EDIT: SUGGESTIONS ARE NOW CLOSED, AND VOTING HAS BEGUN!
You may recognize the rough looking crew above from the Gunfight at Genevieve Pier, as seen in Chapter Four of our serial adventure. We noticed that you, our readers, seemed to take a shine to these fellows, and we don’t blame you — we kind of like them too!
You may have also noticed that, despite the bullets, splinters, and even suggested splashes of O-positive flying about the panels, we never saw any bodies. And this is comics, so you know what that means — we might see one or more of these brutes turn up again in the future of our strip.
But here’s the thing — we can’t just keep calling them Stovepipe, Cappy, Beret, Topper, and Derby (respectively). And so we thought, since you all liked them so much, why don’t we ask you what their names are?
So here’s the drill: Suggest your names in the comments below, including the number of the gunman for whom you’re providing a name. Feel free to suggest a name for each, or multiple names even! First and last, first only, or nicknames — your choice!
Late next week, I’ll compile the suggestions into poll form, and we’ll let you decide which of the options best suits the lovely faces (and hats) of each of the hired killers. These names will become canon, so we for the most part trust your decision making (we reserve the right to not make our characters a punchline, so no ‘Stephen Colbert’ing this thing!). And who knows? Maybe your answers will inspire us to reveal more about these capped chaps in the future!
Ham Brooks
Johnny Littlejohn
Monk Mayfair
Renny Renwick
Long Tom Roberts
The above are names of Doc Savage’s crew
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doc_Savage_characters)
I’m going to assume that that last bit is for the benefit of other readers, and not Greg, Rick or I.
I will also assume that no one here knows that I cried as a child when my parents told me that the Michael Anderson-directed Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, despite ending on a cliffhanger, would never have a sequel (as an adult, the movie saddens me for other reasons).
1)Elias “Professor” Mortimer
2)Minton “Mint” Michaels
3)Leon “The Gascon” Gaston
4)Myron Deport Fredrick the Third, The Gentleman Rifleman.
5)”Sargent” Mendel Burley
I love the appelation “The Gentleman Rifleman.” That’s fantastic!
Fun!
Let’s see…
1. Gustavos Horn
2. Arthur Scroope
3. Beaufort (he’s like Cher, one name)
4. Dr. Horatio Bitterridge
5. Albert Mercury
I hope something sticks!
My favorites so far! Especially Beaufort.
I was going to suggest simply Georges for #3, as he’s so blatantly French he should honor another blatantly French comic character (Georges being Batroc’s first name)… but I must say Beaufort grows on me.
As for #2, there’s something about him that just screams having an alcohol in the name, like “Gin James” or “Mash Wilkes.”
Horatio Bitterridge would have legs anyway, but the “Doctor” is bonus!
I don’t have names for all of them, but for #1 the name Reginold Halbeck popped into my head instantly. As best Google can tell, there’s nobody famous named Reginold Halbeck (or even Reginald), so I can only assume that this is a case of a fictional character implanting his own name into my brain using mind-beams.
2. Liam O’Reilly
4. Maxwell Vance Anderson
5. Bodeen Meyers
1. Jennings Micawber
5. Clive Chesterson
1 Stillwell or “The Judge”
2 Pug
3 Jean Baptiste
4 Verner
5 Meggett
1. Malcolm Stone
2. “Squint” Turner
3. “Moostash” LaBeau
4. “Bullseye” Kenned
5. Mund Dugan
1. Elber Englehart
2. Sidge Bettemin
3. Esui D’bolle
4. Belbog Stanko
5. Chim Skurly
And while the Doc Savage movie had its (many) flaws, you have to admit that Ron Ely -looked- like Doc Savage.
How in the world did you come up with “Chim Skurly?”
Chim Skurly? That’s not a common name?
1- Phineas the Elder
2- Sampson
3- Giroux
4- John Eastman
5- Barnabus
1) Victor Bagovut
2) Sean Thornton
3) Jean-Claude St. Just
4) Andre Fitzroy
5) Cameron Tanner
1. Vincent Westerfelt
2. Sully Barclay
3. Matisse Meurtrier
4. Clive Hommes
5. Mick Dengenhoffer
1. Tanner Whitfield
2. David Dugald
3. Jean Russell
4. Michael Vincent
5. Pau Led
These names are compliments of my spam folder.
Well done, spammers. Well done.
That’s honorable mention-worthy just for the source, sir.
I try to get as much mileage out of my spam folder as possible.
Yup, I’ve been doing that for quite some time and using spam-names in my (humble) writings, too. Some of those in my list are plain stupid, but in many occasions they are simply fantastic.
Since you had the idea first, I’ll refrain from posting any of my spam-names. Gotta love Tanner Whitfield!
1. Henry “Trey” Anderson Chesterfield III
2. Robert “Boom-Boom” Ladson
3. Pierre “Pete” Grenouille
4. Francois “Frank” Grenouille (they’re brothers)
5. Jan “Donder” Der Voot
Sagacious Jack
Tommy Sinew
Quick Claude
Benedict Benedict.
The Professor (leader of the gang and very mysterious).
Cool. Love doing names. I can go all day:
1.Hewling Clout or Willmitt Constable or Jeppson Callow
2.Raff Skegg or Tunks Muckley or Barson Brasher
3.Guy Prins or Fl or ian Daux or Gilles Arnaud
4.Cyrus Hardy or Julian Vickers or William Trapnell
5.Fergus MacRae or Bryce Mackay or Gill Innes
1) Walt Remington
2) Sander Colt
3) Francois Mauser
4) Alexei Dragunov
5) Barnabus Winchester