Advantar Man (no sexy superhero name or backstory, yet; maybe his inability to balance molar equations turned him to a life of chemistry), is a media creation of
Bouchard Communications Group for
Advantar Laboratories, and Bouchard let me come up with him. Here he is at work (above). And here he is in evolution:
The client wanted something between Superman and the Flintstones, which is a wild and weird divide to navigate.
Whatever direction this guy was going to take, apparently he was going to have a chin with its own area code.
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With a body to mix and match:
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| My preference: Clean lines. |
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| Cartoon steroid version. |
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| Jack Kirby on helium. |
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| Pretty much it. |
Superman and Fred Flintstone were murder on this dude's body.
Whichever body he would inhabit, it would be clad in the regulation boots, glove, briefs and cape.
For a brief instant, I turned Advantar Man's head blue: a Bunsen burner flame and a nod to Dr. Manhattan from
Watchmen:
Now Advantar man plays the convention circuit:
And the print world: I like this crop; superheroic:
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