A little about myself

When I started working on this book, the only thing I was interested in was, well, creating a graphic novel, obviously. It was just supposed to be for me, to say that I accomplished something I had always wanted to do.

When I say that, I mean that I always wanted to make soemething "creative" since I was a little bitty kid.  In fact, I used draw or write something almost every day.

I would become obsessed with something, and write and/or draw about that subject until I found something else to obsess over. Things came and went, then came back again. Whether it be werewolves, vampires (this was waaaay before "Twilight"), ghosts, UFOs...well, you get the idea. There were other things I can't think of at the moment, but the paranormal / supernatural stuff always came back.

I do the same thing today, I just don't get as obsessed as I used to (at least, that's what I tell myself). My main thing these days is superheroes, and classical mythology. My goal is to one day do a story that draws from both...that hasn't been done before. Good luck with that, right?

Anyway, when I was diagnosed with bipolar depression, I became obsessed with it, naturally. I looked up the symptoms, mainly to find out for myself if the diagnosis was correct. Turns out, the doctor knew what he was talking about. Heh, heh.

Well, one day I was lying in bed, waiting for sleep to overtake me (because I was depressed / bored) when I was struck by creative lightning:

1.) I love superheroes, and

2.) I had learned a lot about bipolar depression, so

I'll do a story about a superhero with bipolar depression! Made sense to me.

Throw in a love story, and a year later...well, I'll fill in some of the blanks next time.

TTFN!

-Charlie