KiraStar: The Polybius Problem

One of the things I'm going to be doing with KiraStar is to try and make a city filled with actual people, rather than just NPCs. They won't exactly be deep characters, but they'll have personality and quirks.

I figured the easiest way to go about this was to draw each individual character before spriting them.

Meet Phil (left) and Ben (right), the owners of the local hardware store (basically the weapon shop). They're both pretty miserable.

The slogan for their store is "It's clobbering time!". Do you guys get the reference for each character? :3

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I get Ben Grimm but don't know Phil

*Edit* Phil's based on the wrestler CM Punk (Phillip Jack Brooks), who uses the Thing's catchphrase in the ring. The "X" position of Phil's hands may also reference the Phillips screwdriver.

And there's gotta be a toy store too- how else would Jack get that baseball bat?