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I've been working on my portfolio, and I decided to redesign a famous series of the 60s, Hanna-Barbera Wacky races (los autos locos). This was a very original series for its time, with many colorful characters, funny cars and an archetypal villain as the main character Dick Dastardly (Pierre Nodoyuna), a real loser and unlucky guy with a terrible tendency to exaggerated traps (but the label of "cheater" is today quite unfair, after all, the race was characterized by "everything is allowed to win" and many competitors were just as "cheats" to him). There have been remakes and attempts to revive the series "Wacky Races Forever" and "Fender Bender 500" (curiously, Dick won a race in this show) but these products never jelled in the love the public
From now on, I will use the original names (the usa names) to talk about the characters, and and do not use Castilian versions (La Pareja Compleja, o "los Tenebrosos" y el Barón Hans Fritz). This is more comfortable.
The Red Max is a flying ace with an terrible resemblance to "the Red Baron", which uses a hybrid of car and plane. I always believed that he is a sinister character, because he uses a machine gun of the First World War. Therefore, I have only exaggerated his narsicistas features.
The most important change is that I changed the sex of one of the "Gruesome twosome", I decided that the giant was a woman, because the original series has a huge lack of female characters. I decided to base on films like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and change the sex of the vampire would have been easier, but I think is funny to see a "mannish woman and a little vampire man" than the typical pair of sexy vampire female and monster giant. Not all women should be beautiful. The vampire has a touch "Truman Capote" but yet he still retains all the terrible features of a child of the night.
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He estado trabajando en mi portafolio, y yo decidí rediseñar una serie famosa de los años 60, Wacky races (los autos locos). Esta fue una serie muy original para su época, con muchos personajes carismáticos, coches divertidos y con un villano prototipo como personaje principal, Pierre Nodoyuna AKA Dick Dastardly, un autentico perdedor y poco afortunado tipo con una terrible tendencia a las trampas exageradas (pero el calificativo de “tramposo” es hoy en día bastante injusto, después de todo, la competición se caracterizaba porque “todo era valido para ganar” y muchos competidores eran igual de “tramposos” que él). Han existido remakes e intentos por resucitar la serie “Wacky Races Forever” y “Fender Bender 500” (curiosamente, Dick ganó una carrera en este show) pero estos productos no cuajaron nunca en el amor del publico
A partir de ahora, yo voy usar los nombres originales estadounidenses para hablar de los personajes, y no las versiones en castellano (La Pareja Compleja, o "los Tenebrosos" y el Barón Hans Fritz). Esto es más cómodo.
The Red Max es un as de la aviación con un terrible parecido a "el Barón Rojo", que usa un híbrido mitad coche y avión. Siempre yo que creído que es un personaje siniestro, porque utiliza una ametralladora de la primera guerra mundial. Por tanto, solamente yo he exagerado sus rasgos narsicistas.
El cambio más importante es que yo he cambiado el sexo de uno de los "Gruesome twosome" (Dúo horripilante), yo decidí que el gigante fuera una mujer, porque la serie tiene una gran carencia de personajes femeninos. Decidí basarme en peliculas como "The Rocky Horror Picture show", y cambiar el sexo del vampiro hubiera sido más fácil , pero creo que es más gracioso una mujer hombruna y un pequeño vampiro, que el típico dúo de vampiresa sexy y monstruo gigante. No todas las mujeres deben ser hermosas. El vampiro tiene un cierto toque "Truman Capote", pero aún así, él sigue conservando todas las características terribles de un hijo de la noche.
Corel Painter and Photoshop CS3
As all works this drawing has Copyrigth
the Red Max and the Gruesome Twosome © wacky races - Hanna-Barbera 1968
Artwork © Nuria Abajo Gamarra- iluvendure
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Comments: 32
Trainwrekcomics [2023-04-10 14:27:46 +0000 UTC]
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souletyler [2022-06-12 01:15:49 +0000 UTC]
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souletyler [2022-05-27 23:58:52 +0000 UTC]
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nuriaabajo In reply to SuperMarioFan65 [2020-05-07 19:20:33 +0000 UTC]
wacky things are the best XD
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Aqualokk In reply to nuriaabajo [2017-09-06 07:29:59 +0000 UTC]
No fue de que, es que el design de Red Max (o sea el Barón Hans Fritz) y el de Penelope (madre e hija) son muy fantasticos. Te gustaria de ver mis dibujos de Wacky Races?
