More Rise of the Guardians comics

[blackruzsa]

This time released by Dreamworks--more Pitch Black, by Johane Matte, Perry Maple and WoonYoung Jung. 

Johane Matte, by the way, is Rufftoon, who is STILL drawing ROTG comics on Tumblr even now.










"NICHOLAS ST. NORTH!" (aka Santa Claus)

He (enthusiastically) asks Pitch to ally himself with him.

"What makes you think I would be interested in alliances?"

North explains that they all became Guardians--he, Tooth and Sandy--to keep children safe. He also explains that the Man in the Moon gave them those roles, chose them to become Guardians.







1) Pitch's outfit bears a startling resemblance to movie!Loki and
2) I love this story. The movie, and all its extensions, and the book it sprung from, I badly want to read.

So many artists have gotten into this movie. Like, for example, the captivating Phobs:


Who is creating a 14-page comic based on Pitch's backstory.

Basically, he had a daughter. A daughter who eventually became Mother Nature, after she lost him to the Fearlings, which made him what he is now.

The stories behind each Guardian are amazing, guys, honestly.



And, before I cap this all off, here's what I did in the span of 30 minutes after watching the movie: 



I want to clarify that Soft pastels are an incredibly difficult medium to control, seeing as they're like chalk, but smudgier and harder to erase.

Plus I borked up his hand and the arm length, but I like how this turned out anyway :)

Also, can we have a Rise of the Guardians tag? :)) I may make more posts after this one.

Comments

[mrstatham]

I really need to see the film, but I'm not sure if it's out here yet. Things to check out, methinks.

But as it is, total agreement when it comes to soft/oil pastels, so very good job and kudos to you, honestly. They certainly aren't the friendliest medium to be working with at all.

[blackruzsa]

Thanks!
I love them, though. They're messy, difficult, but for some reason, using them is often a treat for me.

[theflames]

It seems like such an interesting franchise...

How do these people *become* these concepts? Like Mother Nature, Jack Frost, etc.

Boo for the Tooth Fairy being somewhat 'whitenised', she's based on the Kinnara of Buddhist and hindu mythology, but seems like the movie has kept the ties and given her a race lift to white.

So now the entire cast is essentially White people. Hmm :/

[blackruzsa]

I dunno, since she's pretty much pink and not human, so I don't consider her terribly "white" or anything

[theflames]

White analogues essentially, since the entire cast other than Bunny (who's a rabbit) and Sandaman, do 'read' as white people, I mean, she looked a little more asian in the books, in the movies, that's completely removed. Which just feels a little annoying.

But not enough for me not to really, really want to watch it.

It just sounds like a really enjoyable concept, I must get the art book aswell.

[blackruzsa]

Art book!
And yeah I see what you mean now. Plus her demeanor (I don't know what she's like in the books so I can't tell) seems much more bubbly than the book version.

Not worse, not better, just different. And I love the sheen that comes off her "hummingbird" feathery flesh, such a treat for the eyes.

[northstarfan]

Oh, this looks lovely...

Going to go see the movie this weekend (gonna make it a double-feature with Wreck It Ralph) really looking forward to it.

[blackruzsa]

Yay! I didn't get to watch Wreck It Ralph but I hear they're both good, so I hope you enjoy it.

[auggie18]

...WHY WASN'T THIS IN THE MOVIE?

Seriously, they could've shaved down any of the relatively pointless action scenes and put cool stuff like this in! There is so much cool stuff about this franchise that should've been in the movie!

And, again, Pitch totally has a point about the whole "fear being necessary" thing.

[blackruzsa]

I liked what was in the movie! What I didn't like was that they had such a time limit that they didn't show this... like, I didn't hate anything in the movie but there could have been SO MUCH more.

[auggie18]

For me, it just felt like a lot of action scenes dragged on a bit long, which was why they didn't have more time for exploration of the relationships between characters. They had a lot of characters to juggle and it sorta felt like stuff like the snowball fight/sled ride was taking up time that could've been used on the characters we didnt get to see much of. Those scenes weren't bad, but I feel like the character driven stuff would've been better.

[blackruzsa]

You're right! ): But the action scenes were still a treat for the eyes all the same *w* As an animator I enjoyed them ten times more, even if they took away from the backstory potential.

[silverhammerman]

Pitch looks Dream of the Endless. As a matter of fact this whole thing seems like a very well done fairytale version of that whole cosmology.
I feel like it'd be hard for the actual movie to live up to what the fans have done with it when I actually see it.

