One genius piece of fan art combines two incredible characters into the greatest crossover of the ’90s – Griff Tannen from Back to the Future The legendary second part of the franchise turns into Ghost Rider. Mashup answers a question that most readers didn’t even think about: “What if Griff Tannen had become attached to the Spirit of Vengeance instead of Johnny Blaze?”
Posted on Instagram by fan artist Tom Hoskisson (@tomhoskissonart)This clever combination of Griff Tannen and Ghost Rider brings together the brightest aspects of both characters while adding a fun and colorful ’90s twist. There have been many versions of Ghost Rider, and many of them even had cybernetic enhancements, but Tom Hoskisson’s fan art takes the character in an unusual but ingenious direction.
The addition of Ghost Rider’s flames makes slapstick villain Griff Tannen look ferocious, and the inclusion of Griff’s cybernetic enhancements innovatively modernizes the Ghost Rider character while also referencing some of the high-tech variants of Ghost Rider.
Ghost Rider and Griff Tannen are an unlikely couple who are somehow perfect for each other.
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Hoskisson’s fan art combines the most memorable aspects of Griff and Ghost Rider’s character designs to create something unique. Fan art turns Griff’s outfit into a dangerous hellfire weapon, complete with a smoking hot cybernetic bat and spiked knee pads.and his futuristic green jacket and silver helmet are stunningly redesigned to match the Ghost Rider aesthetic of Hoskisson’s art style. The fan art also pays homage to both characters’ origins by using a fun ’90s aesthetic.
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Despite their very different motivations, both Griff Tannen and Ghost Rider are largely impressive figures who use physical transformation as a form of power. Griff as Ghost Rider with the Spirit of Vengeance or the demon Zarathos would be more self-servingly evil as opposed to the usual anti-hero Ghost Rider. Tom Hoskisson’s fan art presents a hypothetical new direction for how Marvel could modernize Ghost Rider while bringing back its underused cybernetic counterparts. Although, more importantly, it targets the nostalgia of fans on both sides. Back to the Future and classic versions of Ghost Rider.
Ghost Rider Griff Tannen fits into the many variants of Marvel’s Spirit Of Vengeance.
Ghost Rider, first introduced in Marvel in the spotlight #5 – Created by writers Gary Friedrich and Roy Thomas and artist Mike Ploog.
Johnny Blaze was the original Ghost Rider, and Danny Ketch took the character to new heights of popularity in the 1990s incarnation. There are 35 versions of Ghost Rider in the Marvel Universe and counting, and Tom Hoskisson’s incarnation of Griff Tannen’s character wouldn’t feel out of place among them. Though of course he would most likely occupy the villainous end of the Spirit of Vengeance spectrum, though he certainly wouldn’t be alone in that regard.
As unexpected as it might be for a crossover, “Ghost Rider Griff” highlights the fact that pop culture is infinitely permeable.
Hoskisson’s fan art of Griff Tannen’s Ghost Rider riding a flaming hoverboard and boasting a host of cybernetic enhancements is a delightful reimagining of both iconic characters. As surprising as it might be for a crossover, “Ghost Rider Griff” highlights the fact that pop culture is infinitely permeable, and that’s what’s most exciting about it. Anyway, Unification of Hoskission Ghost Rider And Back to the Future Griff Tannen should inspire more cosplay artists to take risks with amazing new iterations of classic characters.