Wednesday, April 24, 2013

SPOILER WARNING! Character Design: "Hobo Joe" the rat

Disclaimer: This post, and the following post, deal with the main antagonist of this piece.  As such, this deals with spoilers.  Nothing plot related, but you can't really talk about the bad guy without mentioning the sort of details certain people would rather avoid. So if you don't like spoilers in any way, shape or form, AVOID THIS POST. THERE ARE NO STORY SPOILERS, BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TALK ABOUT THE BAD GUY, AVOID THIS POST.

And now for our antagonist! Meet "Hobo Joe" the rat! (It kind of goes without saying but: SPOILERS!)
Some notes about Hobo Joe:
  • Hobo Joe is never referred to as such within the comic.
  • Hobo Joe wears a hoodie. His meta-reason for owning it, is that I like hoodies. In-story? You'll have to read the comic later to find out!
  • Hobo Joe is surprisingly picky about his food for something that lives in a sewer.

Hobo Joe is a monster of chaos and anarchy when compared to Officer Jones and the Crimson Fly.  His name comes from an earlier time in concept where the main antagonist was going to be a hobo with crazy fire powers. A friend told me that was stupid. I told them that they were stupid.  Then I thought about it and realized I was being stupid. And so I changed him.  Initially he was a lizard, but then I realized that Spider-man had already done that. Then he was a crocodile, but then I remembered that TMNT had already done that. So now he's a giant mutant rat (Which technically, turtles has already done, but Joe is not a ninja)

Next time: Learn how to draw Hobo Joe!


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