Roope McAnkka (Scrooge McDuck) is one of my childhood favourites, there couldn’t be a list of heroes without him. Period.
Scrooge McDuck originally by Carl Barks
Month of Heroes: R
Vastaa
Kirjoittajan arkistot:Ina
Month of Heroes: Q
I was amazed beyond belief when I typed ’Jean le Flambeur’ in Google and the results didn’t feature ANY fan-art. So it’s my task to fix it, then?! It’s really baffling, because the Quantum Thief trilogy is such a visual universe and I couldn’t believe no-one had taken up to draw about it before. Or maybe scifi readers just aren’t eager fan-artists, who knows.
So here we have Jean the quantum thief with some of his sidekicks. The cursing butterfly is Mieli’s ship Perhonen and the puss-in-boots is Carabas, some sort of security system in Jean’s own ship Leblanc. Someone once said the Quantum thief series was like reading a dream so I guess this sort of literal visualizations of stuff are quite okay.
Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
Month of Heroes: P
Amélie Poulain was classified according to her last name, because it was already too crowded in A and she definitely needed to be on the list. Päivänsäde Nuijamäyrä, also known as Sunflash the Mace in English, has found a nice spot here as well.
Amélie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Month of Heroes: O
I fell for Obi-Wan in the sensitive age of twelve or something when Revenge of the Sith came to cinemas. He also brought me and MacKativer together, in a way, for which I’m forever grateful. No more arguments needed, he’s a hero.
I couldn’t remember the colour of Obi-Wan’s light saber and on a critical moment I decided not to check it. It was 50-50 chance. So I beg forgiveness from all the puritans out there, I’ve deserved your laughs.
Month of Heroes: N
The Moomin were an intergral part of everyone’s childhood and I’m not an exception. Nuuskamuikkunen/Snuffkin deserved his place on the list by being cool and mysterious, a little like a natural force you can’t control. With a deep beautiful voice.
ParaNorman is a movie I’d wish to be an integral part of someone’s childhood. A lot of someones, actually, since it’s not only a dynamic and entertaining horror film but an extremely well done stop-motion animation and a wise story about being yourself and believing in yourself regardless of bullying. Such sensibility from 10-year-old kids, watch and learn:
”Don’t you ever want to revenge your bullies?
-Of course. But what would that accomplish?”
If only there were more people who learnt this the world would be so much better!
Moomin by Tove Jansson and her heirs respectively
ParaNorman directed by Chis Butler and Sam Fell
Month of Heroes: M
The Nerds vs. The World! Small gurus who kick ass! Animated! Yay!
Thank you Master Shifu for being so grumpy and cuddly! <3 Thank you Milo Thatch for being such a geek and leading me to ask the right questions, such as "What does a production designer do?".
Master Shifu from Kung Fu Panda directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
Milo Thatch from Atlantis: The Lost Empire directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise and Benedikt Rabanus
Month of Heroes: L
La Gueule has just presented his dismay about a frog sitting on his nose. Le Frog is figuring out the best ninja move to teach the big-headed musician a lesson. Le Corbusier just trolls: he’s not fictious and I don’t even like him. But I thought he’d complete the trio nicely.
My greatest tragedy of 2010 was that Gainsbourg – Vie Heroïque was regarded by everyone else as JUST an artist biography. For me it was the best fantasy film of the year. Oh well. Aardman’s Flushed Away has a cult status amongst MacKativer and me, mostly thanks to the aforementioned Le Frog. And I guess Le Corbusier could be considerd a hero by some people out there…
Gainsbourg – Vie Heroïque directed by Joann Sfar
Flushed Away directed by Sam Fell, David Bowers (xD) and Henry F. Anderson III
Month of Heroes: K
Oops, after yesterday’s Pirates the connection to today’s lovely guy seems almost too obvious 😀 I can’t deny PotC didn’t inspire me to create Captain Andreas. There’s just something about those lone seafarers!
Captain, or Kapteeni in Finnish, is situated in K because it was already too crowded in A. This makes Kapu the first of the two characters on the list classified by their title. Trivia for the people!
I know it can be a bit smug to choose a hero you made up yourself on the list of favourite heroes… But having composed and drawn the adventures of Kapu for about three years now I must say he’s become quite important to me and I feel he deserves to be on the list.
But in case someone want’s to nag about it, I drew also another hero for K. He’s Kit Fisto.
Kit is a character without any lines but the most screen time compared to other Jedis in that category. I love the moment in Episode 2 where he grins after a completed droid smash 😀
Captain Andreas by me
Star Wars by George Lucas and company
Month of Heroes: J
(The Tortuga song plays in the back:)
Pirates of the Caribbean was hot in junior high. Nowadays it feels almost a bit embarrassing to dig it publically. But I had to choose one of all the Jacks and Johns! So there you go.
Tia and Davy should have been a pair!!! A perfect match!!! And you ruuuuiiined it!!!
The guy who looks like Kraken is actually Hank from Finding Dory, I think…
Hiivatin Norrington! (Because)
Pirates of the Caribbean by Gore Verbinski and Disney entertainment machine
Month of Heroes: I
Language barrier!! In Finnish we know him as IKJ whereas in English he’s BFG. Well, it happens 🙂
I became a huge Roald Dahl fan in the age of 8 thanks to our teacher who read us Dahl at school. Thank you! For this listing I considered also Dad / Iskä from Dahl’s Danny the Champion of the World, but since I knew I could never compete with Quentin Blake’s illustration of Dad, I finally chose IKJ and made my own interpretation of ”something terribly black and terribly thin”. Sweet dreams!
Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl
ps. If you aren’t familiar with the story, please don’t watch Spielberg’s movie but read the book! There’s so much more magic in there! And read Danny the Champion of the World!!!