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PowerTrip: Bigfoot Billy

Roar Comics

on July 5, 2010

Don't let the fearsome looks or the 6'10'' frame fool you.
William Bartholemew Sanders, aka "Bigfoot Billy" (or, on the 'Powerball' field, "Sasquatch Sanders") is a good kid.

He's a metalhead, and a big fan of Henry Rollins. He's never been a troublemaker, but, one can imagine the reactions he gets when walking in public around Norms who aren't used to metas.
Blue of skin and white of fur, Billy's often teased by his friends that he must be the love child of Sasquatch and Smurfette.
he takes it all in stride, as he's a pretty easygoing kid. Amazingly enough, for his size, he's pretty light on his feet, and an excellent dancer… a fact that he tries to hide.
As with any average 16 year old boy, he does have a high degree of macho pride, although he makes a conscious effort NOT to turn into a jock douchebag.

Billy's best friend is Jordan Yeager, a fellow metalhead whose father is Dean of Students at the local University.
Billy and Jordan have been best friends since 4th grade, and have done everything together. Jordan was one of only two kids who stuck by Billy when his genetic abnormality kicked in. The other was Peaches Patterson.

When Billy got to high school, his family moved across town so that he was able to more easily attend Wendigo High School, which was created specifically to cater to metahuman students.
Upon attending Wendigo, Billy found that not only was he NOT the only 'freak' in his town, but, he wasn't even the weirdest looking.
Billy came out of his shell, little by little, with some help from Jordan, who also attends Wendigo High, some new friends he could identify with (some Metas, others just metalheads and punks. Some both.) and securing a place on the school's 'PowerBall' sports team as power forward.

Now, a happy, healthy sixteen year old boy, Bigfoot Billy really loves his life. Which is good, because, without the love and nurturing of his mother, his friends and his school, young William could have wound up just another angry metahuman juvenile delinquent with revenge and destruction on his mind.