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Description Ok so I want you guys to know that while I draw Invincible I have ideas from time to time to put into Invincible, sometimes I call up Robert and let him know and he says yes or no, or other times I just go ahead and draw something in. And of course sometimes he likes them, and sometimes he dislikes them. Here are three examples from some newer issues where he wasn’t too fond of them and asked them to be changed. And I’m fine with it, it’s great working with Robert and I’m glad he puts up with me even though I do this kind of stuff.

1. First off is the designing of the Evil invincibles for issue 58. He said just go to town on them. Due to time constraints trying to get the books out on time I was just designing as I drew the panels.

The first one is household items Mark, his first costume. I thought it was a cool idea kinda like Flaxan mark, or the burned Mark from the Viltrum prison, it just shows the reader there is a back story without telling them the story. I thought Mark stuck in his first ever made costume would be interesting. Like maybe Nolan left much earlier than he did in our dimension therefore he hasn’t met Art the Taylor yet.
And now we have Prophet mask Invincible with swords. Yeah I agree with Robert, dumb idea. heh.

Mark with a baseball hat on I thought was cool, like he’s still working at burger mart and wants to advertise a bit, heh, ok dumb idea. BUT Robert did say in the script to draw an evil Invincible with a “cap” on his head. He meant have the costume cover his hair, not an actual cap. I’ve never heard the term cap for how he wanted it so I drew it how I pictured it.

And the last one I still think is a good idea, Zombie Mark! Robert wasn’t too into it because he’s done quite a lot with Zombies and he really doesn’t want them overused in his other books. I can see his point. But it still woulda been fun to draw him fighting.

2. Now below the Evil Invincibles is a panel where I broke the panel border with a butt squeeze! Revolutionary I say! Robert’s problem with it was it looked like the panel border was riding up Eve’s backside. I can see how that could be a problem, a papercut there would be super painful.

3. And now the last one, this one made it all the way to colors before it was cut. I love the mohawk evil Invincible, I think he’s nuts, just completely crazy and totally punk rock. He not only demolishes everything in his path like the other evil Invincibles but he also desacrates when he can, and I think he’d hate the world so much that he WOULD jam the torch up lady liberties bum. Robert thought it ruined the scene, just too distracting.

And that’s my most recent bad ideas. More coming soon, probably.

Ryan
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snakebit3443 [2024-08-14 03:31:54 +0000 UTC]

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DerekRodenbeck [2013-02-20 04:49:35 +0000 UTC]

I would love to see more of these.

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CoolestNinja1242 [2011-10-15 00:30:48 +0000 UTC]

I remember reading the whole Mohawk Invincible sticking the torch up Lady Liberties butt and thought right away, "Brilliant! I wonder what that would look like!" now I know.

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ICONGRAFX [2011-10-04 22:01:37 +0000 UTC]

Simply the best...

Ahh, the torch!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

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joshuajoseph [2011-09-23 21:15:02 +0000 UTC]

baseball capss !!!!!!!

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Tlalocsart [2011-06-05 11:54:19 +0000 UTC]

I think you should have ketp the butt graving.

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nalem [2009-08-20 01:13:36 +0000 UTC]

I wouldn't have noticed the torch up Lady Liberty's rear if you hadn't pointed it out. T'was amusing.

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Digital-Transfer [2009-07-18 18:21:35 +0000 UTC]

I didn't notice the torch at first so I dont find it distracting. At least we got a finished version...kind of like a fully graded and lit scene that was cut on a DVD.

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dalf-rules [2009-06-01 23:52:49 +0000 UTC]

The Liefeld-ish one is pure genius.

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NinjaBING [2009-05-27 04:35:43 +0000 UTC]

I dunno, your baseball hat Mark is pretty much the sexiest thing....besides that zombie. Zombies are incredibly awesome!

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Psycho-Fish [2009-05-17 20:04:53 +0000 UTC]

I really like the statue of liberty gag because I didn't even notice it at first.. therefore I don't think its too distracting, but what do I know.


great work, and thanks for showing.

