Fire and Brimstone

Heaven and Hell turn up with occassional frequency as stylized backdrops in a fair few BABY BOOMER strips: again, the almost-limitless premise of the project means that these Afterlife locations are treated in an almost matter-of-fact, very casual basis, as if this sort of setting can be the target location of a cheap package Holiday!


It is never explained exactly how B.B., Jet, Vibes or Veronica  manage to shift from their usual Downtown N.Y.C. location to the extremely alien trappings of Hades or cloud-bedecked Paradise: it is simply established as just another couple of scenarios in which the characters can inhabit and function in.

There are equal amounts of gag situations set in both 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' in the Afterlife, and somewhat guiltily, I have to admit that scenes set in Hell are the most fun to work on: the appearence of the Devil himself is symbolized as having him appear as an almost Vaudevillian Villain, as he encounters the somewhat unimpressed characters of BOOMER and JET, etc.


Within the scenes set up in Heaven, I have made the concious decision not to portray GOD Himself, however; He did appear in one very early Heaven-set outing, but this experiment is not likely to be repeated.

I just don't feel right about depicting such an Omnipotent Supreme Creator as a 'prop' in a tiny cartoon strip......if I do, I may have a lot of explaining to do, 'later on' [!]