FA+
Shop
Look. Up in the sky, its April
8 months ago
General
Hello, hello. Sorry for being gone for so long. March was very busy and full of a few emotional shocks so I kinda found myself trying to tuck away and keep myself distracted. It wasnt fun, but i am feeling a scads better. I wanted to knock off the dust and get back on this list silliness. Since its April, i am back on the bird/avian/flying kick. This is another list of characters that live rent free in my wiggly grey matter. Only rules are that they have to have wings, or be based on flying creatures. Rule 2, no show duplicates. Only one character per title. This way I cant make a list of the entire cast of Gargoyles or Dragontales. Even if i might want to later. Here we go, and in no particular order.
Take to the Air-pril!
1- JoAnne Follett (Omaha the Catdancer)- This is absolutely a character who could have had her own spin off story in the series. Jo gets written off by most info sites as “just a prostitute”. Far from it. She is a secretary that moonlights as a prostitute. She is part of the cause of the troubles in the main story, and tries to correct her mistakes with dire consequences. How does that not rank more than “just a prostitute” ?
2- Chicken Joe (Surf's Up)- In a mockumentary of semiaquatic oddballs, the chicken is king of the surf. And that’s saying something , considering the lake was pretty placid most of the year. Fun fact, you can surf on Lake Michigan in the winter seasons. Joe is a bro of the highest order. When protag goes missing, he’s the one that tries to “rescue” him.
3- Adorabat (Mao Mao)- She be crazy, and I love it. She has a very blurred idea of what makes a hero. Like a kid who was raised on Violence Jack and DevilMan, only to discover Superman is a thing. Not many cartoons are willing to give a character a peg leg and not make that the main focus. More than once, I got too into an episode and forgot it was there.
4- Howard the Duck (Marvel)- The first Marvel Movie! This mad mallard was a burn out that suddenly appeared on Earth thanks to 80s science. In the comics he is a 4th wall shattering smart ass who tries to find his reason for being in the world. Many writers have no idea what to do with him and his sexy girl Friday, Bev, so he winds up doing a little bit of everything. Last I read he was a P.I. The fact he always spoke directly to the reader and poked fun at the tropes of the time was always a favorite of mine. I would have liked to see that in the movie a little more.
5- Agatha and Emily Vulture (Looney Toons)- They are adorable, and the bookends to one of my favorite looney toons cartoons. There is a reason that my Tiny Toons fan character is the resulting daughter of them, and Count Bludcount. They are a scavenger/predator, but unlike most cartoons, is first and foremost a kind creature. Absolute respect to Julie Bennett.
6- José Carioca (Three Caballeros)- The best way to describe him is “Donald Duck’s exact opposite.” Suave and extroverted, he is the chaddest of Brazilian chad. Even reality could be played with to some degree by him. Like a Disney character with regular Looney Toons abilities. They don’t play with that enough in his current interpretations if you ask me.
7- Perri Grey (Archie TMNT)- Bet you never heard of this character. Truthfully I could have used April. Dang girl has had her genes messed with so much she could be classified as a fish, reptile, insect, and feline, and the only constant is her rack keeps trying to escape that yellow jumpsuit. But I wanted to give a little affection to a very underused species/character. Perri is a lab tech that got mutated along with a captured April. While April became the first female turtle, Perri became a flying squirrel. She helped defeat the villain of the month, but rather than change back she opted to enthusiastically remain a mutant. If I could have a fluffy tail and long range gliding, I would totally do the same.
8- Sphinxy Sphinx (TTA)- She is a sphinx tied to the rules of Wackyland. They never specified what kind of sphinx she was, but she does have traits of both. Her appearance looks Egyptian, but her gag of riddles is very much Greek. I think the fanon is she is a child of both. That would be interesting, and very part of Wackyland shenanigans.
9- Aurora ( Adventures from the Book of Virtues.)- Can you tell I am a Kath Soucie fan boy? Yeah, I make it pretty obvious. If the show gets a reboot, I would have loved to see her bring cartoons of Jane Austen, Alice Walker, Karen Moning, and maybe Alice Bishop. Someone with some flash and spice up the kids’ experience with coming out respecting the sexes. I think she was the drive that made me take Women’s Lit in college. She made me wanna read more female made works. Get a taste for the new.
10- Fufu, the Lucky Bat (Sagwa)- I ended the last April list with a bat, and I’m doing it again, baby. Fufu is fantastic. He is Sagwa’s literal wing man and like a second older brother. I like to imagine his trademarked busted glasses were not just a visual cue that bats have sketchy eyesight. No other bat wore glasses. I like to imagine that the glasses were to help him see because he was hard of hearing. That’s why he was such a clumsy flyer. He compensates a lot. I know he is a generic design, but I wonder what species he could be. By the episodes, he needs to be strong enough to lift a long-hair Siamese cat. Must do research.
And that will do ya for April. Again, sorry I missed March. Hopefully I can keep better track of this. As to may…. I will leave that literally to you. May can be for OCs. You give me a list of your characters, or a character you really like and tell me about them. I choose the ones I like, and make silly headcannon theories with them. One part to show appreciation, to one part yay new things to look at. Feel free to add link in the comments.
