Dead End: Paranormal Parl | How to draw Asmodeus and Zagan
From Season 2 onwards, Asmodeus and Zagan can almost be considered part of the gang too. It was always the plan to have demons be seen as a threat in Season 1, and in Season 2 meet them on their terms, in their space, and see that they're not all bad by design. Humans are the 1%, they just wanna eat the rich.
What was also fun was designing queer demons and casting queer actors. Both Asmodeus and Zagan are love interests for Barney and Norma, and so they needed to look cute and attractive but in a more subversive way I suppose then the typical teen heart throbs. Az is fat, muscular, scruffy... a lot of things that many gay men are attracted to but mainstream queer media always sidelines or treats as a joke. Zagan is tall, scary, mean... and honestly we all go through that phase.
I couldn't be happier with how Effy and Michaela Jae Rogdriguez bring these characters to life and I so hope we can explore them more if we get another season.
