Freelance writer and independent comic book creator.
We are two weeks away from the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for Code 45 Issues #1-3 at www.code-45.com (July 7 at 8 am). In Issue 1 of Code 45, we introduced the audience to Vanessa’s world with a tour of her work, her friends, and the rave scene that she… read more »
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DC Comics Star Trek #5 (Mortal Gods) directly answers my criticisms about the previous issue by giving us a story that, if not wholly original, is at the very least non-derivative of an episode from The Original Series. That being said it does pose a number of chronology problems that… read more »
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When writing Code 45, the script serves as the backbone for the graphic novel’s story as well as a general outline for the action that is seen on the book’s pages and how it should be organized into panels. The next step after producing a script for a particular issue… read more »
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In Issue 2 of the Code 45 graphic novel, Vanessa begins her tour of duty on the night shift. Without giving away any spoilers, the attitudes and habits of the night shift drivers are much, much different than those working days. We needed to find a way to illustrate the… read more »
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DC Comics Star Trek #4 (Deadly Allies) offers the kind of story I’ve been dreading since I first began reading this run. It only took a handful of issues before Mike W. Barr decided it was time to start mining past episodes of The Original Series for entire plotlines. (I’m… read more »
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Next issue news! The Kickstarter campaign for Issues #1-3 of Code 45 goes live on July 7 at www.code-45.com. We’re going to be offering Code 45 #2 and #3 together as one 60-page mega-issue! This version of the book will never be sold in stores, and is available exclusively through our… read more »
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DC Comics Star Trek #3 (Errand Of War!) picks up immediately on the bridge of the Enterprise, where readers had just witnessed Klingon Emperor Kahless IV declaring war on the Federation at the end of Star Trek #2. Naturally, it’s all been blamed on Captain Kirk, who had the misfortune… read more »
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DC Comics Star Trek #2 (The Only Good Klingon…) is the second half of the series-starting two-parter, and as such it serves to conclude our introduction to this imagining of the Enterprise’s crew and the new cast of characters who are also along for the ride, as well as confirm… read more »
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I’ve been a huge Star Trek fan my entire life. I got started down that path by my mother, who loved the Original Series, and who would watch it with me in syndication of CBC – which would soon move it to the after-school time slot and cement its status… read more »
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Before we launched the campaign for Code 45 Issue 1, everything I read about running a Kickstarter project warned me that, as stressful and emotional as running your first campaign might be, it’s what happens after the 30 day funding period is up that is typically far more challenging to… read more »
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