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Aqualokk In reply to nuriaabajo [2017-09-06 07:44:56 +0000 UTC]
Despúes dime se te gusta mis dibujos
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nuriaabajo In reply to Aqualokk [2017-09-06 15:48:24 +0000 UTC]
Estas lindos, espero que tu sigas rprobando en ideas de hanna barbera
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Aqualokk In reply to nuriaabajo [2017-09-06 17:16:53 +0000 UTC]
Si, estou probando en ideas de hanna barbera
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Carrie-Kube [2016-07-08 04:33:17 +0000 UTC]
I also did borrow a little from your Red Max being a jerk idea as well when coming up with his son (Wacky Races Forever: Ajeet Max (see description) ). Except that Red became an egotistical jerk with his new-found fame after winning the final race (which he may or may not have cheated). I want to thank you for your pic giving me some hints.
So will your version have a new character to replace Rufus Roughcut?
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nuriaabajo In reply to Carrie-Kube [2017-09-06 06:35:27 +0000 UTC]
Forgive me, I did not see the message. I am glad that you are inspired by this work, thank you very much. Red was a lot of fun to draw with his evil German egocentric appearance
Rufus ... well I have to admit that I'm not a fan of this character, I still think what to do with him. I do not know if I should use another character or redesign him
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Carrie-Kube In reply to nuriaabajo [2017-09-06 14:05:04 +0000 UTC]
I'm sure you'll come up with something.
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V-ichi [2015-08-18 20:32:27 +0000 UTC]
Wow! Esto luce asombroso!
Hiciste mi dia, vi varias veces esa seria y la forma en la que dibujaste al Baron/Red Max es increibleee!!!!
Y si. Los razgos narcisistas le quedan perfecto.
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nuriaabajo In reply to V-ichi [2016-05-01 08:58:29 +0000 UTC]
muchas gracias, y perdóname por no haber contestado antes, no vi el mensaje XD
me alegro que te guste red max, la verdad estoy muy contenta con este diseño
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Carrie-Kube [2015-01-05 02:26:05 +0000 UTC]
It's a shame Cartoon-Network never even gave Wacky Races Forever a chance (instead going for Johnny Test). I like your ideas for the Gruesomes and any new ideas for Red Maxx are needed. After all, he was the least developed character on the show. So making him more vain and arrogant works.
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nuriaabajo In reply to Carrie-Kube [2015-01-13 10:38:54 +0000 UTC]
thank you very much for your detailed comment, I'm sick and so I took to answer. I'm glad that you like my ideas, I like the classic show and I wanted to do something new with the characters, but respecting the original idea of the show.
I did not like too "Wacky Races Forever" because this was a new generation of runners, I preferred to the original characters, but it was sad that the show did not get a opportunity
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CartoonLovingFeline [2014-07-21 06:30:23 +0000 UTC]
Hello. These Wacky Racer Redesigns are quite very good. but what about the Fender Bender 500?
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nuriaabajo In reply to CartoonLovingFeline [2014-07-28 21:43:48 +0000 UTC]
thank you very much for thinking that
but I'm just going to design the characters of the original series, I never liked Fender Bender 500. I'm sorry XD
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CartoonLovingFeline In reply to nuriaabajo [2014-07-28 22:15:47 +0000 UTC]
I understand. in spite of Dastardly being here as well
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nuriaabajo In reply to CartoonLovingFeline [2014-07-28 22:27:44 +0000 UTC]
the best thing about that show was Dastardly XD
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CartoonLovingFeline In reply to nuriaabajo [2014-07-28 22:57:22 +0000 UTC]
Yup. have You seen any Hanna Barbera Rarities like Pound Puppies or Tom and Jerry Kids?
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Page-Mistress [2014-04-16 22:16:00 +0000 UTC]
So, who's more like the villain of the series, Dick or Max?
Also, love how small that glass is in her hand!
