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gotham - 6,117 words - hugo strange/reader

the reader has been transferred to arkham after an attack on gotham general rendered the psych ward unusable. hugo takes a personal interest in their recovery, leading to many abuses of power and some very unethical 'hypnotherapy'.

corpse

various/comics - 2,971 words - hugo strange/reader

in which hugo strange is the reader's ex-professor. he invites them for a spot of tea and decides to keep them a little longer. dollification (manikinification?), brainwashing.

casket

various/comics - 3,192 words - hugo strange/reader

in which hugo strange is the reader's ex-professor. the reader has met with hugo and they're pretty sure he's fucked with their memories somehow, but he quickly gets them back into his clutches to deepen their brainwashing and devotion to him. a standalone sequel to 'corpse'!

words bleeding

gotham - 2,876 words - hugo strange/jervis tetch

hugo has something jervis wants. jervis has something hugo wants. a battle of wills commences, but jervis is destined to lose... and get a taste of his own medicine for his troubles.

art & comics

hugo is the reason i am drawing today! he left such an impact on my brain that he became an artistic muse of sorts. i am indebted to him for teaching me to how to draw bald people lol.

i've included some of my comics, but in particular...

DEPRAVITY COMICS: GALVANIZED!

a canon/oc comic for Hugo, made in 2024.

Fan comic which answers the age-old question that nobody has asked but me: what if Hugo Strange had a sexy sidekick?

Mat Finish is one of Carmine Falcone's favourite guns - until they're captured by Hugo Strange, a man who was intended for prey after a deal went south. Now they have awoken in a dark, soundproofed room in the professor's apartment, only used for intensive behavioural experiments - off the books. They realise the professor is lonely and sexually threatened by their androgyny... while the professor realises his captive quite likes being broken. Hugo formulates a plan to get what he wants from Mat, and get the mob off his back.

Available on this site, or download from itch.io.

recent-ish works

Hugo and Mat in a fantasy autumnal scene, with some art nouveau stylings. The sun beats behind Hugo's head, angelic. Hugo is in his labcoat and holds a syringe, dripping an unknown red substance that turns into leaves. Mat's legs and arms are spread out; they are sweaty and naked save for a bondage harness. Hugo holds one of their eyes open - swirled, brainwashed. They have a surgery scar on their forehead.

An inked piece with blue and orange lighting. Mat stands horrified and teary in a corset, lingerie and lacy collar. Behind them, Hugo Strange (in a suit) smiles while he twiddles one of their nipples and holds them by the shoulder.

Black and white ink sketch. Hugo and Mat are fucking on a bed, with Hugo's legs enveloping Mat. We can see his sexy sock garters. Mat is bunched up with their legs up. Hugo covers Mat's mouth with one hand and holds them with the other. Mat is saying 'please, please, plea--' but Hugo replies 'dolls do not speak without permission'.

Mat on their knees in the Manikin lingerie, sucking on Hugo's fingers (Hugo is offscreen so we just see his sleeve and hand).

Black and white ink drawing - mostly light ink on a black background, creating a dreamlike quality. Upper shot with a lot of the background of Hugo's office, with a big bookcase and glowing sconce light. Mat is naked and lying on a fainting couch. They are hypnotised by Hugo (mostly in shadow) with a pocket watch. He strokes their pussy.

A black and white gloomy 'portrait' of Hugo, sat presiding above his dolls Mat and Dollthing (draped over each other). A mirror looms behind them like a picture frame.

Black and white digital charcoal portrait. Hugo and Mat are doing ballet together.

Dirty digital ink sketch with huge raked ink brush. Hugo whispers sweet nothings to Mat.

Rough black and white sketch. Hugo kisses Mat's hand.

Unfinished black and white sketch. Hugo sits with a glass of spirits in one hand and an arm round Mat, who is sitting in his lap wearing a Playboy bunny costume.

Full colour. Hugo AS one of his lingerie-clad manikins, in a mildly suggestive pose.

A big buff Hugo in a cute catboy maid outfit holding a tray of drinks.

Black and white sketch. Hugo and Mat cuddling on a couch, but the atmosphere is gloomy and forlorn.

Hugo and Riddler in the Reevesverse. Hugo has a Giancarlo Esposito look about him, since he hasn't been cast yet. Riddler is in Arkham uniform; Hugo is injecting him with an unknown substance.

