RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Comic Books Why I Hate Most Modern Comics.

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnghhh...well, the bad news is that it's sort of a superhero comic. I'm sure you'll understand if I decide not to give any details away at this time. But it's not just superheroics and fights in tights. The storyline has a mostly supernatural edge, although it's not necessarily dark or grim. The main character confront demons, mages, gangsters, supervillains, and every once in a while gets involved with what I hope is the most original take on the War between Heaven and Hell anybody has ever seen (which is not the driving point of the series).

There's also going to be some human drama, especially with the way the hero acts towards the people in his life. Also, while the hero has firmly established the type of hero he wants to be, he's not really sure what to do with his real life. When he's not superheroing, what does he want to do with his life? What does he want his non-superhero identity to be? (This is probably something most young adlts wonder about - what do they want to be, as opposed to what do they want to do.)

The best way to describe what I'm going for is to compare it to 1970s Marvel - when action superheroics were balanced with human emotion, and when characters truly started developing real personalities - reaching the potential for showing human frailties in a genuine way (of course, it was in the 1970s that things began to get complicated, and I want to avoid that).

However, I do have a huge chunk of the series planned out - how it begins, how I want it to end (should that day ever come), how certain characters are introduced, power upgrades and shake-ups, and lots of little details in between - pretty much all of it is all planned out. I've still left myself room to add in other storylines, and I have a lot to work with. But I think knowing in advance where you want your story and characters to go is important.

That's pretty much all I can tell you at this point - partially because I don't want to give too much away, and partially because you guys are the only ones who can tell me if what I do is interesting or coherent. It may look awesome through my eyes, but not through yours, and the reader's opinion is what counts.