Tattoo Flash - inspired by Sailor Jerry tattoos

Traditional tattoos redesigned to corispond to issue #1 of Anchor Face. 

Who is Anchor Face?

Welcome Aboard. Anchor Face has resurfaced after having gone missing somewhere on the bottom of the ocean for 10 years. He went missing after being double-crossed by one of his team members and when he finally resurfaced everything had changed. His old superhero team had been decommissioned. All teams have been decommissioned except one government approved superhero team. Achor Face has heard that some of his old team members had escaped to various locations around the world. Come and join Anchor Face on his Odyssey around the world to find his old team members and discover what has happened over the past 10 years as he explores exotic locations, battling ancient beasts and encountering bizarre cultures as well as making new friends and powerful new allies in the fight for all that is good and just.

Some of Anchor Face's adventures are set out at sea but many more are set in the countries and far-off lands that he is forced to explore.

Progress Update

26 pages of the comic have been drawn, painted and lettered already. When it is completed it will be a 32-page comic book and is the 1st in the Anchor Face series. The funding will be used for the printing of the book.

About the Creator

My name is Jerry Richardson. I have been living in Japan and China over the past 10 years. When Anchor Face was forced into exile I just happened to be on the same ship that he set sail on. We got talking and he asked if I could write his adventures in comic book form. Before he had a team of writers when he was leading the top superhero teams but now he is exiled he is going indie.

There weren't many others on the ship we set sail on and my background in tattoo design was the closest he could get it an illustrator. So the style in the book is influenced by nautical tattoo designs of the early 1900's. Norman Collins is one of my favorite tattoo artists so his style influences my work. I also like to read Popeye comic strips and watch Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli movies so there might be a little of that in the work as well. If Anchor Face likes my style for this first book then I hope to do more issues for him but from what I can gather we are sailing to Japan or China at the moment, he might get a new artist from there if he doesn't like my work. I hope I can illustrate another few issues for him at least, even though I get seasick I have loved creating this first issue.

I have seen some amazing things so far on our adventures, things that I could never have imagined. I've been to places that I didn't even know existed and this is all because of Anchor Face. That being said my favorite part of sailing with Anchor Face has been getting to know him and his new crew. Even though I'm just the comic book writer he has still made me feel part of the team. Some say he can be a little cold and steely-eyed but getting to know him I've found he has a good heart, he always looks out for his mates, he has a passion for justice and has dedicated his life to doing what's right. I respect that a lot. The thing I'll remember the most are the people I've met on this journey.

I will be making youtube videos over the coming weeks explaining my process and introducing you more to Anchor Face. My youtube is Jerry Richardson or jerryanchor@protonmail.com