Well, you’re about to find out…
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UPDATED 10/4/21: Halloween’s right around the corner! Perfect time to re-present this groovy piece from 2019. And, hey — a SEQUEL is here, too! Click here to check it out. Dig it. — Dan
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As you almost certainly know by now, I love all things Ben Cooper.
So naturally, I was agog when I again came across cartoonist Karl Heitmueller Jr.’s illustrations of superheroes wearing the wonderfully cheesy mass-market get-ups instead of their, shall we say, more on-model outfits.
Karl did them a number of years ago but he’s tweaked some of them and has been posting them online again this year — evidently inspired by this piece from the other day — so I asked him if it was cool if I posted them here.
Not only did he agree, it turns out he had 13 of them. 13! What are the chances?
So dig these groovy illos — and for more fun stuff by Karl, whom you probably know from his cartoon Prince Street News that appears in Back Issue magazine, check out his website Tough Guy Goods & Services by clicking here.
Right on.
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For more from Karl Heitmueller Jr.’s Tough Guy Goods & Services, click here.
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— What If EVEN MORE Superheroes Wore BEN COOPER Costumes Instead? Click here.
— 13 Groovy BEN COOPER Designs That Would Make Great T-Shirts. Click here.
October 29, 2019
Those are genius!
October 29, 2019
That’s really awesome artwork that pays tribute to Ben Cooper.
October 29, 2019
Wow. Super gaudy, looks more like they’re doing weird cosplay of themselves
October 30, 2019
Most are hideous as expected; some are surprisingly not terrible. She-Hulk totally works for me.
October 22, 2020
FYI, I am working on a sequel to this series for an upcoming issue of BACK ISSUE! Magazine
October 22, 2020
And I cannot wait!
October 6, 2021
the Flash costume looks better than the movies design