I guess these days you know you've made it when you get mentioned on a DVD commentary. Here's a short clip where Genndy (along with Bryan Andrews) gives a little shout-out to yours truly in the commentary track for the "Jack & the Spartans" episode from the SAMURAI JACK Season 2 set:
Here's my designs for the robot monster:![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPfV7R8Csp0ZmOwQ_u4aaPZBiP_aHJX2ysad9uaS3aPgSHmNlU5n3D3Z0BKGGiOlvJR-z_TCgUHhPsoUpQC9xC3G4iYYhb0FuEFLk9CKz9kPb6c6hL47frO2N5RftoSfbCOXQeg/s400/SpartanBeastTones.jpg)
My idea was to have the robo-beast's facial graphics resemble
a Greek vase, with orange graphics on black.
Of course, red and black are always seen as symbolically
representing evil, so they went with that.