SPOILER WARNING: How to draw 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.

Alright. Let's talk about drawing Hobo Joe. 

Hobo Joe is a bit of a challenge when compared to drawing other Crimson Fly characters Not so much his body and legs, but his head; as it isn't based on any generic shapes, its kinda hard to simplify. That's not to say that it can't be done (I did it somehow)

With other characters, its easy to simply take that basic shape and start pretty much wherever you want on that characters's head. Not so with Hobo Joe.  With him, its better to start with the eyes and follow the specific order listed on the right.  There's a better way, and I'm going to do some tests with some guine-I mean, friends to see if I can refine this a little better.

His body is a lot less complicated.  His upper body is a mix between Jones and the Fly.  Blocky like Jones, but not so blocky that his joints "break" when he flexes. In that regard he's closer to the Fly. 

For his hands and feet, Well, they're a lot more delicate than they look. Sure, Joe will slice you to threads, but that's it. His claws are more for slashing than for smashing.  Also, his legs are very similar, in principle, to the Fly. In fact they're closer to dog legs than to an actual rat.

Well, that's it about Joe. Hope you didn't feel too spoiled by the new revelations.  Next week, we'll be examining the side characters! See you then!

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!