October 29, 2008
"CAPED" - The Gemini Bros.
Where Batman has the Joker, The Edge has Craig and Irv Gemini. Identical twins in the classic, silver-age supervillain vein, they dress, act, and even comb their hair as mirror images of each other, clothing their minions appropriately. I took Jürgen Prochnow, Crispin Glover, and Tom Noonan's "Red Dragon" and threw them into a blender to create the face and body language - just enough to ensure that they look like mass-murdering psychopaths and not Tomax and Xamot.
Kudos to you if you get the reference.
"CAPED" - Jimmy Lohman
Enter Jimmy Lohman - where most superheroes might get a sidekick, The Edge hires Jimmy as a personal assistant. He's in his early twenties, poor, well-meaning, over-educated, and lost. The writers wanted the hopelessness of Michael Cera's character in "Arrested Development" coupled with the body of Steve Ditko's Peter Parker. I think he came out okay, but Jimmy ended up with the most iterations.
"CAPED" - The Edge
"Gotham Blues" is an upcoming comic published by BOOM! Studios. It takes place in a familiar setting - a world populated by superheroes, from the grim and gritty to the ridiculous. The Edge is one of the former, a dark, brooding avenger of foul deeds whose main weapons are blades covering his forearms and a sickle that he keeps on his breastplate. The comic's creators wanted a dark, 80's Batman kind of look, and this is what I came up with.
But even guys like The Edge need a hand...
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