Another "Neverland" Sneak Peek....

So, I know I haven't been around, but I have been working very hard on Neverland: The Untold...which should be coming to you very soon. Katie Coats is, as we speak, drawing her ass off, working on Issue 1, so you'll know as soon as we're ready to go. Until then, here's another sneak peek at what we're up to.

I definitely wanted to create a Captain Hook that sort of has a signature look and feel all his own. Hook being one of my favorite films, I definitely loved the idea of him being this gentleman pirate who is sort of a learned man leading an army of brutes and cutthroats. The original idea for his look was inspired by Freddie Mercury. This will be much more apparent in other scenes when he's not wearing his wig (Yes, that's a wig). There are also times when he invokes Prince and Michael Jackson in his attitude and swagger. The script often plays him straight while the look is definitely that of an extravagant rock star. Expect even more twists and new takes on old characters. I'm working on the website as we speak so keep a look out.

In the meantime, as always, you can still find my comic reviews for the week on Black Nerd Problems. This week, I took a look at Batman Eternal and All New X-Men.

Sneak Peek of Awesome Shit

Okay, so those of you that don't already know (which, apparently, is several of you) deserve to know what I've been up to that has taken me away from writing as much content as I used to. Well...aside from writing for Black Nerd Problems. Here's a sneak peek of my upcoming webcomic, Neverland: The Untold. The art comes compliments of none other than Katie Coats, who is a dear friend and an incredible talent. She approached me with these old sketches she'd done in college of Peter Pan and the Darling family. I was immediately smitten with her vision and unearthed some old notes I'd jotted down ages ago. I pitched her for the hell of it and we decided we had something here.

Basically, it's reimagining of Peter Pan that offers some modern sensibilities to some time honored characters. I've always been in love with the Neverland mythos, but one thing that has always bothered me is how racially problematic some aspects are. I mean, there were whooping, hollering, feather-wearing savage "indians" in the stories. Aside from that, the stories are extremely white. I wanted to tell THIS story, but if I was going to tell it, I wanted brown faces to look at while I do.

Anyway, Katie posted the initial pencils for the first couple of pages on Twitter so I figured I'd share them here with you guys. The official website will be up soon, but until then bare with me since I probably won't be as consistent with content as I've previously been. Looking forward to you all seeing what we have coming.