wherefore art thou Sharkseid

 So I posted this guy on my facedbook:

With the following explanation:

Found this fellow among a collection of Jack Kirby concept art for cartoon pitches that went nowhere. I didn’t find a name for him, so I call him Sharkseid, the aquatic cousin of Darkseid. Coloring by me.

I am delighted by this fellow, but then I am a sucker for nearly anything by Jack Kirby. In the comments on facebook cool guy Christian Conkle floated the alternate name Deepseid. That's a much smarter name, IMHO.

The fact is, I had actually considered calling this goofball Deepseid. I went with Sharkseid because I decided that I wanted shark in the name, which I thought was important given the little shark silhouette on his chest. I also thought it was a more clever but less stupid name than the third option I considered. For this third option I would have swapped the grey and purple portions of the coloring job and called him Shark Thanos. That's a level of stupid comparable to the indie wrestler Blue Kane:

The joke name Blue Kane works because it is the least clever way of expressing what this guy's gimmick is. I thought Shark Thanos would be equally funny, but I couldn't pass up the minimalism of the Dark/Shark change. It's almost like there is a continuum here:

<stupid>Shark Thanos------------Sharkseid------------Deepseid<clever>

There's some sort of lesson in that, maybe.

 

Anyway, Jack Kirby rules.