helmet/mask. I just caught this version on marvel.com that's cool but maybe too simple and might not match with above costume. The helmet above does look pretty cool in the smaller drawings, though.

By: Jon McNally

Jon McNally — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:00:52 +0000

Sleek and simple, just how I likes 'em! I don't take issue with the helmet's size but its profile does to me read raven rather than hawk. Nice work, Mister Carroll!

By: Mike Valiquette

Mike Valiquette — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:03:09 +0000

Overall, I’m liking it. Looks like a good, old-fashioned, super-suit. Just not feeling the head-gear. The idea is solid, but it’s over done. The beak is too big and I just don’t dig the extensions on the sides. The rest of the suit is so streamlined, so sleek, the headgear is incongruous with the overall look of the character. Simplify.
Overall, a plus though.

By: Anodyne

Anodyne — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:30:16 +0000

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i’ve always been a huge Darkhawk fan, having discovered him when he fought Venom, my favorite comic book character of all time. Darkhawk’s Chris Powell shared my first name, so I latched onto him, but I really enjoyed him because he combined the sci-fi weirdness of my other Marvel fav, Silver Surfer, with the teenage angst of Spidey. He was basically Peter Parker as Silver Surfer via Iron Man.

I loved the Darkhawk origin story because it present the eight other original Darkhawk android bodies and their quirky designs, so seeing this redesign outdoing all the originals is impressive. The sparse black with white accents reminds me of the symbiote Spidey costume (simplifying the claw as protruding straight from the wrist is a similar change) in the stark contrast, but the third element of the amulet and the visor in red helps differentiate and enhance the uniqueness of the hawk. i love the redesign of the mouthpiece, but it’s not quite as practical as the rest of the outfit, and the heavily exaggerated bill/beak is stylish but a bit too distracting.

but then Joel proves that it all comes together with his mini-sketches, which look like they could easily come out of an animated series. and it works GREAT.

this pictures warms my heart to see one my favorite characters re-rendered. thanks, Joel. (sorry for the x-posting)

By: Ken A.

Ken A. — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:54:26 +0000

This design is very reminiscent of the costume redesign for Gatchaman '94, the Japanese original of Battle of the Planets/G-Force. If memory serves, the Japanese themselves didn't care much for the redesigns, preferring the clunkier '70's versions, but I quite liked them, and I like this muchly, too.