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Frogman

on Feb. 16, 2008

Here we have the introduction to Julie and Dean Miller, Steve's mum and little brother.

I wanted Julie to just look like a normal mum, not one of those unrealistic milfs you see in comics all the time. Damn you Sue Richards! I'm hoping she looks normal. Anyway, I tried to make her look around 50ish with some extra creases on her face and strands of grey hair.

Dean is like one of those little kids - you know the ones - that seem to be on crack or something. He's a bit hyper and looks up to his brother. He's a bit coddled by his mum and likes video games obviously.

About the backgrounds: Essentially that's my house. And my car. (OMG Frog-mobile!) I'm not good at making interesting original backgrounds, so I'm attempting to adapt real places for Frogman. You'll notice a little 'P-plate' on the windscreen of the car. That's the law here in Australia, you need to display P-plates for three years after you've passed your driving test. There's also some 'happy 18th birthday' cards hanging on the lounge room wall, which are hard to see because speech bubbles are covering them… Those are Steve's. His birthday is July 29th, if you are interested. I should probably tell you that this is set around August of 2007. Steve is wearing a jacket because that is the time of winter in this hemisphere.

Next week's page is already drawn and inked, it just needs some colour.

Also, I was looking through a folder I have of all my old Frogman stuff the other day, and realised that this is something like the 5th attempt at telling his origin.

Double also… Yay! Over 1000 views already. Thanks guys. :)