Outgunned Superheroes

Thomas Shey · May 15, 2025

In case people are interested, the Backerkit campaign has started, and they had one of those "basic target reached in first twenty minutes of campaign and then blown past like a rocket" things. I already backed at the PDFs only tier.

Reynard · May 15, 2025

I am intrigued, but man, every time I look at the art I get really annoyed.

Bae'zel · May 15, 2025

Reynard said:
I am intrigued, but man, every time I look at the art I get really annoyed.

Really? The art is one of the main draws for me to this game.

What about it do you not like? Just curious.

Reynard · May 15, 2025

Bae'zel said:
Really? The art is one of the main draws for me to this game.

What about it do you not like? Just curious.

it is definitely high quality but how blatantly all the archetypes are ripoffs just really bugs me.

Graylion2018 · May 15, 2025

Ya Daniela's art is gorgeous. Thr art she has done for Outgunned, Household, Outgunned Adventure is amazing. The art I see so far for Outgunned Superheroes just blows me away.

stormwriter · May 15, 2025

Reynard said:
I am intrigued, but man, every time I look at the art I get really annoyed.

I have the same issue. I love the art style, it's amazingly done, but every time I see a not-IronMan, not-Batman, not-Hulk, and so on, it rubs me the wrong way, it kinda feels uninspiring to me.

Graylion2018 · May 15, 2025

I mean comic book and Superheroes archetypes and publishers have been rubbing shoulders for decades. When you look at these 10 Superman versions across different publishers there is maybe 2 that are drastically different for the mold. There rest are close variants.

1. DC Comics – Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent)
2. Marvel Comics – Sentry (Robert Reynolds)
3. Image Comics – Omni-Man (Nolan Grayson)
4. WildStorm – Mr. Majestic (Lord Majestros)
5. Marvel Comics – Hyperion (Mark Milton)
6. Valiant Comics – Solar (Phil Seleski)
7. Boom! Studios – The Plutonian
8. Dynamite Entertainment – Samaritan
9. Dark Horse Comics – Titan
10. Malibu Comics – Prime (Kevin Green)

Reynard · May 15, 2025

stormwriter said:
I have the same issue. I love the art style, it's amazingly done, but every time I see a not-IronMan, not-Batman, not-Hulk, and so on, it rubs me the wrong way, it kinda feels uninspiring to me.

Graylion2018 said:
I mean comic book and Superheroes archetypes and publishers have been rubbing shoulders for decades. When you look at these 10 Superman versions across different publishers there is maybe 2 that are drastically different for the mold. There rest are close variants.

1. DC Comics – Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent)
2. Marvel Comics – Sentry (Robert Reynolds)
3. Image Comics – Omni-Man (Nolan Grayson)
4. WildStorm – Mr. Majestic (Lord Majestros)
5. Marvel Comics – Hyperion (Mark Milton)
6. Valiant Comics – Solar (Phil Seleski)
7. Boom! Studios – The Plutonian
8. Dynamite Entertainment – Samaritan
9. Dark Horse Comics – Titan
10. Malibu Comics – Prime (Kevin Green)

There is a significant different between what we see in Outgunned Superheroes and things like Champions, M&M, ICONS and even comics like Astro City and Invincible.

Inspiration is fine. This is litrally copying and filing serial numbers off. It really rubs me the wrong way.
it is doubly annoying because the actual art style and quality are both great.

Golden Bee · May 15, 2025

Yeah, they are 5% different in cases. Hire DMCA from M&M, he was aces.

Whizbang Dustyboots · May 15, 2025

Golden Bee said:
Yeah, they are 5% different in cases. Hire DMCA from M&M, he was aces.

I don't think they're going to replace the staff artist who does 100% of the Two Little Mice projects.

Outgunned Superheroes

Thomas Shey

Legend

Reynard

aka Ian Eller

Bae'zel

Hero

Reynard

aka Ian Eller

Graylion2018

Explorer

stormwriter

Explorer

Graylion2018

Explorer

Reynard

aka Ian Eller

Golden Bee

The cool guy of online

Whizbang Dustyboots

Gnometown Hero

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