[blackruzsa]

This was released by Dreamworks, by the way. They have a comic being sold, I dunno if it has this in it, but I do know that the guys at Dreamworks are in tune with the fans--but due to, I dunno, budget in both time and storytelling, and what I expect was a lot of corporate interference, the movie was just like an intro to the deep and interesting world of the Guardians of Childhood.

[terrykun]

This is just.. nice. Not enough stuff that's just nice these days. (:

Bonus: I read the latest Dresden Files novel and couldn't stop hearing one of the character's in Baldwin-Santa's voice. Highly recommended. (:

[blackruzsa]

Guillermo del Toro and Peter Ramsey kept talking about bringing the wonder back to people, the same one they had as children :) People forget the stories but not everyone is willing to let them go, which I think is a great thing.

[turtlefu]

I'm a little confused. Is this a fancomic or is it made by someone part of the film? As a fancomic, it is amazing, and as part of a film it is nice too, but it just clarifies how we're supposed to read it?

[blackruzsa]

Well this bit is trademarked under Dreamworks, so it should be part of the canon.

Now the person who drew it is an artist on Tumblr who I can assume was commissioned by Dreamworks to do this particular piece, but Rufftoon also does fancomics.

BASICALLY it's a fancomic artist who got to do an official work for Dreamworks, which is the one you see above.

The people who worked on ROTG said they wanted to expand the universe, so they're doing it via comics.

[cyberghostface]

I've only read the first novel written by William Joyce and haven't seen the movie, but if this comic was supposed to show the first meeting between Pitch and Nicholas St. North (and the rest of the Guardians), then it pretty much contradicts the backstory set up by Joyce for his characters.

[auggie18]

I think it's like How to Train Your Dragon, where the connection to the books is...tenuous.

Doesn't mean it's bad, just different.

[blackruzsa]

I think it's based on the movie, or has separate 'verses (book and movie).

Anyways, Joyce took active part in the movie.

---from Wiki---

Although the film is based on the Joyce's book series, it contains differences from the books. The book series, begun in 2011, explains the origins of the characters, while the film takes place about 200 years after the books, and shows how the characters function in present time. Joyce explained, "Because I don't want people to read the book and then go see the movie and go, 'Oh, I like the book better', and I also didn't want them to know what happens in the movie. And I also knew that during the progress of film production, a lot of things can change. So I wanted to have a sort of distance, so we were able to invoke the books and use them to help us figure out the world of the movie, but I didn't want them to be openly competitive to each other.

[blackruzsa]

Basically Joyce didn't want the book and the movie to be the same :)

[rebecky_mo]

UGH, THIS MOVIE. So many pretty settings. So many wonderful characters. So many unexpected feels~! I think I need to go see it again this week, to give it box office support and squeal some more.

I kinda figured that in the very beginning, Pitch wasn't a 'villain'. A little fear is healthy for kids/people; it's what keeps kids from running into busy streets or wandering into somewhere they shouldn't be. It's when fear winds up taking over your day-to-day life that it gets dangerous...

And hey, Rufftoon comics. Instant gold star there, her work is always brilliant. *takes notes of Tooth's feather gradation for cosplay plans*

[blackruzsa]

YES RIGHT
I mean I can admit the criticisms are correct, the movie could have been better, but when it comes right down to it, the movie made me feel completely and utterly overjoyed and it was fantastic in that.

[rebecky_mo]

The 'situational plot' definitely needed more to it, but I really felt the major story was the characters themselves; more about who they were and why they do what they do.

Really, all I needed was for the movie to make me laugh (which it did, ALOT), get teary-eyed, and feel like a kid again. It accomplished all of this, so I was satisfied.

As an added bonus, I unexpectedly fell in love with Baby Tooth OMG I WANT ONE FOR CHRISTMAS. *_*

[blackruzsa]

OMFG SHE IS THE CUTEST THING EVER I CAN'T

And honestly it was meaningful, more than anything I've seen in movies in a long time.

Where?

[lasauvage]

First, thank you! Thank you for posting those here, you're a hero!

And second: Where do you find those comics?! I searched on the web during a week I couldn't find more than a mention here and there... This website is the only one I found with actual pages on it! Is there any website that sell those? Or where you can read them?

And thanks again anyway ^^

Re: Where?

[blackruzsa]

They released a Dreamworks comic about the Guardians but I'm not sure if this was included... maybe as far as official releases go, this was Tumblr-specific? Because Dreamworks has a Tumblr. But I'm not sure, sorry );

Re: Where?

[lasauvage]

Ah well, guess I'll have to go lurk on the dreamwork tumblr then. Thanks for answering ^^

Re: Where?

[blackruzsa]

:) You can find the pages on Rufftoon's tumblr, not sure if they're complete.