Panel 1: Dollthing and Hugo Strange in matching lab coats, with a black background. They stand behind a subject with their skull sawn in half, brain exposed, bleeding profusely. Dollthing injects something into their brain. Dollthing: I modified the formula. This one should make the subject more docile. Hugo: good. Let's see it. Panel 2: Hugo, standing, head out of view, has Dollthing hypnotised with a pocket watch, while they jack him off through the fly of his suit pants. Dollthing wears some lacy lingerie, but is still bespectacled, to absolutely no effect (the pocket watch is too high to be seen in the lenses of their glasses). Hugo: my... Our other subjects could learn a lot from you. ❤️

TITLE: DEPRAVITY COMICS. The title is bleeding, and the picture is a full-page drawing in black and white ink. (All pages, including this one, are inked sharply in black and white.) It's night in Gotham, the full moon is out, and Hugo Strange is out on the rooftops dressed as Batman, proudly standing with hands on hips. His cowl envelops an androgynous adult dressed as Robin and saluting the camera, but holding a machine gun. SUBTITLE: Introducing MANIKIN. Hugo Strange's toy wonder! CONTENT WARNINGS: - Sexual abuse - Transphobia - Violence and torture - Brainwashing spoken about, like, incredibly lovingly Mature audiences only! DISCLAIMER: A Serpentine Malign Design. Transformative work, not for profit.

NARRATION: I didn't always believe in a god. Not until he made me from scratch. FULL PAGE PANEL: Manikin is now kneeling invitingly in lingerie and stockings upon a tiger print rug, next to two other objects (houseplant and ottoman). They have plastic joints like a doll. In the lavish/tacky mirror behind them, Hugo Strange in a dressing gown, wielding a baseball bat.

NARRATION: Six months ago. Valentine's Day. PANEL 1: Manikin in darkness, with a black eye and a bleeding nose. They wear a shock collar and are harshly lit against a light panel. OFFSCREEN: 'Fascinating.' PANEL 2: A hand gropes Manikin's crotch area - they're naked from the waist down. OFFSCREEN: 'Here I thought Falcone's men were all... well.' PANEL 3: Close-up on Manikin's bloody face, eyes cut off by the framing. OFFSCREEN: 'No matter, hm? Your instinct was right. Just not your destination.'

PANEL 1: Hugo, silhouetted in the foreground, observing a glaring Manikin, who we now see is straitjacketed and restrained against an odd set of panels that seem more German expressionist, form over function. They're hooked up to a machine that seems to be measuring their vitals... or delivering the shocks, like an ECT machine. The speech bubbles weave around Manikin. HUGO: 'Why, yes. You are probably orphaned, but certainly lacking a stable father figure. You are attempting to craft one inside yourself. Quite impressive on your own, truly. You turned to men like Falcone to validate your efforts. He made you feel useful. Filled the hole inside. For years you have associated PLEASURE with the pain of contorting your body into weaponry. You hope this will prevent you from going insane.' PANEL 2: This panel is smaller than the other. Close-up of Hugo's grinning face, along with spiral flourish behind him. He says, 'But let me ask you this. Do you know today's date?'

PANEL 1: Manikin, with some weird cables behind them that absolutely look like fucking. Whether the fucking is Hugo with his dolls, or Falcone and Manikin, is up to the reader. 'Valentine's day,' they reply. 'He knew you'd be alone then.' PANEL 2: Hugo, silhouetted, shocks Manikin again, depicted as just a mess of scribbles of lightning. 'How interesting. And wrong.' PANELS 3-6: Shots of Hugo which get increasingly close to his face. He is holding a glass now. These panels envelop a shot of Manikin from behind, who envisions the interrogation as being at gunpoint. 'Do you remember being here before?' 'No.' 'How I captured you?' 'No.' 'Your name?' 'No.' (This speech bubble is smallest and most claustrophobic of all.)

PANEL 1: Offscreen/past: 'Then, allow me to help you remember.' Darkness. Hugo's full-moon glasses are visible. Stars and thin spirals in the void. A metronome ticks, ticks, ticks. Caption: 'Before?' PANEL 2: Manikin's face with open mouth, looking a lot more docile, cupped by Hugo's hand. The rest of him is offscreen save for possibly his legs. Curtains fall behind them.

