Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Dorno and the Time Creature

Dorno and the Time Creature by Bowen12a

Dorno and the Time Creature behind-the-scenes by Bowen12a
Zandor (to Tara):  I'm taking the Herculoids into time to rescue Dorno.



Dorno is the son of Zandor, leader of the Herculoids, and his wife Tara, a family of three humans and their five very powerful pet creatures defending their jungle planet.  The Herculoids were the subjects of an American animated television series, which debuted in 1967 and was revived in 1981 on CBS and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Due to his youth and his lack of special powers, Dorno is certainly one of the most vulnerable members of the Herculoids and is frequently a weak link which their opponents seek to target.  I imagined what might happen if the Herculoids had not rescued the boy in certain episodes.

The 2-picture series "Dorno and the Time Creature by Bowen12a" was one that I commissioned from an artist through DeviantART in 2015.  

These pictures were inspired by the episode "The Time Creatures".  Advanced beings from the future develop a time machine, return to the Herculoids' time in an effort to conquer the past, capture Dorno, are defeated by the Herculoids, and return to their own time.

Imagining that the Herculoids' rescue attempt had failed, I pictured the Time Creatures examining the shirtless pretty boy for weaknesses that they can exploit in their next invasion attempt.  

These pictures were also inspired by the episode "Tarzan and the Strange Visitors" from the Filmation Tarzan animated television series beginning in 1976.  In between examinations, the Time Creatures place the lonely, frightened boy in a transparent exhibition cell like an animal in a futuristic zoo.

The behind-the-scenes picture depicts a Time Creature tickling Dorno.

This picture is fan art and intended to raise interest in the Herculoids and Dorno.  These are original scenes and did not appear in the series or in any other derivative media.


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