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These were preparatory sketches for a “Women of Johnny Saturn” poster we did, although almost all this work got revised once it made it paper. Below is my first attempt at a Turnaround for Staff—Clearly, she was not yet the character she would become! Staff is one of my favorite characters, so these old, old drawings strike me as awkward.
Here it is, the first Johnny Saturn drawing ever! My vision of what Johnny looked like was pretty strong going in, so this picture is quite similar to how the costume and character eventually developed. Already it had the hood, because I was going for sort of a medieval executioner look. The piping on the side of the helmet made it into the final design, as well as the steel-toed work books and hockey shin guards.
You can also see early designs for Johnny’s bracers and gauntlets, with knuckle dusters included in the design. Above are the headshot turnarounds for John Underhall, the man inside the costume.