One of the first big challenges of setting up Cape Guy was giving it an identity. Fortunately I’d had the name in my head for a while so that wasn’t an issue. I also knew that I wanted Cape Guy to be a super hero, or at least the pretend super hero identity of a small boy, with a friendly dog called Hero. I wanted to use a comic book style but also a very friendly one.

There are many some things that I can do, unfortunately drawing isn’t one of them (yet?). You can see evidence of this below. This meant that to take the Cape Guy brand beyond a vague idea in my head I needed some assistance. That’s why I asked Jemma Kang if she could help.Continue Reading