Does anyone actually read this? Yes? No? Bah, anyway I figured that I'd finish/start work on a character for a graphic novel I'm writing. I used the American 'Zilla' for my main reference as well as Zilla Jr but I had to incorporate the elements of my story as well. So now he's got crazy plate-spikes instead of Zilla's reverse shark fins and Godzilla's snowflakes. A homage to the fact that he actually does have iguana DNA. I also gave him a wonderful claw on his forearms, this lowers his ability to grapple with his forearms, but I figured that he would foucus more one his powerful jaw for assault. Only problems were how he was supposed to incoporate a 'radiation blast' when the creature doesn't have the radioactivity or mutant powers of Godzilla or Zilla Jr. A beam would be too hard to develop and still have the creature able to function to an extent. I didn't want a one shot wonder, I wanted something to be used sparringly at worst. I needed something with more natural properties. I needed fire. However, their was a problem, fire breathing is still an unnatural occurance. THe closest I could get would be a human fire breather so my search began for any human who could 'create' fire. Oddly enough, the answer came through a mutant. Hot Streak from the Static Shock cartoon. One simple clip was all I needed; Hot Streak spitting out some medicine that he had set on fire inside his mouth. My 'Zilla' needed to spit flaming loogie's.

Now, how do I incorporate this into a biological organism. That was easy enough, use biodiesel as the ignition source and simpily store it in that little 'gullet' under it's neck. That wouldn't work though, it would be too easy to ignite and he could very well blow his own head off by swallowing. I needed to make sure that the diesel wouldn't explode all at once, and would stay unlight until the final moment. I figured that using that huge and powerful mouth as a blast chamber would work perfectly. I then figured that 'Zilla's' 'gullet' could be filled with a muscus/saliva/camphor mix that could be used to act as a vessel for the diesel. The diesel saturated camphor would burn at a low enough temperture inside until the heat reached the main source of diesel or made contact with air. I now had a fireball. The actual diesel could be stored in two seperate compounds deeper inside the body and could be regurgitated and merged in the process when reaching the mouth and contents of the gullet.

Something useful about combining camphor and diesel is it's ability to preserve the diesel's semi-solid state overcomming any 'ignition' problems that simple diesel would have when it gels or crystalizes. Being that it's biological ignition the actual matterial is kept warm despite external surroundings. Once ignated, the surrounding can be neglected.

Spewing fireballs is hazardous for any creature that isn't impowered with radioactive or mutant blood. My Zilla variant can overcome this to a certain extent, it's natural mucus and saliva acts as barrier to the schorching ignition heat. Still it would need to fuel it's biodiesel reserves as well as the prevent overheating after a series of fireball emmisions. The biodiesel was the easiest to create. Make him omnivorous, primarily herbivorous. I would simpily make his palate most receptive to plant matter that he could digest into biodiesel. The camphor would be harder to find but turpentine would suffice as a quick replacement and could be processes into a closer chemical compositin of camphor. Finnally, to combat internal overheating he would simply need to down any non-flammable liquid.

(Whoo! Big entry! I'll guess copy and paste this onto the various stages of progression.))