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Cosmic-Rocket-Man [2009-04-30 11:25:44 +0000 UTC]

i love the "travis" look

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vincentkukua [2009-04-18 18:08:52 +0000 UTC]

I didn't even notice the lady liberty torch til i read your notes. I'd call these ideas to file away for another time. Maybe Robert will have an epiphany and you can use these someday. Who knows?

I especially like the Prophet Invincible, but I'm anold school Image geek, so...

And, even your "bad" ideas turn out good pics.

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johnnyrocwell [2009-04-03 05:49:01 +0000 UTC]

these are just genius. And why wouldn't the panel border do that to eve. It enhances!

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chekeichan [2009-04-02 12:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Nah the torch adds a lot to the character. hularay and I will start a petition to put it in trade

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spanio [2009-04-01 14:46:46 +0000 UTC]

I approve of this "Hated by Robert" submission. I would like to see more like this in the future.

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multi-comics [2009-03-31 07:41:56 +0000 UTC]

omg! lol, that lady liberty panel is just amaziiing, totaly would be in the funniest moments of comics if it had been published, soooo coool, and wow, that's a hot scene with mark and eve. i'm eager to see more.

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TylerCurtis [2009-03-31 02:29:06 +0000 UTC]

The Mohawk Invincible's costume is almost exactly like an idea I had for a different costume. Just lacks the mask.

Also I love that image and wish it was somehow 20 times wider so i could have it as a wallpaper.

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ErikWilliams [2009-03-30 19:13:39 +0000 UTC]

Liefeld invincible is the coolest thing ever. Shattervincible-star? Prophinciblet? Priceless.

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Significant-Pie [2009-03-30 18:00:10 +0000 UTC]

None of them seem too bad of ideas at all, save for the Mo-hawk Mark. Thaaaaat...thats not working ! lol

And hey man....love makin', aint ever a bad idea.

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RyanOttley In reply to Significant-Pie [2009-03-30 23:09:08 +0000 UTC]

Most people loved the Mo-hawk idea, so I don't know what yer smokin.

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Significant-Pie In reply to RyanOttley [2009-04-02 03:00:20 +0000 UTC]

fuck, neither do I.

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maestro-efectivo [2009-03-30 17:15:00 +0000 UTC]

I´m your fan and this bad ideas have great potential in your hands... I think so...

hahaha

congratulations, you draws really good...

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TonyDennison [2009-03-30 15:11:30 +0000 UTC]

Pretty interesting stuff...

Thanks for sharing. The "mohawk" invincible kinda has a Miracleman vibe to me.

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RyanOttley In reply to TonyDennison [2009-03-30 23:09:37 +0000 UTC]

Miracleman hated the statue of liberty too?

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TonyDennison In reply to RyanOttley [2009-03-30 23:39:30 +0000 UTC]

lol. No, there was a sequence where Kid Miracleman was destroying London while Miracleman was off in another dimension resolving a dispute between two feuding aliens races...

When Miracleman returned to earth he saw all manner of abominations and property destruction that Kid Miracleman had manifested while waiting for the him to return.

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RyanOttley In reply to TonyDennison [2009-03-31 02:16:30 +0000 UTC]

I think Kid Miracleman is what influenced Kid Omni-man's name. Pure genius.

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burningloveletters [2009-03-30 07:18:40 +0000 UTC]

tell kirkman he's a pussy for shooting down the butt squeeze

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NelsonBlakeII [2009-03-30 06:17:59 +0000 UTC]

The butt squeeze panel break is genius.

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ravensdojo [2009-03-30 04:17:13 +0000 UTC]

breaking panel with a butt squeeze is something that definitely NEEDS done in invincible's pages! Also evil mark ramming the torch up lady liberties butt is kind of awesome enough that I wish it were in there. These 'bloopers' are very cool. Share as much as you got!

