Coming Attractions

About a year ago comix artist John David Brown got in contact with me. He drew the accompanying illustration for The Aquarium over at Fiction Circus (which is the story that always comes up in conversation, and is still one of my favorites), and dropped me a line about a possible collaboration. A script or a short story, adapted into a free-standing comic. Obviously, having been fiending over and thumbing up comic books for many years, I made a weird gleeful little noise at the prospect.

After a lot of waffling and indecision, I sat down and beat out a short story called Ain’t No Grave (the Kindle edition of which is now available in A Means to An End). It’s a story about relationships, death and honesty. It’s also about the end of the world, so the speak, but that’s really not important.

John’s recently sent me some roughs and finished pages of the comic, and they’re really something. What started off as a little story has turned into a great comic, thanks to John’s hard-work and talent. Here’s a small sample. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the finished book later on in the year.