Comments on: Character Designs & Creating a Cover: Young Justice #14

By: Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:52:45 +0000

In reply to Yojimbo. Will do!

By: Yojimbo

Yojimbo — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:01:35 +0000

Cool, looking forward to it. If you can squeeze a line or two about some of the new locations like this version of Windward Home and of course, Shayeris, would be neat.

By: Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:00:03 +0000

In reply to Yojimbo. It was a lot of fun designing those characters. I’ll be posting a blog entry about that in a week or so. The characters were all scripted by Greg and Kevin. For some they had a pretty specific idea of what they wanted visually, others I was more free to “run with the ball.” It was a lot of fun designing those character. I'll be posting a blog entry about that in a week or so. The characters were all scripted by Greg and Kevin. For some they had a pretty specific idea of what they wanted visually, others I was more free to "run with the ball."

By: Yojimbo

Yojimbo — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:29:30 +0000

That was a nice balance of Aquaman characters debuting, nearly hit every decade I think (Ronal from the 60s, Cal Durham from the 70s, Chian and Wyyrden from the 80s, and King Shark and Blubber from the 90s). Must have been a fun exercise designing them for Young Justice.

Were all the new characters from Greg Weisman and Kevin Hopps or was their some collaboration with you to choose from the Aquaman characters in the comics?

I vote for A because when I think of purity, I think of the ocean or sky, which is blue.

By: Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:59:41 +0000

In reply to Eddy. I think of the "low-hanging fruit" of Silver Age Atlantean characters were already established in the "Downtime" episode of the TV show. M'Chiste is indeed a reference to the Warlord character, but don't infer much of a connection beyond the name and the haircut!

By: Eddy

Eddy — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:22:26 +0000

Loved it – though I was hoping for more Silver Age than Arion characters. Was M’chiste a reference to Warlord’s pal Machiste? His hair resembles Machiste’s crown.