Tags: webcomic

Prepare for launch...

August 11th, 2009

In the next month or so, I intend on launching my new webcomic site that is currently under development!

I've already made a half-hearted attempt at creating a webcomic (Gitzo), but I wasn't at all happy with the quality or direction I was going in with it. Maybe I'll come back to it at a later time, but for now Gitzo is on permanent hiatus. My rekindled interest in comic books, however, is growing by the minute, as is my desire to write and draw them again. I haven't actually worked towards creating a comic book for over 13 years, but I feel like now is the time for me to get back on the horse and head towards the sound of the guns...

For my return to comics, I chose to go the route of the webcomic, mainly because of the advantages of cost and ease of access to readers. It also gives me the ability to post up each page of the book as I finish it, instead of having to be saddled with the pressure of completing an entire book before I can show it. For the subject matter, I'm returning to one of the original characters I created while in middle school called Captain Cataclysm. A kind of 90s cross between Superman, Batman and Dee Snyder, Captain Cataclysm is the superhero name of Robert James Watts. A wunderkind born in fictional 1950s Merrit City, he experiences a lab accident (in true comic book form) that transforms him into the superhero protector of his city and country.

My recent artwork that features depictions of 'Cap' have mainly focused on how he would look now, a sort-of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns take on his character that shows an older, retired and melancholy man struggling with the process of finding a purpose to his post-superhero life. Very much liking this approach, I've decided to call the new comic The Last Ten Years, and the series will focus on that period of Captain Cataclysm's life from 1998 to 2008. Besides exploring the problem of finding one's place in life once older age hits, I also intend to touch on topics important to me like patriotism in the post-911 world, environmentalism, and the greed that drives American politics.

I'm planning The Last Ten Years as a six book, 28 page-per-book series that will be published in webcomic format. Each book will encompass a specific, unified story that forms part of the ten year period. Depending on my success getting through it and the level of readership, I may eventually put out the series in a limited print run.

But those are long terms goals/intentions, and for now I'm going to focus on one page at a time. Once the site and first few pages are ready in the next week or so, I'll post up the URL to the site. So STAY TUNED!!!