(The Phantom and the Phantom Menace, La Mesa CA summer '00) https://t.co/CJN0lMDYB0
The Scarlet Pimpernel would of course go into inspire the likes of Zorro, the Shadow, the Green Hornet, and ultimately your Batmen and your Tony Starks, particularly concerning the idea of the hero pretending to be a rich airhead to hide their true nature.
So! That's the skip. I've laid out the reasoning here, please feel free to dispute - but I'd bet that any counter example would only be a technicality, ultimately overshadowed by the Pimpernel's cultural importance.
(And really, who among us doesn't have ribbable art foibles? I make everybody too skinny even when I try not to, I can't draw a chair to save my life, and I cheat my perspectives like an algebra test)
Found this in an old sketchbook; Jesse Hamm and I pulled the same graveyard hours at the studio - this must've been my apology for invading his solitude, even though he'd be the last guy to make anybody feel unwelcome. It'll take a lot of people a long time to recover from this.