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nuriaabajo In reply to Page-Mistress [2014-04-18 19:36:30 +0000 UTC]
Well, I guess that Dick, but simply the bad guys are not so bad, and the good guys are not so good XD
thank you very much, I'm glad you like her big hand!
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gabo2020 [2014-04-10 20:08:16 +0000 UTC]
JAJAJAJAJA genial!!! muy buen trabajo, a seguir subiendo!!!!
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nuriaabajo In reply to gabo2020 [2014-04-11 09:43:10 +0000 UTC]
Si, ya solamente quedan unos pocos corredores XD
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gabo2020 In reply to nuriaabajo [2014-04-14 01:48:08 +0000 UTC]
Si, quiero seguir viendo cómo sigue esto, me gusta mucho
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tranimation-art [2014-04-10 19:51:49 +0000 UTC]
I really love this art series you're working on, because I was obsessed with WACKY RACES as a child yet I remember very little of the series today; I remember the characters, their personalities, their vehicles, and the silly traps.
I love Red Max's demonic shoulder pads and the addition of the monocle. Very Erich von Stroheim ("The Man You Love to Hate") and Conrad Veidt ("The Man With the Monocle") whom were doomed in Hollywood to play German villains in uniform and monocles. There's something adorable monocles, particularly that he also has googles to place over his monocle; that's cute. In a way, the scope on his machine gun is a monocle. It's also nice to see he has a similar vanity to Peter Perfect.
Gruesome Twosome were always among my favourite racers, but there were always mysterious that was part of their charm. I love this idea of them as a mannish woman and a feminine man. To show a freedom of sexuality of ROCKY HORROR, I hope they're married! They would make a cute romantic couple. It's nice to see a "normal" romantic couple between all the rivalries in other racers. I love couples like this because they go against the "type". I love the aspect of Truman Capote with Little Gruesome; I love his little sunglasses and hat! I love the sexual ambiguity of Big Gruesome here; the ascot makes me laugh because it's so adorable! Mary Shelly's book of FRANKENSTEIN was an allegory of homosexuality: A man creating life without an aid of a woman, against nature and God. DRACULA book also had sexual ambiguity the relationships between Dracula/Harker and Dracula/Reinfeld (as Dracula both "seduced" these characters as much as he did with Mina and Lucy), Mina/Lucy, Lucy/Children, and the wives of Dracula, etc.
For animal sidekick for Gruesome Twosome, they always had bats flying around their car. I believe, at times, they used the bats like a personal army. Have you thought of adding Batty from PIXIE AND TRIXIE cartoon episode "Batty Bat"? It was their cousin who was a mischievous mouse who had thought he was a bat with Dracula cape that helped him fly. He could work as a rival of Yankee Doodle Pigeon and "commander" of the bat army: yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2010/10/…
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nuriaabajo In reply to tranimation-art [2014-04-11 10:33:48 +0000 UTC]
thank you very much for your words!, I like to receive this kind of comments, because it is good contrast ideas. yeah, Wacky Races is a incredible series, with amazing characters and much hidden potential, and the series was part of my childhood
hahahaha yeah, the man with the monocle XD, I'm glad to see that You have estimated to see all the details of the evil German prototype of Hollywood, I searched a little Conrad Veidt, and that kind of stereotype as old fashioned, the typical chauvinistic German and polka lover. And yes, I also love the shoulder pads Demon XD
thank you very much for the comment of the gruesome twosome! have made me very happy. yeah, the idea is that they are a married couple or a couple in love. Many fans believe they should be a brothers, but I think it is more interest a romantic couple. Also, I would like them to be a tribute to the Addams family or the Munsters, because in the 70s, both were very popular show. I think the monsters symbolize sexual freedom, I think they break the old tabuos and fears of society. in theory are a heteresexual couple, a woman and a man, but clearly she is not "entirely female" and he is simply ambiguous. They are a rare, odd couple because they break the stereotype of conventional marriage, but who cares? They have managed to complement each other. Why should people look bad to them?
and thank you very much for the idea of the little vampire-mouse. yeah, they had a kind of army of bats in the show original. I did not remember that episode but the idea is very cute. This would be very nice tribute to the classic series of Hanna Barbera Pixie ans Trixie
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