PANEL 1: Hugo's 'therapy room', with the metronome visible in front of him, silhouetted (only his glasses are lit). The whole room is bleeding with ink, including a fanciful column with liquor and serving glasses on top, and that tacky mirror that was visible on the first page. HUGO: 'Memory loss is an INEXACT science.' PANEL 2: Manikin, eyes shut, looking down, back in the interrogation room, straitjacketed and hooked up to cables. They are surrounded everywhere by the mantra 'Not a person. Just a doll.' PANEL 3: Close-up of one half of Hugo's face, smirking. 'It's easier if the mind has something to fill the gaps.' PANEL 4: Manikin, distraught and close to screaming, still surrounded by the mantra. It's as though they need to yell over the noise in their head. 'What did you... what did you do to... WHAT DID YOU DO TO IT?!'

PANEL 1: Closeup of Hugo's face, eyebrow raised, nothing behind him. He grins malevolently. ''IT'?' PANEL 2: Manikin open-mouthed, nose bleeding. Eyes cut off by the panel once more. PANEL 3: Manikin's face, much smaller in the frame, surrounded by darkness save for the panel they're restrained against, now somewhat coffin-shaped. They are distraught, not quite sure how this is possible. 'It-- it means... it's...' PANEL 4: Close-up of Hugo, showing his forehead down to his nose. His glasses are classic anime glasses - they reflect all the light, while his eyes are invisible. The background is completely dark. 'Stop fighting. Accept it and find peace.' PANELS 5-7: Various shots of Manikin accepting their training. Caption, repeated across each of these panels: 'Not a person, just a doll.' The first is a closeup of them looking vacant, seductive, wearing the lace collar they wore with their lingerie. Their eyes water, and Hugo's hands (wearing signet rings) cup their face and neck. The caption here covers their forehead. The second is Manikin sitting in Hugo's closet, surrounded by rejected plastic dolls. They are posed awkwardly as though discarded like a ragdoll, and they listen to their mantras through a tape recorder. The caption here covers their mouth. The third is Manikin aiming a gun at their prior employer, Don Falcone. The caption here covers their entire face.

PANEL 1: Pulling out from the last shot of the previous page, another shot of the same action, Manikin aiming the gun at Falcone's head. The Gotham night skyline looms through the floor-to-ceiling window, while the frame is enveloped by thick curtains, pulled back with spiral clasps. Three boxes sit in front of him, labelled 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May'. Something looking like... hair? pokes out of each box. We now see Manikin's other hand holds a phone to Falcone's ear. HUGO (OVER THE PHONE): 'Thank you for your GENEROUS gift, Don Falcone. Please accept this gift of my own: that some weak links have been excised from your organisation... and that I have not directed ONE OF THEM to dispatch everyone in the building.' PANEL 2: Close-up of Falcone, frowning. Hugo, over the phone: 'Now, I trust that you'll leave us to our peace.' PANEL 3: The same close-up, but Falcone now looks more defeated. He replies: 'Consider our business terminated. But... one favour.' PANEL 4: Hugo, in darkness, sitting in his big armchair atop his ugly fucking tiger rug. He talks on his home phone. 'Yes?' PANEL 5: Top-down view of the contents of the boxes, on Falcone's polished wood desk. Confirmation that yes, they are indeed severed heads. FALCONE: 'Get these fucking heads out of my office.'

PANEL 1: Hugo and Manikin, cuddling on the couch, a houseplant behind them. Manikin's mouth is out of shot. HUGO: 'It's your six-month anniversary, Manikin. That feels good, hm?' MANIKIN: 'Yes.' PANEL 2: A new shot of the same scene. Hugo tilts Manikin's chin. 'How fortunate that you fell into my lap.' MANIKIN (SMILING): 'Yes.' PANEL 3: Close-up of a lovestruck Manikin. They literally have heart pupils! HUGO: Come to bed. MANIKIN: 'YES.' (the speech bubble is a heart, even!) PANEL 4: CAPTION: 'Then.' It appears we've stepped back in time. A top-down shot of Hugo and Manikin in the 'therapy room', once more. Hugo has the metronome setup. Manikin reclines on the couch, naked, saying, 'I keep having this dream.'

PANEL 1: Nearly takes up the entire page. The dream world, swirling with shadows. A chandelier hangs above. Manikin is literally a doll in a box, tied up with plastic cable ties with a 'try me' slit between their forcibly spread legs. A smile is plastered on their face. Hugo is in the foreground, approaching the doll box. OFFSCREEN: 'In the dream, I'm a doll. Looking out at the world through a plastic window. And you're always there. In the dream. Ready to try me.' HUGO: 'Well, a MANIKIN is a tutoring instrument. A tool with purpose. Much like a gun. Is a DOLL closer to your self-image? a NEEDLESS PLAYTHING? PANEL 2: Close-up of Manikin's smiling dollface, idealised. They seem to be wearing makeup, and a spiral is behind them. 'Dolls have more fun than weapons.' HUGO (OFFSCREEN): 'Then...'

