#slugman comic

*GASP*

Bunch of JNA soldier bois

I was looking at my final version of last Fred drawing and suddenly I got an urge to sketch this. Enjoy.

Thanks to his fathers connections, Fred doesn’t have to serve the army any time soon in the original story. But I find this au still fun; SFRJ is protected, all the ladies satisfied.

Pile of character wardrobes, I wanted them to seem more 70s yet not go into something way too caricature.

The Slugman story was inspired by the 70s developing horror genre and I also see it personally as a decade where people became obsessed with conspiracy theories, UFOs, whatever Arthur C Clarke wrote and the rest of cryptid stories. Plus I thought to myself while I was developing Miha as character like “what if such character lived in Yugoslavia?”. And suddenly I knew I had something that I really want to see as a comic. At first I wanted to make a story to be something like a twist on “The Strange Case of dr Jekyll and mr Hyde”, but now when I look at it, I guess it would be easier to compare it with Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. Miha, the main protagonist of my comic, due to the fact that his mother was raped by a slime like monster, he was born with ability to switch between the slime monster form and human form (he discovered this ability at age of 12). The monster was probably an invasive alien who because of the inability to function on Earth climate and environment, it merges with humans (or any other dominant planet creature) to gain the complete control over it. So I can also say that having infected alien DNA would make humans something like ultimate human beings who can’t develop cancer and tend to heal extraordinary fast.  Furthermore, this alien despite common nutritional cravings is actually quite passive, so it doesn’t change the hosts mentality or behavior. In my own opinion, makes the whole thing even funnier since Miha doesn’t seem or acts like that he is above other humans. He actually just longs to be accepted. Miha can transform into this monster form on his own will and still have full control over it, but in cases where his emotions become overwhelming he tends to lose control over it. And I can say that comic is mostly about that? Just young adolescent trying to find balance or if I should better call it stay human, while also dealing with common troubles and stress that rest of young people deal with. Whether that be seeking fulfilling career, questioning their own identity and accepting changes in life. (this spiced with socialism setting and 70s vibe) All in all, it can be considered a story about another “monster boi” or allegory for growing up. It’s up to you guys.

The main characters of the Slugman comic!

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