SubscribeEditor’s Note: We received nearly a hundred and fifty entries for our recent Batman 2.0: The Dynamic Do-Over contest, sponsored by Rogues Gallery! The following (rad) entries merited Honorable Mentions, so we’d like to present them here. We’d also like to announce that guest reviewer Dustin Nguyen has generously donated a Batman: Heart of Hush hardcover (along with a sketch on the inside front cover!) to be added to the Grand Prize! Additionally, P:R’s own Vito Delsante has donated a copy of Batman Adventures Vol. 2, signed by himself and fellow bat-writer, Dan Slott, as a special award to his favorite entrant, Marcos Miller! Thanks again to everyone who entered! Now, enjoy these honorable mentions! – Dean Trippe
Note: Way more Honorable Mentions after the jump! – D.T.
Andrew Good
Craig Payne
Juan Cabal
Jorge Daniel Romero Castillo
Rudey Jordane
Felipe Sobreiro
/ April 8, 2009Wow, amazing entries! I’m honoured to be considered amongst so many cool desings, thanks!
drewB
/ April 8, 2009Lots of fun and innovation. Rudey Jordane’s was nice. Promise this is the first time I’ve seen Sean Izaakse’s;)
Tony
/ April 9, 2009Wow, in my opinion a lot of these should be finalists instead of honorable mentions!
Jonathan McNally
/ April 9, 2009Lordy, that entry from Maris Wicks is too cute!
Nicholas Post
/ April 9, 2009Re:
“Wow, in my opinion a lot of these should be finalists instead of honorable mentions!”
I agree with you, it should be the other way around. Next time, let people like us be the future judges.
peeved
/ April 9, 2009You know that’s a few of these contests where I haven’t even ranked as an HM. I really don’t like that there is no confirmation of receipt. It really makes me feel like my entries aren’t going to anyone. Especially when I look at the entries that get a plug and see ones that just severely lack compared to mine. (note… I’m not speaking from some inflated ego, Most of the winners and at least 1/3 of the HM’s were either better art or better designs than mine. But there are a lot that comparatively just didn’t try.)
Wilfredo Torres
/ April 10, 2009Rosemary Travale & Jason Horn were my two favorites out of this nifty bunch – Aces!
Patricio Oliver
/ April 10, 2009woa cant believe Im part of the HM! thanks guys!
Dean Trippe
/ April 10, 2009Great designs, Patricio! I love that Robin!
Drew Green
/ April 10, 2009Hey, thanks for the honorable mention, guys! I’m glad you liked it enough to display it here. ;D
Scorpio
/ April 10, 2009Dear Peeved:
It’s a contest. Show some good sportsmanship. There are tons of great artists trying to make into the comics industry to make a living–many of whom are better than the “professionals”–and they toil and toil for years in obscurity. But that’s just the way life works. Just work harder next time and don’t worry about if you win or not. Do it for the love of it.
Dean Allen
/ April 13, 2009How was that Sean Izaakse redesign not mentioned in the runner ups? That has to be my ABSOLUTE favorite! (Although the Frankenstein/Zombie Batman does take away from the awesome modern design that I like so much.)
Dylan Palmer
/ April 13, 2009Wow! These designs are so much more interesting and full of character. I wish some of them had been finalists; they’re much more distinct.
Attercap
/ April 13, 2009Between all the finalists, honorable mentions and some of the stuff I’ve seen that didn’t make the site, I think the next Batman design really needs the bat logo to go into the sleeves and/or cape.
nathan h
/ April 16, 2009Mike Dimayuga’s design is my personnal grand prize winner, really love the mask
Stan
/ April 16, 2009Even the honorable mentions on this project were surprisingly good. I especially liked Sean Izaakse’s interpretation. Perhaps the next project could be a Black Canary redesign. It would be fascinating to see how different people would approach her costume.
Vanessa Beecrest
/ April 17, 2009Sean…er, I mean Dean Allen, that submission wasn’t included in the runners up because you can’t actually see the redesigned Batman costume. The majority of that piece is consumed by some kind of homeless Batman thing (for some or other reason).
Tate Walters
/ April 17, 2009A lot of what I see at this site is cool to me, a fair amount does nothing for me at all. But I can tell you right now if I saw Batman book, with the same design and artistic style that Sean Izaakse put forth, I would buy it in a second.
Sebasp
/ April 18, 2009Thanks a lot of the mention :D
mia
/ April 20, 2009oh man, i am so bummed, if i had known about the heart of hush hardcover i would definitely have entered mine!
Scorpio Steele
/ April 24, 2009I’ve noticed that the majority of redesign contests are of DC characters. Any chance of a Marvel character next? Say…Doctor Strange?
mike dimayuga
/ April 25, 2009a big THANK YOU to the PTB who run proj:rooftop. a LOT of people kicked ass and i had to slap myself a few time for missing brilliant yet simple design innovations some artists put into their design.
ah well maybe next time…
Patricio Oliver
/ April 27, 2009Dr Strange is an excellent idea, or Namor? mmmm
Dylan
/ April 29, 2009Stoked on making the honorable mentions. Nice entries by all. The entries by Maris Wicks, Kevin Leinbach, Rudey Jordane and Stephen R. Buell are tight, loving those redesigns!
Daibhid C
/ April 30, 2009Awesome designs here. I like the ones with the Nightwing-style mask worked into the cowl; I’m surprised more designs didn’t use that.
Thomas
/ May 11, 2009Piriz’s design would have been my pick for winning this contest. Maybe the cape would have worked better with a slightly more classic look, but the design of the costume is so perfect for Dick Grayson without just being ‘Nightwing with a cape and cowl’. The belt, in particular, is genuis, and the way the cape folds up so that he doesn’t have to always use it is great as well.
Thomas
/ May 11, 2009Oh, and the mask and collar! They’re perfect- they make the costume very Grayson-y while still looking extremely cool and ‘dark’, as opposed to many of the entries that made Batman kinda childish looking.
Marcos Miller
/ May 12, 2009Rooftop’s Team, Dan Slott and participants,
thank you very much!
I like a lot Salume’s costume.
sebastian Píriz
/ May 25, 2009Thanks a lot Thomas !!!
:)