People sometimes ask us how we came up with the unique and unusual names for our characters. Well, I came up with the idea of Brilliant Boy during my last year of university, where I was studying Visual Communication Graphic Design. I’ve always enjoyed my Typography classes, and had developed a tremendous respect and admiration for the Typographic trade. When I realized that I wanted a motif for my comic book creation, I decided to name my characters after Typographers and Type Faces that I liked, as a way to pay homage to the people who’s work influenced how we perceive the printed medium. So as an underlying theme, I’ve made it a point to name all the inhabitants of Baskerville after Type Faces.

The list below shows the Type Faces that I named my characters by:

It’s funny how cartoon characters evolve over time. I guess we grow with our creations, and as we mature, so do our artistic styles.

Here is a drawing of Gill and Poetica that appeared in the Brilliant Boy #2 comic book. My, how they’ve changed!