Full-page panel. It appears they have indeed gone to bed. Hugo sits Manikin atop his lap on the bed, cupping their ass in one hand and holding the small of their back. with the other. They embrace him with their arms, wearing lacy lingerie. The spiral of the previous panel is in the background, as are two discarded manikins behind the bed, both of them headless. OFFSCREEN: 'A doll you shall be.' END.

one-page inked comic. panel 1: hugo strange has an arm around my self-insert, mat/manikin. he's speaking to deathstroke, whose arms are folded. hugo: 'though i have taken much care to secure the doll's subservience, its combat practice is unfortunately lacking, at least in my hands. so i would like you to spar with it. give it something deadlier with which to contend.'
panel 2: deathstroke alone, same pose. 'and you don't mind if your doll gets broken?'
panel 3: hugo and mat, same pose. hugo: 'its life, if you can call it that, is precious to me. but your training will keep it in peak condition. do anything short of murder if it makes the body stronger.'
panel 4: montage of mat and deathstroke in combat training. deathstroke has the upper hand and puts a gun to mat's head. hugo voiceover from the previous scene: 'a word of advice. your usual methods of discipline may fail here. it is a shameless masochist. i had no interest in treating that proclivity when it made them easier to control. so, i'd rather you used it to your advantage. train out its weak points and reward it however makes it respond the best.'
panel-in-panel: mat's bloodied face looking blissed out. they usually wear full-moon shades to match hugo's glasses), but they are broken here.
deathstroke, again voiceover from the previous scene: 'that shouldn't be a problem. if anything, i'll enjoy having it around.'
underneath the panel-in-panel is a close and personal shot of mat orally servicing deathstroke. their arms are tied.

One-page comic, inked and coloured in neon greens and reds. A Joker strongly based on the twinky one from Harleen gets socked in the mouth by what seems to be Batman's hand, blood exploding from his mouth. Joker, unimpressed, says 'Nope. Got nothing from that. Maybe don't quit your day job... oh wait. hahaha! Offscreen narration: 'I can put him worse places than Arkham. I can do what Wayne never could.' We now see that Joker is wearing no pants and is straddling his 'Batman', actually Hugo Strange dressed up as such (his beard is visible). Hugo holds Joker's throat. He squeezes Joker's throat, prompting Joker to make gagging noises. We see Joker's cock ejaculating. Offscreen narration: 'Correct the world. Permanently. By my fists. Hugo exhales. Joker says 'Hey!! I never said stop!'

Sketch portrait of Hugo with heartbeat monitors in the background.

Sketch portrait of Hugo leaning on his hand, wearing a pinstripe suit.

A Hugo with cartoony proportions with his arms out, lightning and red scribbles crackling behind him.

Cropped sketch portrait of Hugo - his glasses are only partly visible. He holds a pen to his mouth in a very Freudian way.

A two-panel comic page showing hugo looking down over the spiralling, maddening staircases of Arkham.

Portrait of Hugo from Prey, in his smoking jacket with a nice glass of whisky.

A buff Hugo with a baseball bat, in his fake Batman costume.

Strange sketch of Hugo holding a scalpel to the 'camera'. What we see seems to be cracked and slightly bizarre. The ink is white on black creating a slightly psychedelic effect.

A chibi Hugo on a red background, sitting cutely.

A painted portrait of Hugo, specifically the Gotham live action version.

Hugo in his silly parka, again from Gotham.

Low angle drawing of Hugo in a trenchcoat) holding a hand out in a looming, ominous cityscape (implied to be Arkham City).

Hugo in Prey overlooking the Gotham skyline from his floor-to-ceiling apartment window.

Hugo in a cozy dressing gown having a mug of tea.

Hugo painting nails on a mannequin's detached hand.

A neon sketch of Hugo, lounging in his Batman cosplay in the 'Alone on a Friday Night' meme pose but looking sad in spite of the bulge in his pants. A text caption reads: 'All alone on a Friday night... God, I'm pathetic.'

Hugo in his trenchcoat from the Arkham City comics, his face dramatically shadowed.

Side-view portrait of Hugo in a loose, smoky sketch style. He smokes a nice big fat cigar.

A sharper portrait of Hugo with dramatic shadows.

