Hey Hootus,
What do you mean if she were real? I married her! She was in the stocks last night as a matter of fact.
I base a lot of the character on my wife Julie so there are a lot of comparisons. She has a psych background and will be working with me on plotting the new series. It IS going to be very interesting. It's going to give us a break from an involved storyline and we'll be able to do a lot with history.
One thing I don't want to do is get too bogged down with being too overly accurate. This is fantasy material so the characters will be pretty stereotypical. I'ts one big excuse to tie up and tickle Vikings, Pirates, Cowgirls, Hippies, Futuristic Space chicks, Jungle Girls, just to name a few. Julie and Kelli will be meeting new people and recruiting help from them. That will give them victims to rescue every now and then. That way we vary the action. I think it would get pretty boring if the same two got it every single time. Some stories Julie will get it, Some Kelli will get it. Some both will. Others background characters will get it. Still plenty of action though.
Since FTKL is going to be drawing the book now the designs will be tweaked a little. Kelli will be a little tougher and hotter in a Tom Boy sort of way.
I want Julie to grow up a little. Getting worked over in issue 7 really woke her up to the trouble ahead. Although she enjoys a good tickling, she really doesn't want to be worked over like that again, and she's really afraid of what Koo will do to her. She is the "Adult" in her book. That's why we tweaked her age a little from her earlier bio (the original VU bio).
Her basic outfit will change as well. When I designed her we really needed that post college girl sort of character so the shorts and top seemed to fit. Now she's matured a little but she's still aware of her looks. When she's not in a period outfit, she will be in her black top and white Capri pants with her new flip flop sandals. (That will leave plenty of chances for dangling folks).
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I'm really jazzed about it.
On a side note Hootus, I hope you're doing well. Send me a private message when you can.
BZ Tickler