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robnor [2009-03-30 03:32:42 +0000 UTC]

heh.. i think those are all great. im still giggling at the statue. and i love the liefeld invincible..tho i thought he was the shatterstar version. either way.. i like all of these

rob

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ccs1989 [2009-03-30 00:48:33 +0000 UTC]

I like the statue of liberty bit. Wish that was still in.

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woohooligan [2009-03-30 00:26:24 +0000 UTC]

well that sucks, it ate the url...

here's one it shouldn't eat.

[link]

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woohooligan [2009-03-30 00:25:21 +0000 UTC]

I love that you show off your rejects!

You should check out a book by Carol Dweck titled Mindset: the new psychology of success, I think you'd enjoy it. [link] d_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238372676&sr=8-1

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JonasTrindade [2009-03-30 00:23:42 +0000 UTC]

Ho yeahhhhhhhh

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danimation2001 [2009-03-30 00:10:21 +0000 UTC]

I could see the "why" for everything almost except for the swords/prophet look. Seriously? he thought it was dumb? Why would Trunks from DBZ have a sword, he doesn't need it. He just uses it because he thought it was cool. As for an evil dude. I'm sure he's using it because he likes seeing people getting sliced with em. He doesn't need them sure, but that's just his evil taste I would assume.

The other stuff I can see why because they tend to be too silly for this issue still not bad ideas though.

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CoranKizerStone [2009-03-29 22:04:23 +0000 UTC]

lovely brah.

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coneida [2009-03-29 21:38:55 +0000 UTC]

maybe you shoulda drawn a pole for the panel?
lol no i thought the butt to panel woulda been pretty cool.

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Head-Jam [2009-03-29 21:32:13 +0000 UTC]

this are bad ideas??..god,their hilarious(okay,except the cap one,but even i didn't get the RK kirkman)..but the lady liberty was awesome(she a gift from the french, what's better than a punk rock Invincible putting a torch up her @$$).

great job..

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hularay [2009-03-29 21:05:57 +0000 UTC]

I think the torch things adds character...

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dreamscape-painter [2009-03-29 20:18:53 +0000 UTC]

I personally feel the torch up the Lady's arse is a subtle and frankly beautiful touch. I think it's odd that Mohawk is just chillin' there, looking away from his masterpiece of deconstruction, but otherwise these are pretty damn good.

And honestly?

I think the butt squeeze hanging out of the frame is perfect. Maybe I just have no taste, lol.

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thelearningcurv [2009-03-29 20:11:55 +0000 UTC]

whats crazy is I didn't even catch the torch! this was a good thing for you to post because just like you learned something and saw things from another perspective, you've taught us something at the same time..... thanks a lot for sharing.....

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makani [2009-03-29 19:58:29 +0000 UTC]

lmao! xD awesome

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urban-barbarian [2009-03-29 19:35:06 +0000 UTC]

Prophet Mask?!?!?! What the-!

BTW, Kirkman mentioned possibly writing a short Prophet story...!

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RyanOttley In reply to urban-barbarian [2009-03-30 00:03:53 +0000 UTC]

HA! No way, I hadn't heard that. I'd read it.

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urban-barbarian In reply to RyanOttley [2009-03-30 02:42:55 +0000 UTC]

Excellent! One copy sold!

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mjtfreeze [2009-03-29 19:31:29 +0000 UTC]

the first guy looks like robin, the last guy looks like wolverine, i love the drawing of the couple on the bed uber emotional

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Ninjapanda13 [2009-03-29 19:14:32 +0000 UTC]

lol @ the Statue of Liberty's torch XD
great work.

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themia-nator [2009-03-29 19:04:22 +0000 UTC]

i love the baseball hat invincible, i wish that had made it in

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Dead4me [2009-03-29 18:44:53 +0000 UTC]

Really great to see things that don't make the cut. But loving zombies as i do i would have really liked to see the zombie one in. Also really like the butt squeeze panel, and don't really think there is a real issue with the liberty panel. While they are evil Invincibles I cant see why at least one cant have a sense of humor, or personality quirkiness. I liked the look of the full mask Invincible most.

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