Hellboy is not an extreme character. He is rational, but gets mad. But getting mad doesn't mean he loses all rational thought. Part of his brain is always thinking. Untitled needs this kind of middle ground character. Not pathetic, not God, not painfully average, not a prophecy... a protagonist that you actually like right from the get-go.
The story integrates and manipulates history. In fact, a grade school education would supply you with all the historical knowledge you need to follow what they allude to. Things aren't stated unless the story wouldn't make sense without it. In other words, being clever isn't overt. I think that's what I need to focus on when I write FbfM. Yeah, I've thought everything out, but I don't need to explain everything in detail, so long as everything is consistent.
Finally, Hellboy is the protagonist, but you love and appreciate Liz and Abe. They're all important, powerful, capable, and useful in their own ways. The protagonist just happens to be Hellboy. These secontagonists, or possibly cotagonists, are exactly what Untitled needs. Like this guy: The man with the long sided face.
So there are just a few things I noticed that I want to make sure we do. Also, I want to doodle more. This little guy is pretty fun.
Oh, also, I totally made up the words "secontagonist" and "cotagonist," although I think "cotagonist" should actually be a word... "Contagonist" is a word (sort of), but you heard it here first!
Cotagonist, (noun), \kō-ˈta-gə-nist\ - A character that is of equal importance to a story, but is not the protagonist.
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