Super-villain redesigns

I stumbled across this article from Comics Alliance yesterday showcasing the wonderful comic art of Kris Anka. I was particularly struck by some of the amazing redesigns he gave to some of Marvel's classic villains. Here are a few of my favorites:

Thanos

First up is Thanos, who I was introduced to pretty early on in my exposure to comics, specifically in the 1991 limited series The Infinity Gauntlet. In short, Thanos obtains a weapon that allows him to kill half the universe (yes, not just Earth, the whole freakin' UNIVERSE) and all of the heroes have to team up to stop him...and pretty much die trying.

Remember guys, he's big-boned ok?

Seeing as how Thanos is all in love with Death, I'm glad no one's done a Goth redesign

Anka had this to say about the design:

"this is my attempt to un-cornify thanos. i love the character from a concept view, but i always felt he was just plagued by his costume and treatment so he was never fully realized as a huge cosmic threat as he should be.

i brought in the hood motif to try to tie him more visually with death"

Galactus

Ah yes, Galactus, Devourer of Worlds! Not only does his redesign give a nice modern look to the cosmic bad boy, his look is functional as well:

"My basic idea is that he is sort of a void of power. Make him a more visual representation of the “abstract” concept. The hole in his chest is where he eats planets. Afterwards his body physically becomes whatever main element of that planet was. So if he eats a star, his body becomes fire."

No one rocks the purple like the G-man

This would fit right into an anime series, maybe one called "Evangelion"

Kang the Conqueror

Last up is Kang the Conqueror. A foe of the Avengers, Kang is basically bored of living in a utopian future and needs to get his war on. If only he just watched a copy of Fight Club, he would avoid having some of the most confusing/frustrating stories:

Kang doing his best impression of the caterpillar from "Alice in Wonderland"

Nothing says "the future" like glowing Tron-lines

Check out more of Kris Anka's awesome art over at his personal blog sockdrawer.