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January 12, 2008
Book Am Done (and other good news)
A couple of days ago I finished work on 'Too Late'. I'm really proud of how the complete book looks and reads. I couldn't imagine a better way to spend six months than to to be eating, breathing, and sleeping making a graphic novel. As much as I enjoyed the twist ending on 'Black Chamber', I think the ending to this book is so, so much better.
The day after finishing the book, I accepted a job offer that I think will be very nice. Not comics or art-related, but a nice steady income.
So now I'm beginning work on my next book. It will be following Eddie Mann on his next case and it's tentatively going to be called 'Too Soon'. (Get it?) It's going to be about the history of professional wrestling in Kansas City, KC's current resurgence of Burlesque shows, the sub-prime mortgage crisis and its impact on the city, painting, and the relationship between a girl and her grandfather. It will also continue to flesh out the broader 'Unbroken Circle' story by giving the first glimpse of the bigger story's ramifications on the world.
I'll be starting on the research for it really soon, talking with our fair city's Burlesque girls and getting in touch with a local wrestling legend or two, both of which I'm excited about for entirely different reasons. I'm also going to take a slightly different approach with the art that I'll be working out to get it to a point I'm happy with.
Story-wise, I'm going to use a slightly different narrative style that I'm stealing from George Pelecanos, using more than one focal character to better flesh out the world they're inhabiting. The wider and more ambitious scope I'm tackling with this story will be well-suited by this, I think.
Good times ahead!
Posted by Schamberger at January 12, 2008 11:43 AM