When I first moved to NYC in 1998, I wanted to be a comic artist. Before they folded, Kitchen Sink, Caliber, and Paradox Press all showed interest.
An inker for DC Comics, who also worked as an art teacher at Pratt, loved my work and set me up with an interview with Andrew Helfer.
Given that he was the editor of the recently closed ‘Vertigo’ line, DC Comics’ more mature and darker comic division, I thought that would be a dream come true.
Little did I know DC was almost bankrupt, and it only wanted artists to draw their main superheroes. The interview went very badly when I didn’t want to draw Superman, and they let Andrew go two weeks later.
I was heartbroken, unsure what to do for a while, then remembered those pulp novels of old, like Doc Savage and The Shadow. I loved their illustrations and figured that if I brought them up a notch by substituting full, comic-book-style splash pages, I could bring the story that had been in my head for years to life.
One that the writings of HP Lovecraft and Neal Stephenson had only amplified!
I have a Kickstarter campaign kicking off in a few days. Anyone who wants to check it out, just click the link!

Some of my favorite illustrations in The Black Seas of Infinity and Down Highways in the Dark…by Demons Driven,