Breathing new life into a crazy vampire

11 March 2008

Steven, in all of his psycho glory, has been squirming around in my mind as a comic book since about mid-2003. Over the past two years, I've had a bit of a resurgence as a writer, and now I'm THIS close to finishing the fiction behind the comic. There are three story arcs, which are intended to sweep across two years' worth of monthly issues. A whole twenty four, baby.

After all of this, there have been times when I've wanted to give up. Wanted to just throw it to the wind, or release the fiction by itself, whatever. But then I have this character, this crazy vampire who thinks he's an angel, tapping in the back of my brainmeats. I've seen what artists have come up with after they've read the fiction, and it's good. I can't let that go. So I won't.

So, come hell or high water, Steven will see print as a comic book. In the mean time, I am releasing the fiction behind the comics over on my writery page in the Short Fiction section. News about the comic's actual production will show up here. And there WILL be news, if I have to wring it out of the universe with my bare hands.

-David M. Crampton