Zed Hudson

Zed Hudson began his existence in one of The Cartoonist's attempts at a slice-of-life comic. Named, via the comic itself, for The Cartoonist's "favorite character from his favorite movie and the actor who played him". This yielded the name "Zeddemore Hudson", by way of Ghostbusters - who isn't actually The Cartoonists's fave character/actor, but, the narrator of the comic (The Cartoonist, himself) intimated that everyone would THINK he was, because Zed/The Narrator are black, and, even if he weren't, he'd never be able to semi-realistically pull off a name like "Stantz Aykroyd".

Initially a creator avatar. As per usual, the project didn't go far, and Zed, like so many other characters before him, was remixed and repurposed.

First, still used as a creator avatar in a different comic, Zed became an insomniac cartoonist who could see the supernatural when sleep deprived. His co-star in that project was Zaria Kirby, the ghost of his former girlfriend. This duo would pop up in at least half a dozen aborted comics in the ensuing years, until each were placed into different projects.

Eventually, Zed was used in a superhero project - mainly due to the big "Z" on the sports jerseys that The Cartoonist always drew him in. Zed was transformed into a deliberate Male Power Fantasy - mainly as backlash to all the non-comics fans who insist that's what superhero comics are about. Zed's character was a charismatic, bold, brave macho man of urban affectation who saved the day with a stoic demeanor, brute strength (a dash of eyebeams), a no-nonsense attitude and not a damn given about authority, paperwork or the opinions of the masses. He got the glory and the girl, without being "tied down" to any one lover. It's known that he's had trysts with Valor Girl and Jenny Everywhere.

The son of a deceased superhero who was anything BUT a legacy character or sidekick. That Zed wound up in Universe TrollMoon's Sick of Superheroes, although, the Cartoonist is apt to put him - or, rather, an alternate universe version of him - into other projects, due to the personal connection.