Meet Bob

It was 2003. There was pottery involved. Less than a year later I had attempted to draw a set of comics starring the character. They were fairly terrible.

Bob was a new resident of the imaginary "Cityville", but nobody suspected that he was in fact the cover identity for... Bob (the caped, flying vigilate), always in the nick of time to save Cityville from Evil Bob's dastardly schemes. Evil Bob was similar to Bob in shape and stature, but had no lips, pinpoint eyes and wore a monacle. Needless to say I enjoyed the idea of the character, but I probably didn't like the idea of the actual comic. The mythology grew but the amount of story did not. Rob, a friend of Bob's, was an evil creation turned good, and Mr Mayor was the only human who knew Bob's secret identity. Stay with me here, it gets better.

I realised I needed to start again, but gave up on the idea for several years. Then, the weird started to set in. What if Bob's cape were what let him fly? What if there were a platform game with a green blob character? And what if the story weren't trash? Well it could maybe, just maybe be something worth thinking about.

One day, Bob was out flying over the ocean, when suddenly a bird stole his cape. He began to fall, but a chasm in the air opened beneath him, and he fell some more. Down in a deep, dark place he slowly stood up - there seemed to be something on the walls. A movie projecter roared into life, and before him was a simple message - "We Need You!". The image flickered away and out of the gloom appeared a spooky abberation hanging from the ceiling. The thing with glowing eyes pointed at him with a bony, upside down arm. It spoke in a muffled tone, like its mouth were covered.

"You will help me"

"Why?" Bob asked.

"You will destroy the evil one, known as... P. T. Giles."

"P. T. Giles doesn't sound very evil; and you're one to talk - hanging from the ceiling with eerie glowing eyes!"

"That is immaterial! You will first seek the advice of Spring Augusteen! Go to the East!"

"Where?" Bob asked, but he was standing on a beach, facing across rolling hills to the rising sun.

It's not much, but should be a start. Stay tuned for some character descriptions and Bob's further investigations of this strange place.