Joe the Barbarian

Joe the Barbarian is an eight-issue comic book limited series written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Sean Murphy. Joe, the main protagonist of the story, is a teenage boy with Type 1 diabetes and a rat (named Jack) for a best friend. When his blood sugar drops and he enters a state of hypoglycaemia, he begins to hallucinate, and enters a fantasy world populated with his toys and other fantasy characters. Here he becomes embroiled in a war with King Death, while in the real world he searches for a soda to fix his blood sugar.

While in a delirious state, Jack becomes an anthropomorphic manifestation of Joe’s humble pet, serving as a Sherpa in Joe’s journey to the bottom reaches of his fantasised kingdom, fully armed with sword, combat skills, tenacity and startling bravery. 

The character of Jack became the main inspiration for the proportions of my character, how it would carry itself and it’s posture. I also think the traits of Jack would apply to my character given the scenarios my character would find himself in.