Just read the new Shazam comic and thinking about re-designing my outfit for Freddy. I thought the blue scarf was a serve, but I think I only really liked it in Dan Mora’s art style lol.
Anyways, as I was reading I was thinking about how I’m kinda not a fan of when writers kinda write Shazam & Billy as two different people? I’ve seen a few iterations of the comics do this but I’m never sure why? It just kinda seems like more work imo to write them as separate characters???
Maybe there is some appeal in like the magical “other-self” or “idealized-self” areas of fantasy, but I feel like the Shazam mythos covers that either way? Anyways that’s my hot take lmk which you prefer and drop a comment if you wanna let me know your reasoning~ ✨
Bonus: please enjoy these random sketches xoxo
Okay, Hi Hi Hi! 🌻⚡️✨💛 Here’s my design for a slightly older Mary; she’s only a couple months older than Billy. Her birthday is September 19th, and Billy’s is December 23rd, so they’re both about 16 in this drawing.
I’m really, honestly not sure where I wanted to take her design, but for now I like where it’s at. Hopefully I will get around to Darla next! ^_^ ~✨
Closeups below‼️‼️‼️
Me writing Tawny into my story: 😏📝✍️
Me when I realize I don’t know how to draw a tiger: 😞💔
Excuse the random number written at the top. I did this drawing on a used sticky note, please forgive my hubris.
Also btw in Grimmland (my mind) Tawny communicates with other people with a magical pink gemstone embedded in their head. It gives Tawny the power of telepathy so they can communicate with The Wizard and Billy and stuff.
Another Samara Doodle that I added to my sketchbook.
I should draw her and Billy actually together sometime but we’ll see. 🌿💕
Closeup below~ ✨
🖤⚡️ My Black Adam Design ⚡️🖤
Lol I ended up tracing over my original Shazam design because I was mostly working on this drawing while I was at work, on my phone.
I had it a lot more purple at first but then changed it over to be more of a worn bronze color.
Enjoy~✨
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Okay, I know I was gone for a little bit, sorry about that lol. I was out of state for the holidays and I have a hard time writing/drawing when I’m not in my comfort areas haha >_<.
But I wanted to share this. These are my little “scene cards” I guess you could call them. They just give you guys a little bit of insight to the anatomy of my Shazam story that I’m outlining right now!
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I have these scenes in a lot more detail but I can’t show it to you guys because it looks like this lol.
But I’m posting this now because I’m just opening the floor to comments, suggestions, or questions for this story so far. :^)
I think some things that might be confusing is that I did technically write in a redemption arc for Black Adam. Which I know might be controversial for some, but his main “beef” with Billy is that he’s offended that The Wizard chose a new champion after he got banished to the furthest star in the galaxy.
But then once he’s defeated it’s revealed that The Wizard was actually kinda conflicted about having to banish him and Billy wasn’t meant to replace him. Billy’s much happier with his foster family on earth than being like The Wizards adopted son lol.
I still want him to be “punished” at the end for trapping The Wizard and Tawny to try and take over The Rock of Eternity. So my solution for that would be to give him a “Crown of Thorns” that nerf his powers a lot, but still keep him in his “magic form”. Since you know,,, if he were to say “Shazam” and revert to his mortal form he would die of old age almost immediately,,,,
But yeahh idk, let me know what you guys think. Right now I’m working on writing scene 3. If any of you guys want to read scene 1 & 2 I have them completed, they’re just in screenplay/script format lol.
Maybe I’ll convert them soon. Who knows?
Anyways k thx byeeee~✨
𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐌! 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄
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NOTE: Hello all! Just wanted to update you with my current writing progress so far. I just finished writing my first chapter of S!CoBL and I’m posting it here to tumblr!
I don’t currently have a schedule for when I’m going to release this series, cause this is my first project of this scale so I’m just kinda writing as I go along. I already have all the major story beats planned out, it’s just a matter of turning plot points into actual writing lol.
But I also just wanted to say that I actually formatted this story in a strange way… You see my writing sample is written in first person pov however, this story I originally wrote in screenplay format and translated into third person. So hopefully you all will like this style of writing too, as it comes a lot more natural to me than trying to force myself into first person pov writing.
Anyways, enjoy~ ✨
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INT. SUPERSTORE - NIGHT (YEARS AGO)
A young Billy, no older than four, walks alongside a shopping cart. His mother, Marilyn, an exasperated woman in her early twenties, fumbles through her purse as her shopping cart comes to a full stop. She glances over at Billy.
"Stay right here, baby. I'll be back in a minute."
Unbeknownst to Billy, Marilyn was a local dealer who was currently low on cash as a young mother. She had reluctantly brought Billy along for a late-night "meetup," uneasy about leaving him home alone at his age.
As Marilyn hurried away, Billy's attention was lured by the laughter of two children engrossed in play with action figures and dolls. Their voices echoed through the aisles.
"Woah! What toy is that?"
"It's Star Commander Ultra! He's the bravest hero in the galaxy.”
The child's younger sister chimed in, trying to brag about her doll as well, in hopes of getting some attention from Billy and her brother.
"Well, my doll is Princess Butterfly Sparkle Glitter, and she's the bravest and the coolest in all twelve galaxies!”
"There's only one galaxy, Macy." He said, as his eyebrows dropped. Seemingly familiar with his sister's need to be the center of attention in every situation.
Amidst their banter, they agree to let Billy in on their game as they go back to running around the store shouting and having fun.
Suddenly, a mother's voice pierced through the aisles, in an attempt to round-up her children. She shouted across the aisle that she was done shopping, and they were leaving. The children hastily said goodbye to Billy as they ran off to catch up with their mother.
