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Yet another compilation of Helluva Boss-related sketches for my proposed video game adaptation.

After last episode’s rather depressing cliffhanger, and the confirmation of a second season, I thought about lightening up the mood a little bit with these ideas.
Counter-clockwise are:

- Moloch’s Diner: a possible location dedicated to the biblical false god/demon Moloch. If you know your Bible studies (or if you played Shin Megami Tensei/Persona), you’ll recall Moloch is associated with CHILD SACRIFICE!!! Just at the top-left of the diner, you can see Eddie (the bratty kid from the Helluva Boss pilot) being prepared as a meal by two chefs. One of the chefs is a harlequin shrimp, a crustacean known for their rather sadistic feeding methods on starfish (if you read The Bikini Bottom Horror, you can tell what Eddie’s punishment is here); the other chef is a Morlock from the 1960’s film adaptation of H. G. Wells’ short story The Time Machine, which have names that sound a lot like Moloch (not helping the fact that their main diet consists of the child-like Eloi).

- some ideations for Charon, the ferryman of the dead. I have three designs of him shown, and I’m still unsure which one I like best: two of them are the cliche “hooded man” (one wearing an Ancient Greek theatre mask, the other resembling a more ancient version of the G-men from Psychonauts), and the last design is a more “modern day” sea captain. Also, there are props surrounding him, consisting of two coins (one with an owl, the other with a gorgon’s head), a flask that he’d probably drink from, his trusty oar, and an ivory pipe carved to resemble a human skull.

- a Sumerian edimmu. On the left of it is a carving found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art that gave me inspiration. I know it shouldn’t be interpreted literally, but when I first saw it I thought “what if that beard were mutton chops”. And so the result is a blue restless
spirit of a Sumerian man that can only be defeated by the use of a special weapon.

- a siren that combines the classical depictions with the modern interpretations. Basically a mermaid with bird wings. While yes, I will be drawing more “classical” depictions of sirens as bird-women, I saw a medieval manuscript which combined both of these versions, and I was like “oh cool, I have got to draw this”. And for those wondering, her breasts are being covered by strands of her hair with feathers tied at the end, giving a bit of a Godiva effect.

- a Fomorian warrior. Basically a Celtic goat-man with glowing eyes, a Stone Age weapon, and immense strength. Just like the siren above, this too would vary in design. Moving on.

- and finally, what I appropriately call “Fizzerpent”. Since Fizzarolli is based on Beetlejuice (and voiced by his Broadway actor, Alex Brightman), it seemed ideal to have a boss fight involving his robotic duplicates, and one of the Robo-Fizz’s resembling the snake form of Beetlejuice (I love actor allusions).

Helluva Boss belongs to VivzMind and SpindleHorse.

All characters belong to their respective owners.

Description
Yet another compilation of Helluva Boss-related sketches for my proposed video game adaptation.

After last episode’s rather depressing cliffhanger, and the confirmation of a second season, I thought about lightening up the mood a little bit with these ideas.
Counter-clockwise are:

- Moloch’s Diner: a possible location dedicated to the biblical false god/demon Moloch. If you know your Bible studies (or if you played Shin Megami Tensei/Persona), you’ll recall Moloch is associated with CHILD SACRIFICE!!! Just at the top-left of the diner, you can see Eddie (the bratty kid from the Helluva Boss pilot) being prepared as a meal by two chefs. One of the chefs is a harlequin shrimp, a crustacean known for their rather sadistic feeding methods on starfish (if you read The Bikini Bottom Horror, you can tell what Eddie’s punishment is here); the other chef is a Morlock from the 1960’s film adaptation of H. G. Wells’ short story The Time Machine, which have names that sound a lot like Moloch (not helping the fact that their main diet consists of the child-like Eloi).

- some ideations for Charon, the ferryman of the dead. I have three designs of him shown, and I’m still unsure which one I like best: two of them are the cliche “hooded man” (one wearing an Ancient Greek theatre mask, the other resembling a more ancient version of the G-men from Psychonauts), and the last design is a more “modern day” sea captain. Also, there are props surrounding him, consisting of two coins (one with an owl, the other with a gorgon’s head), a flask that he’d probably drink from, his trusty oar, and an ivory pipe carved to resemble a human skull.

- a Sumerian edimmu. On the left of it is a carving found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art that gave me inspiration. I know it shouldn’t be interpreted literally, but when I first saw it I thought “what if that beard were mutton chops”. And so the result is a blue restless
spirit of a Sumerian man that can only be defeated by the use of a special weapon.

- a siren that combines the classical depictions with the modern interpretations. Basically a mermaid with bird wings. While yes, I will be drawing more “classical” depictions of sirens as bird-women, I saw a medieval manuscript which combined both of these versions, and I was like “oh cool, I have got to draw this”. And for those wondering, her breasts are being covered by strands of her hair with feathers tied at the end, giving a bit of a Godiva effect.

- a Fomorian warrior. Basically a Celtic goat-man with glowing eyes, a Stone Age weapon, and immense strength. Just like the siren above, this too would vary in design. Moving on.

- and finally, what I appropriately call “Fizzerpent”. Since Fizzarolli is based on Beetlejuice (and voiced by his Broadway actor, Alex Brightman), it seemed ideal to have a boss fight involving his robotic duplicates, and one of the Robo-Fizz’s resembling the snake form of Beetlejuice (I love actor allusions).

Helluva Boss belongs to VivzMind and SpindleHorse.

All characters belong to their respective owners.