Inspiration?
You might almost call it another fetish of mine....more of a fixation. I have a thing for catgirls. Maybe it was when I was little watching Josie and the Pussycats, the first time I ever "felt anything"...."down there". So its not suprising I became a huge Anime fan later on. As for my main character herself (Cali), she was an amalgam of various character types; Tank Girl, Ranma-Chan, Katt from Breath Of Fire 2, Gwen Stefani and a number of punk/freak girls that I knew in person. Her band name "Giant Radioactive Rubber Pants" is an homage to a line from Invader Zim, a favorite cartoon of mine:
"Besides Zim, no invader has ever been so small....your very small Zim...you're a tiny...thing..."
"But my Tallest! Invaders blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants!! The pants command me!! DO NOT IGNORE MY VEINS!!"
(its a very wierd cartoon...on Friday nights at 9:30 (Eastern Time) on Nickelodeon..one of those toons thats pushing the envelope for wierdness, kinda like Ren & Stimpy did.) 😀