Strange Smiley is the member of the Smiley family from the future, and his name, and job title at least come from a combination of"Doctor Strange" and "Doctor Who," but that's where the similarities and inspirations end because he really has more in common with "Rip Hunter" than either of those two. Although there are supposed to be others with his occupation, I have yet to really create any of these "D.O.C.T.O.R.s" other than him, so I haven't decided if his suit is a standard uniform or just his own unique look among them. I just wanted to give him a regular futuristic jumpsuit style with his initials etched on his belt. For his face, I just went with another variation of the plain "yellow smiley face" with his more angular mouth coupled with the fancy headset and a mop of parted hair just because I thought it looked cool.
Yes, as fun and simple as they are on the surface, they have just as much complexity as any of my other characters, and as I developed each character more and more, I just couldn't help myself in adding that complexity.
Oh wow! At first, I thought Smileys was a fun simple thing but then as more were introduced, it offered greater family complexities and I began to see much more from this simple faced family but now we're introducing a whole historical timeline?! BUMPH!* (*-the sound of my head exploding!)