The basic proportions, silhouette, and then a key pose that kind of gives you the character of the creature at a glance. We start old-school, on paper with sketches. Then we use a very talented fine artist concept illustrator, Paul Mellinger. That's important to me when I'm doing character design, what does this character want to communicate? There's a sense of power, but there's a sense of wild energy, chaotic magic, you know, and it's electric and there's bolts. He also let me know that Jim Gaffigan was going to do the voice, which gives me an idea of the core of the character. It's "Aladdin." He's big, super-powerful, but with crackling, crazy energy.
Image: ScreencapĪO: He'll give me a brief, for Thunderbolt, it's Robin Williams. A few touchstones of a starting point from the different comic book iterations. We'll talk about what was cool about each one, what is important to the fans, and what's the core of the character. So for Thunderbolt, for example, there is a pretty big difference and a look and feel for the way that the original JSA (portrayed) Johnny Thunder, green blazer and bow tie, to Alex Ross' Jakeem and the Thunderbolt. There's Thunderbolt, there's the staff itself, there's Grundy, but the first thing we'll do is talk about what the character is and look at how it's been done previously in the comic books. Andrew Orloff: Geoff talks about what it is and the idea.
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