And on that note, yes I am still open for pin-up commissions. If you are interested, feel free to reach out in the DMs.
Pin-Up List:
1- Taken
2- Taken
3- Taken
4-
5-
6-
7-
8-
9-
10-
Take to the Air-pril!
1- JoAnne Follett (Omaha the Catdancer)- This is absolutely a character who could have had her own spin off story in the series. Jo gets written off by most info sites as “just a prostitute”. Far from it. She is a secretary that moonlights as a prostitute. She is part of the cause of the troubles in the main story, and tries to correct her mistakes with dire consequences. How does that not rank more than “just a prostitute” ?
2- Chicken Joe (Surf's Up)- In a mockumentary of semiaquatic oddballs, the chicken is king of the surf. And that’s saying something , considering the lake was pretty placid most of the year. Fun fact, you can surf on Lake Michigan in the winter seasons. Joe is a bro of the highest order. When protag goes missing, he’s the one that tries to “rescue” him.
3- Adorabat (Mao Mao)- She be crazy, and I love it. She has a very blurred idea of what makes a hero. Like a kid who was raised on Violence Jack and DevilMan, only to discover Superman is a thing. Not many cartoons are willing to give a character a peg leg and not make that the main focus. More than once, I got too into an episode and forgot it was there.
4- Howard the Duck (Marvel)- The first Marvel Movie! This mad mallard was a burn out that suddenly appeared on Earth thanks to 80s science. In the comics he is a 4th wall shattering smart ass who tries to find his reason for being in the world. Many writers have no idea what to do with him and his sexy girl Friday, Bev, so he winds up doing a little bit of everything. Last I read he was a P.I. The fact he always spoke directly to the reader and poked fun at the tropes of the time was always a favorite of mine. I would have liked to see that in the movie a little more.
5- Agatha and Emily Vulture (Looney Toons)- They are adorable, and the bookends to one of my favorite looney toons cartoons. There is a reason that my Tiny Toons fan character is the resulting daughter of them, and Count Bludcount. They are a scavenger/predator, but unlike most cartoons, is first and foremost a kind creature. Absolute respect to Julie Bennett.
6- José Carioca (Three Caballeros)- The best way to describe him is “Donald Duck’s exact opposite.” Suave and extroverted, he is the chaddest of Brazilian chad. Even reality could be played with to some degree by him. Like a Disney character with regular Looney Toons abilities. They don’t play with that enough in his current interpretations if you ask me.
7- Perri Grey (Archie TMNT)- Bet you never heard of this character. Truthfully I could have used April. Dang girl has had her genes messed with so much she could be classified as a fish, reptile, insect, and feline, and the only constant is her rack keeps trying to escape that yellow jumpsuit. But I wanted to give a little affection to a very underused species/character. Perri is a lab tech that got mutated along with a captured April. While April became the first female turtle, Perri became a flying squirrel. She helped defeat the villain of the month, but rather than change back she opted to enthusiastically remain a mutant. If I could have a fluffy tail and long range gliding, I would totally do the same.
8- Sphinxy Sphinx (TTA)- She is a sphinx tied to the rules of Wackyland. They never specified what kind of sphinx she was, but she does have traits of both. Her appearance looks Egyptian, but her gag of riddles is very much Greek. I think the fanon is she is a child of both. That would be interesting, and very part of Wackyland shenanigans.
9- Aurora ( Adventures from the Book of Virtues.)- Can you tell I am a Kath Soucie fan boy? Yeah, I make it pretty obvious. If the show gets a reboot, I would have loved to see her bring cartoons of Jane Austen, Alice Walker, Karen Moning, and maybe Alice Bishop. Someone with some flash and spice up the kids’ experience with coming out respecting the sexes. I think she was the drive that made me take Women’s Lit in college. She made me wanna read more female made works. Get a taste for the new.
10- Fufu, the Lucky Bat (Sagwa)- I ended the last April list with a bat, and I’m doing it again, baby. Fufu is fantastic. He is Sagwa’s literal wing man and like a second older brother. I like to imagine his trademarked busted glasses were not just a visual cue that bats have sketchy eyesight. No other bat wore glasses. I like to imagine that the glasses were to help him see because he was hard of hearing. That’s why he was such a clumsy flyer. He compensates a lot. I know he is a generic design, but I wonder what species he could be. By the episodes, he needs to be strong enough to lift a long-hair Siamese cat. Must do research.
And that will do ya for April. Again, sorry I missed March. Hopefully I can keep better track of this. As to may…. I will leave that literally to you. May can be for OCs. You give me a list of your characters, or a character you really like and tell me about them. I choose the ones I like, and make silly headcannon theories with them. One part to show appreciation, to one part yay new things to look at. Feel free to add link in the comments.
And on that note, yes I am still open for pin-up commissions. If you are interested, feel free to reach out in the DMs.
Pin-Up List:
1- Taken
2- Taken
3- Taken
4-
5-
6-
7-
8-
9-
10-
