It seems no portfolio is complete without a superhero sketch. This is my effort...
INT. COSTUMIERS – DAY
SUPERHERO CAPTAIN SPLENDID, RESPLENDENT IN A GARISH COSTUME (INCLUDING TIGHT GOLD SHORTS ON BARE LEGS) IS CONSULTING HIS COSTUMIER ABOUT REVAMPING HIS IMAGE.
HE STANDS IN FRONT OF A FULL LENGTH MIRROR HOLDING A TUNIC TO HIS CHEST.
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
Hmm, I don't know... I was thinking something a bit more modern, more radical... you know - something that says "Captain Splendid! A superhero for today!" - that kind of vibe.
COSTUMIER
Okay, let's have another look at the designs...
CAPTAIN SPLENDID'S ARCH-ENEMY, DOCTOR DESPAIR POKES HIS HEAD ROUND THE DOOR.
DOCTOR DESPAIR
Knock, knock.
COSTUMIER
Oh, Doctor Despair...
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
Oh for f...! What's he doing here?
DOCTOR DESPAIR ENTERS, GRINNING.
COSTUMIER
(TO DOCTOR DESPAIR) I wasn't expecting you until three.
DOCTOR DESPAIR
I was in the area - thought I'd swing buy and pick up those new boots.
COSTUMIER
Oh, okay... I'll just go and get them... if that's alright with you Captain Splendid?
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
I suppose.
THE COSTUMIER EXITS. THERE IS AN AWKWARD SILENCE AS CAPTAIN SPLENDID SHIFTS UNEASILY. DOCTOR DESPAIR GRINS AT HIM.
DOCTOR DESPAIR
So... finally getting some new threads, eh?
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
Nah, not really... Just looking.
DOCTOR DESPAIR
Good move. (BEAT) You gonna do something about those little pants?
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
What's it to you?
DOCTOR DESPAIR
Look, Splendid, we've been enemies a long time so I feel I can say this to you - some of the super villains have been talking...
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
Oh yeah? What are they saying?
DOCTOR DESPAIR
They've been saying how much they hate getting in a tussle with you.
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
Good! That's what happens when you combine my super fighting skills with a never-say-die attitude.
DOCTOR DESPAIR
No, it's what happens when your balls spend most of their time swinging about outside your shorts.
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
They do not!
DOCTOR DESPAIR
How did Salamander Man put it – it's like you've got a new sidekick... The Scrotum... special power - popping out at a moment's notice and inducing queasiness at fifty yards.
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
That's just nonsense! I mean the lining's got a little worn but...
DOCTOR DESPAIR
Haven't you noticed we've stopped attacking fun fairs and colleges. We're afraid you'll turn up and frankly... (POINTS AT SPLENDID'S GROIN) ...the super-plum fairy is something no kid should have to see.
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
Oh, you little... Wait! What do you mean - fairy?
DOCTOR DESPAIR
And do they need to be so damn tight? I mean your identity may be a secret... but it doesn't take super vision to see you're Jewish.
CAPTAIN SPLENDID, NEAR TO TEARS, FLOUNCES TO THE OPEN WINDOW.
CAPTAIN SPLENDID
Oh, you are... super evil!
CAPTAIN SPLENDID EXITS THROUGH THE WINDOW.
DOCTOR DESPAIR
(GRINS) Yes. Yes I am, aren't I.
THE COSTUMIER RETURNS.
COSTUMIER
Now it was just the three-inch heels you wanted wasn't it? Oh, where's Captain Splendid?
DOCTOR DESPAIR
He popped out.
COSTUMIER
You're telling me! Have you seen the state of those shorts!
THEY SHARE A HEARTY LAUGH.
END
really liked it had a imae of a Dick dasterdly type as Doctor Depair. Top work man