I’m always slightly disappointed when Toxsick takes his mask off to eat/drink/smoke. It’s not any particular fetish, I just find the idea funnier that he uses a filter apart from when cramming things in his face.
Then again I have a friend who used to chain soke but would insist on using a respirator (and anyne around him) when airbrushing. When questioned, he just delighted in calling himself a hypocrite.
It is a little strange when most comic book supervillains remove their masks; even more than superheroes, readers tend to see a villain’s mask as their actual “face”.
Toxsick’s blank gasmask sort of reflects his personality a bit more than his actual dumpy old mug, which is probably why he keeps it on most of the time.
I always wonder (aside from the crazies who actually outright do this), does a villain ever start to feel just more comfortable in their costume than out of it? I mean, did Kraven the Hunter ever say ‘Well, the crazy lion-face hunting suit is looking good, but damn…. I think I want to wear something with shoes today.’? Does the Riddler ever have to debate between stripes and questionmarks? I mean, we’ve seen Hypnausea in some more casual clothes, but is that preference or just keeping his awesome tie-dyed coat and hat clean for serious work?
Kraven the Hunter did remark once how he’s more comfortable in his “traditional” jungle-garb than in a suit (and you got to admit, ANY man who can rock leopard-skin pants is probably going to wear them as much as possible).
Hypnausea and (more recently) Scapula wear casual clothes just to make the visuals more interesting from time to time. The other villains are probably just comfortable in the filthy clothes they have (let’s face it, those are probably the ONLY clothes they have!).
Not the same at all, really. Being fine in gothic clothing indicates a group division. An identifier as a member of something. A criminal identity is basically the opposite…. and it comes with a lot of baggage. The point of a criminal identity is to bury your public one. A subculture is inclusive, while a criminal identity is divisive. (Sorry, basic terrorist psyche coming up…… you learn some strange things if you stay in my job long enough)
I will admit, Kraven does get kind of an exception. Guy must have had the world’s most amazing legs, and in leopard pants too. Basically if you can kick Spiderman’s butt AND go with high fashion classics, who can argue with you?
I;m an idiot. I was so scared of that “apparition” that I didn’t think it was Hyp’s doing? I still would have gone because I’ll take a mystery over bullets any day.
Throgor seems to be his usual exuberant self about the prospect of working with Scapula. Not that I can blame him….. he’s been around this particular turnpike a few times now. Babirus doesn’t seem overly concerned (when does he?), Tigadactyl’s his typical chatty self, and of course Toxsick seems to be doing his usual weird zen thing.
And I’m sure every single one of them is probably wondering why they keep running into each other. People get that way in my experience….. eventually you just sort of find a crowd to fall into, no matter how much you can’t stand them! Here’s hoping they don’t wind up killing each other.
Throgor and Scapula have been working on-and-off together since the very first comic; I had originally intended for them to be unspoken best buds but their personality traits eventually gravitated away from that. I’ve stated before how the characters really do affect where the stories go nowadays, and that’s definitely true here.
You’d be surprised how often you run into the same people in your business, even if you would rather run into them with a freight train.
Characters tend to develop their own lives, that’s true. My pocket philosopher wrote a novel a while ago and he basically had to re-write entire portions because they just didn’t go how a character would have made it go. But that’s good, right? I mean beside the fact you have these nutters full formed in your head like some kind of multiple personality hydra?
Oh, the pure exitment! Be still my heart. No, honestly shut up you friggin bulk of muscle!
excitement, damnit! But it gives some extra sense.
Perhaps your heart will leap right out…that would be some real exitment!
At least he wasn’t a real hoochie coocher.
(Dammit, Aidan! Thanks for getting that stuck in my head two days in a row!)
You’ve probably been doing that Cab Calloway walk everywhere you go, huh?
I’m always slightly disappointed when Toxsick takes his mask off to eat/drink/smoke. It’s not any particular fetish, I just find the idea funnier that he uses a filter apart from when cramming things in his face.
Then again I have a friend who used to chain soke but would insist on using a respirator (and anyne around him) when airbrushing. When questioned, he just delighted in calling himself a hypocrite.
It is a little strange when most comic book supervillains remove their masks; even more than superheroes, readers tend to see a villain’s mask as their actual “face”.
Toxsick’s blank gasmask sort of reflects his personality a bit more than his actual dumpy old mug, which is probably why he keeps it on most of the time.
I always wonder (aside from the crazies who actually outright do this), does a villain ever start to feel just more comfortable in their costume than out of it? I mean, did Kraven the Hunter ever say ‘Well, the crazy lion-face hunting suit is looking good, but damn…. I think I want to wear something with shoes today.’? Does the Riddler ever have to debate between stripes and questionmarks? I mean, we’ve seen Hypnausea in some more casual clothes, but is that preference or just keeping his awesome tie-dyed coat and hat clean for serious work?
Kraven the Hunter did remark once how he’s more comfortable in his “traditional” jungle-garb than in a suit (and you got to admit, ANY man who can rock leopard-skin pants is probably going to wear them as much as possible).
Hypnausea and (more recently) Scapula wear casual clothes just to make the visuals more interesting from time to time. The other villains are probably just comfortable in the filthy clothes they have (let’s face it, those are probably the ONLY clothes they have!).
Is it not the same as folk who feel more at ease in subculture clothing? 😉
(Says the escapist goth)
Not the same at all, really. Being fine in gothic clothing indicates a group division. An identifier as a member of something. A criminal identity is basically the opposite…. and it comes with a lot of baggage. The point of a criminal identity is to bury your public one. A subculture is inclusive, while a criminal identity is divisive. (Sorry, basic terrorist psyche coming up…… you learn some strange things if you stay in my job long enough)
I will admit, Kraven does get kind of an exception. Guy must have had the world’s most amazing legs, and in leopard pants too. Basically if you can kick Spiderman’s butt AND go with high fashion classics, who can argue with you?
I;m an idiot. I was so scared of that “apparition” that I didn’t think it was Hyp’s doing? I still would have gone because I’ll take a mystery over bullets any day.
I’m with you. A mystery only MIGHT be a bullet, while a bullet IS a bullet.
And bullets are not your friends. Hell even I’m only on a casual basis with ’em.
I’d like to see the whole lot of them bitchslapped by Scap.
…or he could have glove-slapped them and said, “Suh, you O-FFEND ME!”
Throgor seems to be his usual exuberant self about the prospect of working with Scapula. Not that I can blame him….. he’s been around this particular turnpike a few times now. Babirus doesn’t seem overly concerned (when does he?), Tigadactyl’s his typical chatty self, and of course Toxsick seems to be doing his usual weird zen thing.
And I’m sure every single one of them is probably wondering why they keep running into each other. People get that way in my experience….. eventually you just sort of find a crowd to fall into, no matter how much you can’t stand them! Here’s hoping they don’t wind up killing each other.
Throgor and Scapula have been working on-and-off together since the very first comic; I had originally intended for them to be unspoken best buds but their personality traits eventually gravitated away from that. I’ve stated before how the characters really do affect where the stories go nowadays, and that’s definitely true here.
You’d be surprised how often you run into the same people in your business, even if you would rather run into them with a freight train.
Characters tend to develop their own lives, that’s true. My pocket philosopher wrote a novel a while ago and he basically had to re-write entire portions because they just didn’t go how a character would have made it go. But that’s good, right? I mean beside the fact you have these nutters full formed in your head like some kind of multiple personality hydra?
……. I’ll get the straight jacket.