Preview art from the upcoming O[riginal]G[raphic]N[ovel] THE ROAD TO HELL, written by Dwayne McDuffie and Matt Wayne, illustrated by the much-cuter-than-Paris-Hilton Kris Dresen.
Actually, that's damning Kris with faint praise
A few details from one of the many columns written and eventually killed by Dwayne, this time The Fifth Column at Slushfactory:
THE ROAD TO HELL is a romantic comedy I co-wrote with Matt Wayne, who despite persistent rumors, is neither African-American, or related to DC Comics Marketing VP Bob Wayne (but wouldn’t it be cool if he were both?). A few weeks back, I told you about how we lost our first two artists on the project and mentioned that I was about to ask yet another artist to come on board our ship of fools for very little money and even less glory. Unaccountably, she said yes. I’m taking this opportunity to introduce to you THE ROAD TO HELL’s severely overtalented new artist, Kris Dresen. If you don’t know her, or her beautiful work on MAX AND LILY and MANYA, shame on you. But if you zip right over to her site at GirlThrow.com and buy at least one copy of everything, I’ll forgive you. I’ll wait here until you get back.Okay, while you’re standing next to the mailbox waiting for all those books you ordered to arrive, I’ll fill you in on our project’s status. The full script for the book is completed and as soon as Kris finishes work on the graphic novel she wrote and is currently drawing, she’ll be getting started on ROAD TO HELL. There was some talk of trying to do this book as a mini-series at Image but unfortunately they passed. That’s okay. I still intend to do something over there one of these days and when I do, I’ll bore you with news about it. Meanwhile plans for ROAD TO HELL have gone back to our original vision for the project, a massive, 130-plus page, complete in one volume, graphic novel. More on this as it develops.
That was the February 2nd, 2002 column.
The preview art was posted April 12, 2003.
The book is noted as a work in progress at GirlThrow.
Be patient.
In the meantime, think I saw one or two of the issues of Demon that Dwaye wrote. . . man, two presidential elections ago, at this point? Anyway, saw 'em cheap at a local shop. The storyline was hilarious. Again, I offer to snag 'em if anyone wants 'em.
Update: Ok, just subscribed to Girlamatic, listing Encounter Her as the reason, in the hopes this will keep Kris Dresen from kicking my ass the next time she sees me.
Meaning I didn't list Lucas and Odessa, so Spike will probably. . . wait, what am I worried about? With the anonymity of the 'net, no one knows what I look like. I'm perfectly safe.
Good thing I never posted any photos of myself here, and there are none available anywhere else.
Except the ancient one at the bottom of my old home page (last updated November 1, 2000, baby), with me meeting Stone Cold Steve Austin at Mall of America while wearing a Nancy Sinatra Fan Club t-shirt.
I think I was doing better drugs up there.
Update 2: There's a script from one of those Demon comics I mentioned up in Dwayne's script section. If you wanted to kind'a try before you buy.
Actually, looking at some of it, especially the excerpts from America Rules, Dwayne should think about suing the Bush administration for ripping off his -- er, Etrigan's -- ideas for reviving the economy.
How much time did you spend in the comic book store?
There's lots of good stuff going right now.
Sadly, my two local comic book stores seem to be more concerned with magic: the gathering cards (and other such games) than the books. Apparently, the kids like to pretend they have magical powers rather than read about them these days.
Actually saw the Demon comics and the Black Panther trade at the used bookstore down the street from where I work.
Haven't spent much time in actual comics shops lately, for the reason you just mentioned; having to walk around the tables of children playing the CCG of the day.
There is good stuff out there, though. The trouble is asking the kids to move out of the way so you can get to it. . .