Now that really is an artist going above and beyond! Well, as the saying goes, all this and more will be revealed in future episodes of The Out!Īnd that’s it folks – this week you not only got another deliciously deep dive into the mind of Mark Harrison for his cover to 2000 AD Prog 2323, but you also got a complete look at the creative process to come up with one of The Out’s most recent characters. What does it mean for Cheerio? What’s going to happen to Cyd? And will Bag ever get that deep clean and declutter that its so desperately wanting? I worked out some sort of rules for the character (He was symbiotically linked so when the mouth was shut all senses were routed through the mascot suit) and came up with mannerisms (falling over – missing his (original) mouth with food and drink) to make the character more tragic and sympathetic.Ī companion and friend to Cyd, but definitely not a lover. A rather dark idea the hellish existence of a character trapped forever in something so seemingly cheerful and upbeat as a Disneyland character or football mascot yet, having made peace with that, bumbling his way through the galaxy. I loved the meta-humour of that and the juxtaposition. Cheerio could be a mascot! A visually big alien Wombat-looking character with a more humanoid alien trapped inside. Literally a man in a suit. We could have both versions of Cheerio in the same character. “This is science fiction- we can do anything we like”. But I also wanted something conceptually alien, something that wasn’t defaulting to a human-centric viewpoint. I wanted something sci-fi about it. I wasn’t totally sold on the look of Cheerio in my mind as a big furball like Chewbacca so I thought how could we play with that… wanting there to be a relationship with Cyd in the past, that he was like some musician living out of a van. I think we have to downplay some of the innuendo, but I like the idea he’s got a crush on her which is what motivates him.” “… he IS a feline, and he IS a flirty Falstaff type. A romantic type- even boyfriend/girlfriend to Cyd. She hitched a ride with him in her early days in The Out.”Īt this point, Cheerio is still a simple humanoid alien. “She manages, through sheer balls and bluff, to get off Zotol by hitching a ride with a medical delivery ship: basically an alien Han Solo who drives a spaceship “white van” – e.g. Open with a big bear hug from a being we’ve yet to settle on, the detective/white van man that becomes a facilitator for Cyd in more ways than one. I’m thinking a big humanoid beaver… Space Ranger Pepe Le Pew. 4.More wonderful back and forth with Dan in email as we try to pin down the character: 3! We’ll select two winners each week on Dec. There are 8 Cheerios across the neighborhood, and you can fill out each form every week while the game is on - now extended through Jan. It’ll ask you which nearby restaurant you want to bring Cheerio to (this will also be the restaurant you’ll win the gift card from). Simply scan the QR code whenever you see Cheerio.Play our Feed Cheerio game to keep our penguin happy and for a chance at a $50 restaurant gift card and a Cheerio plushie of your own! Cheerio is back for the holidays, and he has an appetite! He’s hanging out by local restaurants taking in all the classics and discovering our new restaurants.
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