Inside The Book No. 13

These are my initial character designs for Alaric the Axe, a villain seen so often in Johnny Saturn.  Really, this design was not far off the mark from how I initially drew Alaric.  Looking at this now, I wonder if some of his appearance was subconsciously influenced by Thulsa Doom’s barbarian henchmen in the movie “Conan the Barbarian.”  Alaric’s old costume looks a little too “90’s” to me now, and I’m glad I gave him a new costume in his later, one-armed incarnation.