Polygon sat down with writer Kelly Thompson earlier this week to discuss her best-selling Absolute Wonder Woman, which she co-created with artist Hayden Sherman but we couldnt help asking about another of her comics co-creations who has been making a big splash lately: Jeff the Land Shark, who appears in Marvel Rivals.We asked Thompson how she would respond to Marvel Rivals players who find themselves frustrated with Jeffs disruptive ultimate ability, Its Jeff!, in which he gobbles up all his foes in a large range and then spits them out wherever he wants.What they call annoying, Thompson replied, laughing, I call a skills issue.Before Jeff became a Marvel Rivals phenomenon, he was the team pet of Thompson and artist Daniele di Nicuolos 2018 West Coast Avengers run. After the cancellation of that series, Thompson continued to weave the little guy into her Marvel comics, and illustration partners Gurihiru fanned the flames by including references to him in their own work for Marvel Comics. Eventually, Jeff got his own adorable, digital-first silent gag comic, Its Jeff!, from Thompson and Gurihiru, and the rest is history.Polygon has previously reported on Jeffs combination of extremely cute and extremely annoying qualities for the Marvel Rivals audience. Thompsons (joking) advice for anyone frustrated by Jeff gameplay is simple:I think they should get better at the game. Sounds like a skills issue to me, if my boy is beating your ass every night. I mean, listen, he has an incredibly powerful ult; just accept it, become zen about it. Everyones got upsides and downsides, right?We also asked Thompson which of Jeffs many different cute outfits shed like to see as skins in the game, where hes already debuted with at least one direct lift from the comics. His Incognito Dolphin skin is a reference to the third issue of Its Jeff!, in which he becomes worried that he will frighten people by enjoying a swim at the beach, and gets himself a dolphin costume so that strangers will know hes friendly.Hes been a taco, hes been a sheep, hes been Grogu, hes been Wolverine, hes been everybody. Hes been Spider-Man. Thompson considered her options. I do think Im not usually super into the Venom-ification of everything, because it can really overwhelm, but he has merged with Venom in the comics [in Venom War: Its Jeff!] and he grew giant, punchy arms. So that would be fun to have in the game.And the business suit, Thompsons Absolute Wonder Woman collaborator Hayden Sherman chimed in, if we can get him in the suit with the briefcase, referring to Its Jeff! #37, where Jeff dresses up in a little business suit with his own briefcase in order to look professional at his self-created job of eating a bunch of park vendors food waste for tips, which he uses to buy a briefcase full of ice cream.Thompson immediately agreed: It was editor Sarah Brunstad who actually added the suit. She was like, I think we should add this panel with him with the suit and a briefcase. And I was like, Oh my god. Im so mad at myself for not coming up with that first. It was awesome.Whether or not Venom Jeff or Business Jeff are directions that NetEase wants to explore, one things certain: Jeff is cute no matter how he dresses.