3-panel of Hugo grinning and holding a gun to the viewer - gradually it appears from the change in angle that the viewer has dropped to their knees.

Chibi Hugo in bed cuddling a Batman plushie.

Hugo has a cup of coffee wearing a leather jacket.

Hugo tunes his pocket watch, a spiral in the background.

Hugo sits to one side with a swirl beside him. He is very lonely.

Messy sketches of Mat as Manikin - the first instance of their cross-shaped armour and lingerie. In the first sketch they hold knives and dangle from wires like a puppet. In the second sketch Hugo stands behind them and holds them close whispering in their ear. In both cases they look exhausted, blank and mindless.

Mat and Hugo with interlocked arms. Mat has a gun, Hugo has a syringe. A heart is behind them in a grungy abstract background.

Mat kneels in lingerie before Hugo, sitting above them and holding their face. They gape at him mindlessly.

Hugo grasps the chin of a hypnotised, drooling Mat, whose arms are tied to their own bondage harness. Hugo whispers to Mat, 'How helpful of you to provide your own restraints.'.

Two sketched panels: Hugo and Mat are spooning in bed, under the covers. Caption: 'They're being cute! But what's underneath?' Underneath, Mat is restrained and gagged, listening to brainwashing audio. Caption: 'Ah, certified sicko mode. Carry on.'

Panel 1: a lecture theatre. Hugo is standing at the foot, delivering a lecture. "That concludes today's lecture." Panel 2: Hugo holds the door for exiting students. "thank you to all those brave enough to volunteer today." Panel 3: Hugo blocks exit for mat, my self insert. "a moment, please. You realise my classes can't be audited?" Panel 4: close up of mats face. Mat says, "I'm sorry. I know. Registration was full. But your class was my first choice... my only choice, actually." Panel 5: the two of them face to face. Hugo: "how single-minded of you. Not the best approach for a college education. But then, that's not why you're here, is it?" Panel 6: Hugo snaps his fingers and grabs Mat by the head. "in fact, don't tell me. Sleep for me instead." Panel 7: Hugo holding mat gently by the back of the head. They lean on his chest, arms limp and blank faced. "you can tell me who you work for soon enough. But first..."

Hugo's hand points towards a drawing. It's mat tied up in some bondage. Red lines indicate muscles and blue lines indicate bones, variably displayed throughout the drawing. He says, "and there's another hole I've been inside... and there... You were sedated for that one, so you probably don't remember..."

Hugo and Mat have swapped outfits. Hugo is in a turtleneck and leather harness, with shiny leather gloves. Mat is in a three piece pinstripe suit, oversized for them.

Mat sits in lingerie in front of a mirror, Hugo behind them. He ties their 'corset' style collar around their neck.

A full-page comic panel. Hugo walks with an arm around Mat who is blushing profusely. A swirly heart comes from them, indicating their arousal. Hugo: 'You trusted me that it was poison, and you were unable to resist drinking, even at risk to your life. You're blossoming into quite the perfect puppet. Have you figured out what I actually put in your tea?

An ink sketch comic. Hugo pours tea for Mat, saying, 'I've poisoned your tea, but you'll drink it for me anyway, won't you?' The words echo in Mat's background ominously; they bare their teeth. But, in the subsequent panel, they drink up. Caption: Of course. Without question. Hugo says 'Good. Now swallow and show me the cup.' Mat shows the cup is now empty.

Three panel sketch comic. Hugo is tending to a comic Riddler's wounds. Riddler looks with trepidation at Hugo's t-shirt. It says 'I like people on the table open'.

Sketch portrait of Hugo with the moon out. He is wearing a suit and strokes his chin.

A drawing of Hugo like one of my French girls. He sits seductively holding a pen bleeding big Rorschach inkblots on the backdrop behind him.

Two sketch portraits of Hugo side by side - one in a sharp suit, one in a nice turtleneck.

commissioned works

thank you to these lovely people!

some commissioned pieces, including some selfship. they are all pre-my coming up with a self-insert oc, and i have opted to omit some of my more realistic commissions as a result :')

by lunahymn!

shippy commissions 😖

by corpseface!

these two are by someone who has since changed handles, and who i'm not sure wants to be associated with them anymore as they deleted these images from their accounts. if they would like to be credited, they can drop me a message!

fanvids

guy.exe mep part

compilation of sexy hugo moments

2 compilations of hugo moments that catered to me specifically

compilation of miscellaneous hugo moments i think about a lot