I’m Making My First Comic Book With Spies And Men In Black

Okay.

Time to expose myself, for better or worse.

My favorite state, or genre, is suspense. The genre trappings are not very important, as long as I generate anxiety and dread in the viewer/reader by feeling it these things myself in the creating.

I use silences and lack of dialogue and sound effects as one of my artistic arsenal tools. This is something that I see more in manga than in other comics, and it’s very effective.

I’ll share the finished page later. For now I want to tell you that if you like espionage tales and unexplained phenomena, you’ll want to read this book when it’s finished and I make it available. I drew inspiration from stories of Men In Black, those tall, thin men in black suits, dark sunglasses and hats that show up at people’s homes after they report seeing a UFO and act shifty and threatening.

I also drew inspiration from our devices, the fact that we take it for granted that our phones are listening on us. I played the “what if” game:

What if the phone did more than just listen? What if it gave us instructions to do something?

What if we were pre-conditioned to obey, so when the phone rings and the instructions come, we’re helpless to resist the instructions?

Keep checking back! The book will be finished soon.