Shirona

This isn't quite the finished design for this character on two counts. For one thing, she'll only be in the 'sexy ninja' getup for about 15 minutes before spending the rest of the story in a Ninja Tech sweatshirt. For another, I'm not 100% down with this costume, but it's close. She probably won't have a sword, and I'll change the boots a bit, but the rest is pretty good for an intentionally gratuitous design.

I am happy that she doesn't look exactly like Mai from King of Fighters (her obvious inspiration) anymore. Throwing in a couple elements from Naruto characters did a lot of good to make her more distinct.

Leon

Noel

The protagonist. Wimpy fraternal twin to Leon, the meaty fighter I posted a picture of a week or so ago. He's an office drone who gets drafted into a high-stakes street fighting tournament.

He looks a little too much like another character I designed for a different comic, but part of that is how messed-up he is in this sketch. This will probably not be the case in the comic proper or later art.

Supporting Characters

Rod, Dale, Marcel & Buddy, four of the secondary cast. Embodying the "guy ninja," "amnesiac," "creepy masked lunatic" and "animal" fighting game stereotypes, respectively.

This is part of a larger cast shot I'm hoping to complete before I start the comic on Nov. 3, which is why Marcel is cropped a bit more than I'd like.

Also, I have no idea what's up with the dog's eye. I was hoping for "satanic gleam," but instead it came out like "doggie Cable". Oops.

Grozny

The last major Clash City Rock character that I absolutely had to design before I start drawing the comic. He's the token "big evil moron" that every fighting game has.

I'll start drawing the actual comic later this week, probably either Tuesday or Wednesday night. Since I have the entire rest of the week off starting at noon on Wednesday, I hope to have some decent progress to show here by this time next week...