Seaguy's costume has had a few changes from the original series. Grant Morrison has said that if the first series was the "child" Seaguy (naive, full of curiosity and wonder, prone to trouble), then this is the "teenage" Seaguy (knows too much to return to ignorant bliss, but still hasn't defined who he wants to be). His costume is less colourful this time - still keeping with the blue, yellow and black colour scheme, but black is now the dominant colour, and the blue is a much darker shade. I dropped the belt so he looks less like a toy superhero, and more like he's wearing a wetsuit. The "SG" logo was the trickiest part, I was never happy with the yellow oval of the first costume and so I spent almost a full day sketching dozens of variations until I found the "wave" design, which is still a callback to the previous costume design but more modern and nautical.
She-Beard has had a complete redesign, again, still keeping with the colour scheme of the original for visual continuity but otherwise entirely new. Her only real description is "Red Sonja. With a beard."
Seadog, whom we found out at the end of the last series is also the villain Lotharius, keeps his yellow stripey shirt, but I gave him white pants and boat shoes, which calls to mind the citizens of the Village in The Prisoner.
And finally Death, the Grim Gondolier, who claimed Seaguy's pal Chubby Da Choona as his own in issue 2 of the previous series. He still can't find anyone but Seaguy to play him at Chess...
More to come.









5 comments:
These pictures are great! The wave-logo is pretty cool. Can't wait for the next adventure of Seaguy. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah! New seaguy design looks better! Nice!
I assume you're having a "ball" drawing this. There's nothing like a new project to get you "motivated."
I hope you and I can sort out some of our copyright "issues" before you get too far in.
Regards,
Chip
Chip, I can only assume you have decided to now launch the latest in your tedious series of "copyright claims" against me on the eve of the Cane and A-Bull action figure line arriving in stores. I don't know how many times I have to tell you that an agreement written on an Arby's napkin is not legally binding.
P.S. I also have filed for trademark on the name "Chip Zdarsky."
Is it just me or is she-beard kinda hot ? I'm so excited for more Seaguy !
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