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A. The Origin of Superfish as a Comic

Superfish was conceived by pegl0 in 2018 in a dream, following which he immediately noted down the ideas he had to turn it into a complete story; you can find sketches of the characters from as early as 2019, I believe.

In its initial stages, the story was quite different from its current iteration—the characters were different in both appearance and personality, and it involved two different sub-plots taking place in two different time periods. On pegl0’s now defunct Patreon, you can find the following blurb on the premise of Superfish:

After the death of famous author Kim Dae-Jung, Soo-Yin discovers a secret manuscript of her grandfather’s untold life story about witches, hitmen and a rubber duck.

In its current iteration, pegl0 has described Superfish as being a supernatural fantasy work with action, romance, and horror themes. Hence, the comic will feature graphic injuries.

Pegl0 decided to create his previous comic before Superfish to hone his skills; he has stated that it is a very challenging comic to make, and his previous attempts failed as his art needed to evolve. 

Pegl0 has conceived Superfish as spanning at least three (and optimistically four) seasons, with likely around 50 episodes each.

B. The Pieces of Media that Superfish is Inspired By

Back to the Future

While this likely held more true when the story had two different sub-plots spanning two different time periods, it is still notable in that DJ’s personality was partly inspired by Marty McFly. 

Howl’s Moving Castle (both the film and the novel)

Superfish’s character is heavily based off of Howl, while DJ’s is somewhat based off of Sophie. Their dynamic as they navigate the story is particularly inspired by Sophie and Howl’s dynamic in the novel the Studio Ghibli film is based on. Superfish, unlike Howl’s Moving Castle, focuses a lot more on magic and witchcraft; he has drafted his own “version” of witches for this comic.

Your Name, and Suzume

His art style and storytelling are quite inspired by Studio Ghibli works in general. 

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Much of the inspiration behind the illustration for the action scenes is derived from here. 

The Great Pretender

The art style was partly inspired by this. 

C. General Information on the Characters

Being Australian himself, pegl0 imagines all his characters as having an Australian accent. 

DJ can speak Hindi and English; his father was North Indian while his mother was South Indian. He wants to pursue teaching as a career. 

If Superfish were a human, he would either be a renowned chef who owns his own restaurant or a famous actor/model. 

While the story’s protagonist is always going to be DJ, some parts of the story will be shown through Superfish’s perspective.

D. What Is Next For The Superfish Universe

Obscaria is confirmed to be home to at least the following species:

Witches,

Werewolves,

Vampires,

Demons,

Fairies,

Sirens,

And trolls.