Everyone knows I'm the world's worst at starting projects then never finishing. I've got Outcasts, Faith Noir, Simon Wraith (a comic I wrote 4 years ago), and now I've got story ideas for two more comics. They're popping in my head faster than I can create them. To be honest, it's kind of discouraging to have so many started projects and no completed projects.I think the problem is that I'm a one-man show. I'm trying to do the writing, pencils, inks, and coloring all on my own, and it's just too much for me to do in a reasonable amount of time...well, reasonable to me at least. I just get burned out too easily on one project and all too soon an idea for a new one pops in my head, so I start chasing that rabbit. I wish I could focus my energies on one project and finish it. Maybe it just requires more self-discipline on my part.I have, however, started a project that will most likely take the rest of my life to complete. I'm taking an Old Testament survey class right now, and it amazes me how epic the events in the Old Testament are. If they made a movie just about the books of King and Chronicles with the same budget that they gave the Lord of the Rings, I guarantee it would win a few awards just from how awesome the story is. So, after a little convicting, I've decided to graphically novelize (is that a word?) the Old Testament. I'm breaking the books up into individual issues, and if by some miracle I actually finish a book, I'll release it as a graphic novel. The goal is to have the entire Old Testament (or at least the historical parts of it) in graphic novel form before I'm too old to draw.I have no delusions of having something ready to roll in a short time. Chances are it will take most of my life, because there is so much in the Old Testament. And I'm not trying to make it rich on this either. This project isn't about making money or gaining prestige or any of that. It's about feeling convicted to give God the talents that he has given me. I'd ask that you pray that among all my other projects I have, this one wouldn't fizzle out. Pray that I would have the endurance to finish, and to finish well.Blessings to you all.
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