It's very strange crossposting between Bluesky and here, since I can ramble SO much longer here.

Been super art-blocky lately, so I tried a collab w/teh hubby...He likes to write, and I hate doing so, so I like to give him a written challenge that I then draw: in this case, it's a James Bond type henchman, who ISN'T fully clothed. Over the years, the Bond films had a reasonable amount of shirtless beefcake--Necros, Erich Kriegler, Red Grant--but like every media these days, they are annoyingly keeping everyone fully clothed now. Why hire Dave Batista if you're just gonna keep him in a suit?
So meet Crusher, the extractor (his job is to retrieve people as requested...ideally, alive); he accomplishes this by smooshing unsuspecting captives into his torso to prevent them from screaming as he drags them off, generally under the guise of a drunk buddy or relative ("SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!" *HUG* "LET'S GO TO A BAR!" I definitely was aiming for an uncle vibe). Hence his nickname. Having a hairless species and a...convex torso are essential to the smothering process, so a rhino seemed to be a good fit, aaaaaand as specified, everything necessitated the perpetually open shirt. I am resisting the idea of him being Russian, which would fit in with the comic even better, but it's a bit weird to think of a Russian rhino (yes, I remember Rocksteady from a couple years back). It would be FUN, though.

I tried both bodytypes as a test...and it was surprising that I actually had to totally redraw him to make it work, rather than just editing the original. As much as I prefer the right version lately, the left version is probably more appropriate.

It's unclear if he will have an official role in any of the comics, but he was inspired by Nate's father, who has probably hired Crusher to have his son brought in for...family reasons numerous times.

Crusher © us.