I have a lot of Star Wars LEGO kits. A lot of the characters in the S-Team utilize parts from Star Wars minifigs. Shellshock has his basis in one of the more esoteric ones: the pilot of the T-16 Skyhopper[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I never bothered to name any of the three of these “throwaway” hero wannabes. I suppose if I ever reuse any of them I’ll have to.
More special effects work here. I’m slowly figuring out ways to improve and accelerate the process of representing superpowers.
This was my first attempt at using special effects.
Fromann is my favorite barbarian. He’s also related to the Sausage King of Chicago (for you Ferris Bueller fans) and he always refers to himself in the third person a la The Hulk.
All the current members of the S-Team are in these four panels, as well as some characters which I will explore more later.
Our first introduction to Charlie, Silverstein’s assistant. He’s got a lot more on the ball than his boss. He is almost never without his trusty clipboard. If you look closely, you’ll see the edge of the cardboard box in which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The “silent” panel is a device that Charles Schulz used frequently. It’s the part where one character says something patently ridiculous and the other character mulls it over for a panel before providing a choice bit of (hopefully funny) wisdom.
I created the S-Team originally for my Just Cause novel as a group of misfit heroes that got involved in a large-scale battle. They became such interesting characters to me that I thought I might write a novel about them[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The “After 8” set was the first I constructed for this strip.