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johnma...@hotmail.com

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Dec 18, 2009, 4:49:54 PM12/18/09
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Looking for help in giving birth to an immigrant African comic hero.
I would greatly appreciate it if you can draw a model of him in white
and black or color. Transform this tribal warrior and his
traditionally beaded outfit suit into a fully functional suit that
helps him in times of action as well as turning the spear into a
flashlight like belt weapon that extract and re-tracts with a spear
head. His physique should be by the size of Batman or Superman. He
should be in shorts but panes would also do. The scripted stories will
be in North America not Africa, this is an immigrant African comic
hero living in North America as a citizen. He is in the same
environment as the league of justice comic hero’s, so the
transformation of his tribal outfit suit should be in an urban format
similar to that of average league of justice comic hero outfit suit. I
am trying to see how an African comic hero would look like and maybe
possibly consider publication. I am from the same tribe. Google
"Corseted Dinka Man" for the images, imagesCAR07QX2.jpg from
africanceremonies.com, imagesCA6H5NW5.jpg from argusvlinder.web-
log.nl

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or further
information.

Thank you, your help is greatly appreciated,

Johnma...@hotmail.com

Unknown

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Dec 18, 2009, 6:07:36 PM12/18/09
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<johnma...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Looking for help in giving birth to an immigrant African comic hero.
I would greatly appreciate it if you can draw a model of him in white
and black or color. Transform this tribal warrior and his
traditionally beaded outfit suit into a fully functional suit that
helps him in times of action as well as turning the spear into a
flashlight like belt weapon that extract and re-tracts with a spear
head. His physique should be by the size of Batman or Superman. He
should be in shorts but panes would also do. The scripted stories will
be in North America not Africa, this is an immigrant African comic
hero living in North America as a citizen. He is in the same
environment as the league of justice comic hero�s, so the

transformation of his tribal outfit suit should be in an urban format
similar to that of average league of justice comic hero outfit suit. I
am trying to see how an African comic hero would look like and maybe
possibly consider publication. I am from the same tribe. Google
"Corseted Dinka Man" for the images, imagesCAR07QX2.jpg from
africanceremonies.com, imagesCA6H5NW5.jpg from argusvlinder.web-
log.nl

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or further
information.

Thank you, your help is greatly appreciated,

Johnma...@hotmail.com

* What are you paying for this work?

Kenneth M. Lin

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Dec 18, 2009, 11:15:24 PM12/18/09
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If the character is African American born and raised in United States, he
wouldn't be familiar with African culture.
Retractable spear weapon would be useless against projectile weapon and it
wouldn't be useful for defense either.
He'd be considered "queer" if he wears corset in this country.

<johnma...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Looking for help in giving birth to an immigrant African comic hero.
> I would greatly appreciate it if you can draw a model of him in white
> and black or color. Transform this tribal warrior and his
> traditionally beaded outfit suit into a fully functional suit that
> helps him in times of action as well as turning the spear into a
> flashlight like belt weapon that extract and re-tracts with a spear
> head. His physique should be by the size of Batman or Superman. He
> should be in shorts but panes would also do. The scripted stories will
> be in North America not Africa, this is an immigrant African comic
> hero living in North America as a citizen. He is in the same

> environment as the league of justice comic hero�s, so the

Brenda Clough

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Dec 18, 2009, 11:56:28 PM12/18/09
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K
I will also add that simply coloring a white person a dark color does
not make the image look convincing. Google on 'blackface' to see what I
mean.

Brenda

OM

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Dec 19, 2009, 12:26:20 AM12/19/09
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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:49:54 -0800 (PST), johnma...@hotmail.com
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>Looking for help in giving birth to an immigrant African comic hero.

...Wait, wait, wait, I've seen this one before. This is a proposal for
419 Comics in Nigeria, right?


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Dec 19, 2009, 12:26:59 AM12/19/09
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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:07:36 -0600, "MG" <()> wrote:

>* What are you paying for this work?

...Hey, could this be Josh Hoopes?

OM

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Dec 19, 2009, 12:29:13 AM12/19/09
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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:56:28 -0500, Brenda Clough
<Brenda...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I will also add that simply coloring a white person a dark color does
>not make the image look convincing. Google on 'blackface' to see what I
>mean.

...Oh Mammy. And for the converse, look up "Watermelon Man" and see
how well that doesn't work either.

YKW (ad hoc)

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Dec 19, 2009, 11:27:52 AM12/19/09
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OM <om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> wrote in
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>On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:07:36 -0600, "MG" <()> wrote:
>
>>* What are you paying for this work?
>
> ...Hey, could this be Josh Hoopes?
>
>
> OM

Nah. Hasn't claimed to be anyone famous. Or slow.

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Lilith

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Dec 19, 2009, 1:16:03 PM12/19/09
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And how can you be African-American and an immigrant?

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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:15:24 -0800, "Kenneth M. Lin"
<kennet...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>If the character is African American born and raised in United States, he
>wouldn't be familiar with African culture.
>Retractable spear weapon would be useless against projectile weapon and it
>wouldn't be useful for defense either.
>He'd be considered "queer" if he wears corset in this country.
>
><johnma...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:e9943437-3d3c-42dc...@q18g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
>> Looking for help in giving birth to an immigrant African comic hero.
>> I would greatly appreciate it if you can draw a model of him in white
>> and black or color. Transform this tribal warrior and his
>> traditionally beaded outfit suit into a fully functional suit that
>> helps him in times of action as well as turning the spear into a
>> flashlight like belt weapon that extract and re-tracts with a spear
>> head. His physique should be by the size of Batman or Superman. He
>> should be in shorts but panes would also do. The scripted stories will
>> be in North America not Africa, this is an immigrant African comic
>> hero living in North America as a citizen. He is in the same

>> environment as the league of justice comic hero�s, so the

Unknown

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Dec 19, 2009, 1:27:40 PM12/19/09
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"YKW (ad hoc)" <FluffyM...@foxnews.com> wrote in message
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> OM <om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> wrote in
> news:k0poi5h2cbteiushg...@4ax.com:
>
>>On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:07:36 -0600, "MG" <()> wrote:
>>
>>>* What are you paying for this work?
>>
>> ...Hey, could this be Josh Hoopes?
>>
>>
>> OM
>
> Nah. Hasn't claimed to be anyone famous. Or slow.

The original poster is asking for someone to design a character for him, it
is not unreasonable to ask if you will be compensated for the time you spent
researching and design it.

http://www.povonline.com/cols/COL209.htm

Mike Hall

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Dec 19, 2009, 10:08:19 PM12/19/09
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On 19 Dec, 18:16, Lilith <lilith...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And how can you be African-American and an immigrant?

That was Kenneth's typo not the Original Poster's! The Original Poster
seems to be looking for something like the orignal He-Man but using a
spear not a sword, and running about America not Eternia. It sounds
like fun!


Mike Hall

Brenda Clough

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Dec 20, 2009, 10:34:54 AM12/20/09
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Then he needs to swipe from the BARACK THE BARBARIAN mini that is still
in the stores. I believe the first issue is "In Search of the Lost
Stimulus." The hero's enemy is the Palinator.

Brenda

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