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I've been turning my back on you in shame and disgust with myself, treating you like some kind of skip tracer that has found me and has come to collect on a very long standing debt. When I think of the CCAS these days, I think of the unanswered question "When can I expect to sell copies of Galen the Saintly #2, #3, #4 yada, yada, yada, all the way up to #10 at the next San Diego Comic Con? The grandparents I've been talking to have been asking about this wonderful character that you have seemingly murdered in cold blood before his great potential had a chance to be realized."
Funny how the Devil can at one point jump all over me about money debts that I haven't paid and then almost in the same breath nag me about comic book debts that I haven't paid.
Well, I guess it can't hurt to look at your forums and try to find out what you guys are up to.
Just what are you guys up to?
For anyone here who was alive and reading comics in the 1940s, skip to the pictures link below. If you're not part of that demographic, read this.
Anyway, James Ritchey III and I are working on a revamp of the old character a la James Robinson's Starman, dealing with the legacy of the Golden Age bleeding into the current age and how heroism and adventure has become a different animal now in so many ways. James is currently the brainy genius behind AC's Green Lama: Man of Strength revival, and I'm really looking forward to working with him on this Golden Age mystery woman.
It's gonna be fun, and I can wait to get to work on it more, but for now, I'll have to be happy with these few concept sketches.
The original Blue Lady in all her old-school glory.
An early concept sketch of the new design by James Ritchey.
The latest of the new design. Now with yummy fishnets. Yes, guilty as charged. I like fishnets on superheroines. So sue me.
Cool, huh?
Do you mind if I ask you a slightly touchy question? I've noticed from a few of your posts that you are a Christian. Furthermore, I found a link that you had posted on your wall to the Christian Comic Art Society (which I promptly joined).Here's my question: How do you reconcile your Christian beliefs with writing the Dominatrix comic? I admit that I've never read the book so it may be rated G; but based off of the covers and the few things that I have read about it... I don't think that's the case.I'm asking not to attack you; but out of genuine interest. I am mostly into art and there are a lot of jobs that I could go after if I were willing to do more graphic or sexual illustrations.How do you reconcile the disparities in your mind? Or is it that you don't try. Just look at it like a job kind of thing and leave the morality for Sunday morning. Again, I'm not trying to attack you. I'm trying to understand and maybe learn something that I could apply to my own life.My response:
I love that question actually. I used to work for the North American Mission Board, and no longer do. Was asked to leave for my PG book Fishnet Angel, actually. They'd freak if they read Dominatrix. I tell folks at cons the book is not porn, even if the marketing points that way. It's like a Tarantino film. Very modern pulp. And ultimately it has a redemptive message in it that is subtle.As for any language, violence, or nudity, my take is that the Bible I read is filled with violence, genocide, infanticide, incest, rape, holy sexual love, and yes, even course language in the original Greek (Paul, no less). To make the Bible into a literal film would be rated X not even NC-17, and so such topics are not off limits for Christ followers, when pursued with obedience and faithfulness.If they cause other Christians to worry about me, I can live with that. If they cause non-Christians to worry and stumble, then that would be an issue, but honestly the fact that I choose to write redemptive tales in subjects the contemporary church would probably prefer to ban has only opened more doors to real relationships with people who would never darken the door of one of our churches.The very question you asked is the one people ask me all the time at cons and particularly in online interviews and such.My morality is a 24/7 thing, though many do "treat it as a job" and leave morality "for Sunday." For many, I just choose not to ignore "dangerous" topics that the contemporary church has issues with.It's like the art question for me. Is nudity okay? Sure, great art is filled with it. Is it appropriate for all people or all ages. No. But then again, neither are certain parts of Scripture, which is why you don't see Bible stories for kids based on Song of Solomon or Lot's nieces seducing him. Still applicable though. The modern church just has a view that everything should be sanitized and "kid safe" by and large, and I simply disagree with that based on my reading and understanding of God's Word.I don't profess that all Christians should follow my take. There's still a place for Max Lucados and the Left Behinds. That's just not my calling.I'm called to travel the most dangerous path that causes all kinds of misunderstanding and potential condemnation by the church. But I can live with that. I have good role models from Christ to Bonhoeffer.
