Toonman - Rocky Rhode (Patreon)

Good news guys! David is done with our newest Toonman character designs! Here's the final work of our first new(ish) Toonman character, Rocky Rhode!

So as you all know, Rocky Rhode is the NRG World's most popular and beloved cartoon character. But all of Rocky's success across multi-media has given him a huge ego that has led to him becoming so arrogant that he is the most hated cartoon character in Toontopia, a fact he was either oblivious of or wrote off as just jealousy. Rocky's comeuppance eventually happened during Helvira's reign of terror in Toontopia following her take over, where she makes Rocky a prime target of hers in a most horrible punishment- sentencing Rocky to be cooked for her dinner and brought back to life every night. Such a Greek-inspired punishment took its toll on Rocky mentally, but what ultimately pushed him over the edge was that when Helvira was defeated by Toonman Rocky had thought there would be toons to comfort him and sympathize with his torment. Instead, he found no one felt remorse for the world's greatest Toon, some not even bothering to check up on him following Helvira's defeat. Realizing that he was the toon that had everything and yet truly nothing at all, this revelation along with his years of torment caused Rocky to snap and swear revenge on the toon he blamed for all his misfortune- Toonman. Now Rocky plans to torment his old friend and leave him with nothing just like he felt Toonman did to him.

So yeah, the plan was always for Rocky to eventually become another reoccurring villain to Toonman in his rogues gallery. The design you see here is Rocky post Helvira's defeat. While most toons were brought back to life and only with their mental scars visible, Rocky's mutilation is as plain as daylight, the world's once happy-go-lucky smartalec now a resentful and revenge-driven shadow of his former self. He cares not for his fellow cartoons or that humans who always loved him, as part of his revenge is hurting them for supposedly "abandoning" him in favor of Toonman as he rose to fame as a superhero and helped others (it also doesn't help that Toonman may have vented his frustrations about Rocky to humans who asked). In Rocky's mind, Toonman took everything from him and left him with nothing, and that's exactly what he intends to leave Toonman with- nothing.

Anyway, Big shout out to our friend David for his awesome design work on a now villainous take on Rocky Rhode. Let us know what you guys think with a comment below!

Toonman: the Animated Ace © NRG Comics

Art and Design by David Velasquez