coelasquid:

On the subject of animated series for grown-ups, Here’s some of X-Men Evolution designer Steven E. Gordon’s concept art for an aborted Lobo project. Word has it the show was canned when the powers that be realized they couldn’t tone down Mr. HeavyMetal: The Movie: The Character enough to make a whole TV series about him that still did any justice to the Lobo Legacy.

As much as I appreciate TV execs caring about the source material that much, it still kind of bums me out. That and I like Gordon’s design for the character a whole lot more than the Bruce Timm style one that showed up in Justice League. Not a fan of artists who make him really… gorilla-y. Lobo’s big but he’s still got that scrappy biker thing going on, Bisley’s redesign of the character has a handsome charm admidst the biker funk and Heavy Metal chic. Like “Man, this guy is an asshole but I get why the girls are all over him.”

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  1. thecreach reblogged this from coelasquid and added:
    tldr; In the end, this show was too awesome to exist.
  2. tea-fiend reblogged this from dornier and added:
    Anything Lobo that comes across my dashboard, I’m reblogging. There is a serious lack of Lobo love on tumblr. ;-; Lobo...
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  4. shotgun-mouthwash reblogged this from coelasquid and added:
    saljdbjqfjbqeofbqwqfq2fkqe mhnnnggg lobo, take ALL my ovaries ;3;
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  9. thelogicalsong reblogged this from coelasquid and added:
    Haw-Haw!! I gotta agree, I love this design a lot more than the other one. I’d love to see more Lobo on Tv and such. But...
  10. dunkleo reblogged this from coelasquid and added:
    Aaaaah man this would’ve been so amazing All my cries
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    info for my followers...episodes on YouTube, and...episodes...
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  14. docvalentine said: Heavy Metal: The Movie: The Character is a great way to describe Lobo; he’s like all of heavy metal magazine at once (featuring bits of 2000AD)
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  17. deepredroom said: I don’t know if it was the same design (probably was) but I recall him being in a few episodes of the Superman cartoon too.
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