In my last post I wrote about casting Shiitake Sensei for the serialized story “The Great Mushroom Detective: The Case of the Golden Mushroom” in my zine MaiNichi Mushroom. I’d done a quick sketch of a hedgehog but it didn’t fit Shiitake Sensei. I liked my hedgehog drawing enough that I decided to rewrite the story to include the hedgehog.
I held a character naming contest on my Facebook Page.
I had some great suggestions and I had a tough time choosing. Check out the suggestions below:
| Sir Lloyd Picklymaster Loro Horatio Stickleback/Sticklebottom Gunter von Shpeiny Dr. Klaus Pricklestein Spike Nerfler Norman Spikes Trevor Prickles Neville Needlebottom Ivan Thornback aka Ivan the Stabber Kevin Stabbottom |
Myrtle Thornback Mildred Thornes Finkle Pricklystein Prickler Finkelstein Todd Finklemeister Hedge Mastermind Hedge Hoch Porky Pinebottom Prickly Pinebottom Nichi Iggymeister. Mortimer |
Two names caught my attention. The first was Trevor. Trevor is such an unassuming name for a villain. I love that kind of thinking! So I thought it would be Trevor. But once someone suggested Mildred or Myrtle if the hedgehog was a girl. I realised I wanted more female characters. So I mixed them together and came up with a international British hedgehog criminal mastermind.
I present to you
Big thanks to everyone who participated and especially to Dolly Tartan who came up with both Trevor and Mildred Thornes.
I will do another sketch of Mildred and send it Dolly’s way.
The Spendy Pencil 