Revamp Vampirella!

By John Freeman on August 12, 2008

Get ready to Vamp it up as Project: Rooftop, where cartoonists and illustrators bring their costume design skills to task in tribute to the superheroes and villains they’ve grown up with, joins forces with Harris Comics for their newest drawing contest focusing on Vampirella entitled Vampirella ReVamp.

For the first time, Project Rooftop is partnering with the publishing company of Vampirella for an unprecedented contest, open to professionals, amateurs, vampires and aliens: redesigns the vivacious Vampirella.

In addition to the Rooftop’s staff roundtable review, there will be three special guest judges for the finalists: Trina Robbins, who created the original Vampirella costume design, Joe Jusko, who’s done some of the most memorable art in Vampirella’s history, notably his distinctive covers and work in the fully painted book, Blood Lust; and Dan Brereton, the cartoonist & creator of The Nocturnals, who’sworking on a 2008 Vampirella Quarterly Halloween Special.

Harris Comics has provided three incredible prizes for this Revamp Competition. The Grand Prize winner will see their winning entry appear as a pinup in a future issue of Vampirella, and receive two comics, signed respectively by Joe Jusko and Dan Brereton. Second Prize is a Vampirella wall poster illustrated by Jose Gonzalez, and the runer up will also receive two comics signed respectively by Joe Jusko and Dan Brereton. Third Prize is a Vampirella T-shirt illustrated by Stephen Segovia, and two comics also signed respectively by Joe Jusko and Dan Brereton.

In addition to these prizes, the finalists selected by the judges will also be up on a fan poll at Vampirella.com for the “Fan Selection” prize of a limited edition Vampirella print.

• To enter, Send in your Vampirella redesigns to projectrooftop@gmail.com, with the subject line: “ReVamp” Include your full name, age, website and mailing address for prize shipment. International winners may be responsible for prize shipment. All the usual P:R Guidelines apply. All entries must be received by Monday, September 8th, 2008.

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.