Editor’s Note: The following redesigns of The Rocketeer are presented in honor of the character’s creator, Dave Stevens, who passed away on March 10th. Mr. Stevens’ signature character’s costume remains so exceptionally pure and memorable, it hardly warrants revision, but in honor of his life and work, we asked several of our regular contributors to send us their ideas. We present them here without criticism. More information on Dave Stevens can be found here and here. – Dean Trippe
The Rocketeer by Joel Carroll
The Rocketeer by Ming Doyle
The Rocketeer by Joel Priddy
The Rocketeer by Daniel Krall
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by Dean on March 23, 2008 Joe Quinones, P:R regular and new cover artist on Teen Titans Go!, the Johnny DC monthly based on the Teen Titans animated series, has been posting studies of the major characters (Raven, Robin, Starfire) over on his blog. His newest one, Cyborg, features a slick, but subtle, redesign of Vic’s translucent armor elements.
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by Dean on March 16, 2008 Joel Carroll‘s pal and frequent cosplayer, Kim, attended MegaCon the other week dressed in a custom Robin costume based on one of Joel’s redesigns of Stephanie Brown!
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by Dean on March 12, 2008 
Fire up your repulsor rays, designers! Project: Rooftop is teaming up with Westfield Comics for a new drawing contest in honor of the upcoming Iron Man film starring Robert Downey Jr., and the new monthly series Invincible Iron Man by writer Matt Fraction and artist Salvador Larroca. Starting today we are accepting entries for the Iron Man: Invincible Upgrade, with Westfield Comics providing the following prizes for the top redesigns!
Grand Prize (1) – The Hard Hero Iron Man statue, the Marvel Masterworks Iron Man Vol. 1 hardcover, and The Many Armors of Iron Man trade paperback.
Second Prize (2) – The Many Armors of Iron Man TPB and a $15 certificate to westfieldcomics.com
Third Prize (3) – The Many Armors of Iron Man TPB
Additional Prizes – P:R and Wf may provide a few extra goodies for other shiny entries, if we see something that really knocks our socks off!
Joining the P:R Staff at the review roundtable to talk about the top entries will be Invincible Iron Man writer Matt Fraction and fan-favorite Iron Man artist and designer Adi Granov!
Send in your Iron Man redesigns to editors@projectrooftop.com, with the subject line, “Iron Man: Invincible Upgrade!” Please include your full name, age, website, and mailing address for prize shipment. International winners may be responsible for prize shipment. All the usual P:R Guidelines apply!
All entries must be recieved by March 31st, 2008!
by Dean on March 11, 2008 The official production blog for the upcoming film adaptation of Watchmen now has images of several major characters: The Comedian, Nite Owl, Ozymandias, Rorschach, and the Silk Spectre.
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Author Michael Chabon‘s essay entitled Secret Skin, on the subject of superhero uniforms, is available over on the website for The New Yorker.
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Animator Robin Joseph has some awesome development illustrations for a pitch apparently called The Mighties up over on his blog.
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