Encyclopedia Bimblesnaff: Ozllab

The evil twin, nemesis, and co-worker of Ballzo.

	Entry:	Ozllab
	Series:	Not Quite Heroes
	Origin:	Ballzo
	Generation:	1st
	Created:	c. 1993

He is everything that is against Ballzo, his mirror image. However, good help is hard to find, as is a decent job. Therefore, the two find themselves working together on good twin's program whether they like it or not. Ozllab dreams of taking over his brother's position and being the main man of Surreal Land.

History:

Ozllab was created on two notions: 1) Being a twin, the concept was easy to relate to, and 2) Inverting the color scheme of Ballzo in MS Paint looked really cool. With those two details, the opposite of the star of the comic was made. Ozllab appeared in the very first Ballzo comic and in many after. At the arrival of Not Quite Heroes, he was left out of most storylines. Being black and white, unlike the original comic, he looked exactly like Ballzo. Having two identical characters would be confusing, and as it was led to the decrease of his use in the older, colored series. He did make an appearance as the mass produced, exploding, evil scheme gimmick in an early NQH storyline, Supervillainy that was renamed to avoid paying royalties, however, this was done in more of homage to the real Ozllab. This "cameo", as it were, was the first appearance of another Ballzo character within NQH outside of the titular character.

Last Updated - June 11th, 2008 | Established - June 11th, 2008