Cullen Heath, please be easy on other users.
No need to flame.
Even though it probably is just a sketch for insperation, I reckon Abe's freind is a Scubatoad, and the demon like creature depicted is actually a Steef (Quite ironic in a way, their dipction of a saviour is our depiction of the opposite), which agrees with Nick's theory.
Or it could be some form of natural threat, which would be refreshing, not having all of the baddies industralists, but then again, Ocatgis were dipicted in this way.
The read seems to indicate it's a threat or danger though, so maybe it isn't a Steef.
But BM is right, we shouldn't draw too much in from this, as it is probably just insperation, and the strange creature next to abe is probably made quite normal or simple, but it is obviously not a mudokon, giving implications on maybe the way Lorne wants the story to be headed.