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Friday, August 5, 2011

Killer Croc by Adam Rosenlund


I was going to do Professor Pyg, but since Rick already did one, I decided to hash out some beef I have with the way Killer Croc is portrayed in the comics. I really dislike him being portrayed as a gigantic lizard. Tail, long jaw, plated scales, et al. It's stupid. I like the character better as a big dude with a really bad genetic disorder, like hyperkeratosis. So I drew him like that. If everyone else at DC could please just follow that example when making style guides for the relaunch version of Croc instead of going the T-Rex in a trenchcoat route, I'd appreciate it. They can even put him in a V-collar shirt and segmented armor like the rest of the redesigned characters since that seems to be their thing now.

5 comments:

  1. Well that's pretty - wait for it...killer. The coloring job is extremely well done. Really like how ya did the scales along the top of his head and on his face.

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  2. It reminds me of Benjamin Button. This seems to be the way they treated Croc in Arkham asylum which was a bad ass game

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  3. "T-Rex in a trenchcoat," :D . Very well said. I like your choice/approach on Killer Croc, and brilliant work. Very intense eyes, excellent rage, outstanding lighting work! The black background works perfectly. The work makes me think of Goya.

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  4. I wouldn't let this dude borrow my loofa

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  5. I like your reasoning for your choice of Croc. Have you read "Joker" by Brian Azarello and Steve Bermejo? Croc is more how you described him in that story/ also one of the coolest books DC has done in my opinion.

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