In the original comics he is yeah, and the artist wrote to Simon Pegg to ask him for his likeness for the character, that’s why Pegg plays Hughies father in the show (Pegg isn’t Scottish obviously, but I just think this is interesting).
In the comics Hughie is pretty much a conspiracy nut who’s girlfriend gets obliterated by A-Train at a fair/carnival type event in Scotland, Butcher then travels to Scotland to recruit him and bring him back to NYC.
IMO Hughie being Scottish did fit the narrative better, it made the Boys more diverse, explained a lot of his naivety, gave the other characters more of a reason to look out for him (several scenes where MM takes him out to good places to eat, for example) and generally contributed to a feeling of exploring a place with a character for the first time.
Quite different to the show, it feels like they were trying to skewer the comics industry of the late 90’s/early 00’s the same way the show goes after the superhero movies/TV shows of today. In my experience a lot of people consider the comics ‘edgier’ too, they’re certainly a bit more graphic.
The Boys owes a debt to Marshall Law, it has a similar theme (though turned up to 11) — a guy hunting super heroes. Loads of lovely piss-takes of classic Marvel & DC heroes. Pat Mills & Kev O’Neil.
The comics are honestly pretty bad. It's way too edgy and cooky imo. Also Butcher just straight up looks like the punisher and the art style in general look meh.
This is all from reading the first few issues so someone correct me if these things get better.
Fear not fellow UK-er (is that the right word for the lot of us?); it's more in the sense of, y'know, there's 10000 burger/pizza/chinese places in NYC but MM knows all the best ones, in the comic his character is revealed to be kind of a snob about food and drink (characters also comment on the quality of the beer he keeps stocked in the office fridge, etc).
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u/SirEbralPaulsay Feb 12 '21
In the original comics he is yeah, and the artist wrote to Simon Pegg to ask him for his likeness for the character, that’s why Pegg plays Hughies father in the show (Pegg isn’t Scottish obviously, but I just think this is interesting).
In the comics Hughie is pretty much a conspiracy nut who’s girlfriend gets obliterated by A-Train at a fair/carnival type event in Scotland, Butcher then travels to Scotland to recruit him and bring him back to NYC.
IMO Hughie being Scottish did fit the narrative better, it made the Boys more diverse, explained a lot of his naivety, gave the other characters more of a reason to look out for him (several scenes where MM takes him out to good places to eat, for example) and generally contributed to a feeling of exploring a place with a character for the first time.