Yes, I was seriously considering redoing The Class Menagerie in comic book format after i.s.o. wraps. For the most part, there would be minimal rescripting, it was intended to just be a redux, not a reboot. The project was on my brain for probably a couple years now. I'd had some kind of preview/announcement in the works for awhile, but I've decided I'm tired and I need a break from comics, so it probably isn't going to happen. I'm just dumping this here now that it's moot.

Given that the character designs are almost all 15 years old+, I was intending to do some renovations. Here's some test concepts for Tony, Brad, Biff, Mikey, Scott, Lisa, Dani, and a hairstyle test for Kevin. For the most part, there's new hairstyles and some contemporary wardrobe spins. Just a few interesting points:

--Tony just has a buzz instead of that weird brushed-back hairstyle that sometimes looked like a pompadour. The slightly torn sweatshirt is something I've noticed on excessively massive guys.

--Brad always looked more like a bodybuilder with a gut than a husky guy, mainly because that's pretty much the only way I could draw overweight guys. So this way he looks more wall-like and heavy than beefy.

--Biff ended up having more of a rugged, hunky look than being slightly doofy as he was earlier (more about that below). He wasn't going to be shirtless ALL the time, though probably fairly often when indoors at the dorm (that's allowed ;-p).... I just drew him shirtless here cuz I felt like it ;-p Gone are the sweatpants, because quite frankly, I don't know if men wear them anymore, I never see them in stores. Also gone is the Lion King-ish color scheme. And I updated to more of a jock-type hairstyle and goatee.

--Mikey now actually LOOKS like a kangaroo; what most people don't know is that Mikey's design was originally a fox, and I merely adapted him minimally to become a kangaroo. Here I've given him a much more roo-like face. The ponytail is back! If sweatpants are hard to find, I know sweat SHORTS are even rarer, so I renovated his outfit for an underarmor shirt+athletic pants, since I still wanted him to consistently have a displaced, sporty look.

--Scott...or whatever I'd name him. Okay, Scott started out as Mr. Suave, then turned into Vince Beefcake Fodder when my hormones took over. You can still see a couple very old CM strips where he's dressed up. The problem was, Scott never got many fans, and it was a little weird having a stud who people didn't find attractive. Part of it, I concluded, is younger women tend to be more interested in style than beef, so I went back to Scott's original concept of being well-dressed, and I also made him more bishie-ish. I concluded a different species was needed...I was strongly considering using a coyote (too many canines in the story, though) or a hyena (better suited for a beefy character), so I experminted with an ottery guy. I was kind of aiming for more of a Justin Timberlake sort of look. This isn't final, just a concept. At any rate, this probably meant that all "beefcake" gags that had previously been assigned to Scott would now have to be transferred to Biff, but that wouldn't really affect the plot much.

--Lisa just needed some updates to her outfit and hair. I also was playing up her fox half a little bit more and darkened her ears.

--Kevin's outfit was always quirky so I found no need to update that. He did need a different hairstyle, which I never finalized. Unfortunately contemporary hairstyles are longer and I hate them, so I was assuming it'd be one of those sort of shaggy unkempt looks teens have lately (seriously, can you even CALL it a hairstyle if it's not really even styled?) So this was a test; I don't know if I like it, but then, I'm pretty sure I won't like whatever I would've settled on.

--Dani got a new hairstyle too, but otherwise I just made her overalls a little baggier and it still works.

--You'll notice Cindy is absent, which is half the reason I haven't posted this 'til now. I'd wanted to make an announcement like this a long time ago, but I could never consolidate a design for her that contemporary, proper, feminine, AND still outwardly very attractive. I was intending to recruit some help on it, but I never got around to it.

So, just a WIP peek into what never was!