BIG BROODER An essay by the painter Badger Humphreys On Badger's original character of Chooken, on Chooken's role in Badger's untitled novel-in-progress, and on concerns from our own world that inspire all of this. First edition published at badgerhumphreys.blogspot.com on Sep 11th 2023. Chooken the Bird A 3 metre digital painting by Badger Humphreys, completed from April-July 2023, shown here at greatly reduced image size. Technical note: original Badger Humphreys artworks like this are ultra high definition (UHD), which renders them with beautiful crispness even at this small size, and all art prints I intend to sell shall reflect this. However, this high quality is horrifically degraded by the image display used by all major social media platforms, and also by the host of my own personal website (badgerhumphreys.com). I have been mortified by this and am taking great pains to fix the latter's display issue. As of September 2023, I have found that the best image di...