Update #1: Slow Going

Right now we're in the beginningest of the beginning stages.

Step 1 was to find an artist. I found one about 10 or 11 years ago while in college. I don't remember her name, but we met a couple of times, talked over the premise, and she showed me a few samples of her work. Then she disappeared. After a while I put up a notice for her in the basement of the University Center, but I never heard from her. Some random person emailed me and told me that she moved to Nashville and became a stripper. I can neither confirm nor deny this, but I feel comfortable about putting it out there since I didn't give her name.

After that the project pretty much died. I'd come up with an idea every now and then, write it down, and file it away. It wasn't long before life got in the way. College graduation, a real job, marriage, a house, a kid, another kid, and another kid. Along the way I began working with Beau Johnson. I introduced him to the wonderful world of comic books and learned that he was a bit of an artist. It didn't take much convincing to help me out with this little project.

But life is still getting in the way, and now it's getting in the way of two people instead of just one. So we're rolling at our own pace. Slow and steady wins the race, right?

Step 2: Overview. Got that knocked out. I've been tweaking this thing since I was in high school, and now I think I've finally got the story where I want it. I've got the beginning, I've got the end of the first volume, and I've got the beginning and end of the second volume. I've got a bunch of the middle. So the overview wasn't much of a problem.

Step 3: Character descriptions. That's what I'm working on now. I'm taking these character, almost all of whom I created in high school and college, and reworking them to fit my new story, which in no way resembles my original story idea. This is fun. I'm doing research and creating puzzle pieces, pieces that I'll put together to form this big picture, one that shows my dream. So it's fun, and it's exciting. After this comes design sketches, and I'll actually get to see my creations. It's one of the most exciting things I've been a part of (just after the aforementioned marriage and kids).