Now left completely alone, Billy's anxiety surged. He realized he wasn't able to find the shopping cart his mother had told him to wait by.
Roaming a handful of aisles, his confusion and panic grew as he felt every second scrape by.
As Billy hastily rounded a corner, he collided with the legs of a police officer, falling to the ground, stopping his search completely. A tall blonde woman who was looking down at him in surprise.
"Oh, whoopsies! Haha, that's alright bud. You okay?"
Although Billy didn't respond, he read the name that was sewn into her uniform, Lindsay.
Officer Lindsay helped him to his feet. Her concern deepens as she looks around the store, realizing this child is unattended. She takes it upon herself to help Billy find his mother.
As Billy and Officer Lindsay roam the store looking for Marilyn, they eventually find her in a heated discussion with some of the employees at the store. Marilyn's face drops. She is suddenly pale with shock as she realizes her son is being escorted by a police officer.
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EXT. SUPERSTORE - NIGHT
Marilyn was led away, leaving Officer Lindsay to return to Billy. She knelt down to his level.
"Hey bud, how do you feel about coloring books? If you want we could color together in this book that I brought with me.”
Billy doesn’t reply. He just stands in silence looking around, seemingly confused about the situation, not sure where his mother is.
“I could really use your help with coloring these tigers, if you wanted to help me out.” Officer Lindsay continued.
Billy agreed, oblivious to the chaos around him. He followed Officer Lindsay's lead, as she was a calming distraction from the situation.
The last thing Billy remembers is Officer Lindsay taking his hand and leading him away from the arrest of his mother.
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INT. SOCIAL WORKER'S OFFICE - DAY ( PRESENT DAY )
The sounds of the night slowly start to fade into the background. Blending together until they make a voice. The voice of Mrs.Kelly, Billy’s social worker.
“Billy…Billy”
A now teenage Billy lightly flinches as he snaps back into reality, realizing he is being called.
"Come on in, Let's talk." Mrs.Kelly said as she beckoned him into her office with her hand.
Her office was well-worn, a place Billy had been countless times. The room filled with a light clutter everywhere. Filled to the brim with books,binders and paperwork she was in the middle of sorting through.
Billy enters the room and tosses his backpack onto one of the open seats in her office, and with a few stretches, made himself comfortable. It was clear he was in no rush to sit down.
"Ah, how could I forget, ol' reliable. Billy said as he gestured towards the chairs in front of Mrs.Kelly's desk as he looked over at her with a slight grin. "You know, instead of you guys spending all this time and money trying to put me into a foster home, I could just live here instead."
The air grew charged as they faced each other.
Mrs.Kelly's patience was wearing thin, worn down by Billy's snarky tone.
"Billy, you know we're running out of options here. I’m really gonna need you to get your act together."
Billy's eyes narrowed, a touch of bitterness seeping into his voice.
"Uh-huh."
"You already know why you’re here," she continued.
"I do."
"And you already know what I’m gonna say."
"True."
With a casual crossing of his arms, he settled further into his chair, poised to mimic Mrs.Kelly as they spoke in unison.
"That I brought you in here today to tell you that you’ve been assigned to a new foster home," they synchronized.
She let out a sigh, clearly accustomed to Billy’s attitude.
"Look, I know it's been a tough year for you. But this time has to be different."
She locked eyes with Billy, her authoritative gaze cutting through his playful exterior.
"This time, you've got to give them a chance."
Billy's gaze hardened, his frustration simmering beneath the surface.
"A chance? How many chances do I have to give? How many 'homes' will I go through before you guys actually start listening to me? I don’t need a fake family to play pretend with. I have a family, I have a mom, they’re out there, looking for me."
Mrs.Kelly’s expression softened, a mix of empathy and weariness.
"Billy, we’re not going to have this discussion again, we’ve been over this. You can do whatever you want when you’re 18, but for now the state is responsible for you. Which means I’m responsible for you, and I need you to try and play along, just a little longer."
Billy's guard wavered for a moment, temporarily exposing his feelings of rejection and hopelessness that lie beneath his sarcastic tone.
"But I’m tired of it. I just wanna make my own decisions instead of you guys and your 'agency' shoving fake families and broken homes onto me like I’m some sort of charity case."
Mrs.Kelly leaned back, letting out a sigh. She knew she was dealing with a determined young man who’d clearly had a rough start to life.
"You’re not a charity case, you’re a young man. A young man with a bright future ahead of you, and we’re just trying to do what’s best for you."
She paused, ensuring she had Billy’s attention despite his sudden drop in bravado.
"I’m trying to do what’s best for you."
Billy nodded, a hint of reluctant acknowledgment. Then, with a sharp scoff, he adds,
"Yeah, I've heard that one before too."
End. ⚡️
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Hello to the uninitiated, my name is Grimm and I'm currently working on a couple new projects right now, so here is my FAQ!
What project are you working on now?
Currently I'm working on writing my own version of Shazam to post here to tumblr.
The current title is Shazam: City of Brotherly Love or as I like to tag it Shazam:CoBL.
What's your version of the story gonna be about?
I have plans to outline Billy Baton's origin story and his new life at the Vasquez house. If you enjoy the new52 version of Shazam, or the 2019 movie you will see similar themes and character progressions.
You can read my sample here.
Will you be making your version of the story into a comic?
Right now I currently don't have plans to make the entire story into a comic. However, I do plan on translating a handful of my personal favorite moments into small mini-comics. :)
Do you have a master list?
Yesss. Here you go. [ Master List ]
Do you post any other art?
Yea, if you wanna see my non-shazam related stuff I have an art account on Instagram username is @/grimmbitty.
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- Character Relations Sheet
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