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'Switchboard' Pin-Up
Published: 2007-03-05 01:09:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 6044; Favourites: 100; Downloads: 100
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Pin-up done for Monolith comics for their RAPID CITY book. The character is named Switchboard, who is the grand-daughter of a super-hero named The Switchman, a railroad worker themed "hero of the working man". She has decided to take up the mantle of her grandfather's legacy.For more info on RAPID CITY, visit MONOLITH COMICS at [link]
Brush and ink, PhotoShop CS2
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My pleasure. You're always very welcome!
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Very Cool "Switchboard" Pin-Up PaulSizer!! Do have a image of The Switchman? I would love to see what he looks like!
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The comic creators who came up with the SWITCHBOARD character haven't revealed the Switchman yet, so sorry, no pics of him yet!
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Ok! Thanks for letting me know PaulSizer! 
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I really must apologize to you for sending you all over the place thanking people for suggesting this to me for a DD. 
This really is a fantastic piece. It was such a joy getting to DD it. I love the strength in both the character and the colors. Gorgeous stuff!
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No problems, thanks for the support! Thanks to your 4 year old as well!
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Someone said it reminded them of adds for women during WWII, and I have to agree!
I love pin-ups done like this.
The ones with women so skinny it's unreal really bug me.
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I really dig the old school war posters, as well as the old Russian Constructivists propaganda posters, so I suppose that's an inspiration.
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Awesome, it finally made it to the DD page! I submitted this for a DD weeks ago, but it looks like someone had more pull than me about it. Oh well, it still made it and that's all that matters! You know I love your stuff, and this has a great Rosie the Riveter feel to it.
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AHA! So, it was you!
I guess there was a goof up, but now it shows you as the submitter.
Thanks very much, I got 183 messages in one day!
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Awesome! I was upset that you weren't getting the exposure here you deserve, so what better way to get it to you than a DD?
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Egads! It WAS you who suggested it! ~Phil--K got a hold of me and brought it to my attention that I credited the wrong suggester. Turns out my little boy got into my DD file and was erasing names and typing things where he shouldn't have been. I've fixed it though.
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Aaaw, silly kids! Thanks for fixing it, I was just happy it finally made it.
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Thanks for the "golly"!!!
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Thanks very much!
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Lovely colours. I like her body language, a lot of strenght comes out of those hands.
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Thanks very much! Glad to hear your feedback, and I'm glad her strength come through for you!
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A little bit of background info on Switchboard...
Switchboard comes from a long line of mystically empowered warriors. Each generation is granted a fantastic weapon with which to defend and maintain mankind.
Her grandfather was considering what the USβs role in WWII should be when he recieced his incarnation of the weapon.In each generation, it changes to suit its weilder. For him, it was a strong lever, about 3 feet long, the kind that would be shoved into a switch-box in a rail yard. He found that the weapon had the ability to alter the course of thingsβ¦from bullets to world eventsβ¦if applied to the correct fulcrum.
He battled Nazis as The Switchman.
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Really, I feel kind of weird getting so much attention for someone else's creation! 183 comments in 24 hours! Crazy!
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This girl reminds me of Rosie the Ribbider...(I think thats how you spell it) A lot of women had to take on the roles of men and thier jobs during the war. My grandmother, while her brothers and uncles fought in world war 2, took on a job at the Ford company plant. She worked in the pits, melting metal used as the bodies and for cars.
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Cool story! And yeah, it's Rosie the RIVETER, as she drove metal rivets into buildings...
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I think you mean Rosie the Riveter(putting rivets into metal) 
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Comic art meets 20th century socialist-commie-pinko propaganda. Interesting.
Because this definitely has the same sort of feel, as if it's an updated version of the demi-monochromatic warm-red-tone palette.
And a pinup at that...
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Right on the nose with your citing my influences, adding Russian Constructivism to the list!
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Thanks for the great pin-up Paul. As always, you "wow us" with your work.
Jason
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Thank YOU for the original cool character design!
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Hmm, almost a Rosie the Riveter kind of feel to her; actually tough instead of just being another scantily clad heroine with ridiculous proportions; frankly this is very refreshing.
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Thanks, glad to see people refreshed by art that shows women NOT showing everything!
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A female in a comic who is actually wearing clothes? Shocking!
Anyway, I love the pose and colours. Like other people said, it really reminds me of old-style war posters. ^^
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Yeah, I'm a real radical...next up, writing females as intelligent, smart, and funny people!
Thanks much for the comment, it means a lot to me!
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Wicked. Very cool humanistic properties.
-Snoof
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Now if only I could personally exhibit humanistic properties...
Thanks!
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Ah, don't we all.
-Snoof
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a very unique character and wonderful composition. congrats to you on a well-deserved DD!
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Thanks very muchly! Comment is appreciated!
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Thank you very much!
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no need to be thankful
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She's like Rosie the Riveter, only way more hot.
Excellent work.
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