#bug man

Bug Man!

Doom patrol #99 - "The Deadly Sting of the Bug Man" (1965)

It’s about a half bug half man criminal mastermind trying to save his cordyceps infested daughter. The simple art style is a delight and the writing is real good so far. I know I’m biased because I know him in real life but for real, I think this comic has a lot of heart and I’m obsessed. (Also there’s lots of fun entomology/bug jokes for all you nerds.)

This is such a good ask! Ok some of this is coming to me on the fly. Or how I like to think of it, like a message from the universe that I, your humble oracle, am delivering as gospel ✌️💀

Ghost: My man is autistic as fuck so the process of going to shower, like the transition of it, and using communal showers is rough. Luckily he’s got his own private shower so that isn’t a problem so much anymore (therefore he’s maskless in his shower at least.) However, he will use 12-in-1 body wash or even dish-soap if not stopped. Blame a childhood of poverty and neglect for his opinions of wasting money on “fancy soap.” He is not a hairy dude (what hair he does have is blond and sparse) so he doesn’t have to do much grooming in that regard but he shaves his face every day with a Bic to avoid the sensory nightmare of new beard itch under his mask. If he can’t wash in his own space he just doesn’t and so he comes back from missions smelling gnarly.

Soap: Johnny lives up to his nickname when it comes to cleanliness. He was the only son in a house full of girls and he internalized the importance of proper hygiene, hair/skincare and manscaping. He favors woody scents and is very particular about his grooming (ie: a weekly Mohawk touch up, not letting body hair get out of control— though he lets go of the later a bit when he finds out that Simon is into a bush.) He is mildly horrified by the way Ghost washes when they first start hooking up and replaces his godawful drugstore body wash/shampoo/conditioner/??? and Simon doesn’t complain once Johnny finds him some nice minty scented options.

Gaz: Kyle always smells fucking good. He’s much more on Johnny’s level and they do spa nights together (sheet masks, scrubs, cucumber slices the whole deal.) I see Kyle as a shaver, he’s just simply not a fan of body hair on himself (though he has no issues on how his partner wears theirs) and also the first person to complain when someone (Ghost, Price, Nik) needs to go wash their ass.

Roach: We know he washes because he never stinks, but no one has ever seen him shower. Where he goes, what he does or uses is a mystery.