The Sons Of Liberty Arriving
I could never find the stories I wanted to read. To that end I decided that the only way I would find stories that I wanted to read was to make them myself. When I first got into comics, I made a conscious decision not to find work in the traditional way of submitting to the big two. I did not want to draw superhero stories, as much as I love them. There is some irony there that I will get to in a moment. I wanted to create stories that had a broader sense of scale. I wanted stories where the characters grow and change from when they are first introduced to when the last page is turned. I wanted stories where if a character died, they stayed dead. Whats more, I wanted to be the one to create them. To tell stories that could be anything I wanted them to be, not weighed down by 50 years of continuity.
To that end I was placed in touch with Alexander Lagos and his brother Joseph, two writers who shared the same feelings that I did about comics. They both love good stories and when they told me their idea and I saw that their sensibilities ran the same way that mine did, I knew I wanted to work on it. They had crafted a story with layers. A story of small interpersonal points of view and conflicts that are set against a backdrop of a larger conflict that would change the world. It is everything that I mentioned above. It is also a story about two slaves who are experimented upon and inadvertently given super powers (the irony I mentioned before).
The Sons of Liberty is history and fantasy blended together with a touch of the dramatic. It is a story that comes from a love of history and adventure, and most importantly a love of heroes. The best part is that The Sons Of Liberty is available in bookstores and comic shops everywhere next week from Random House Books.
To that end I was placed in touch with Alexander Lagos and his brother Joseph, two writers who shared the same feelings that I did about comics. They both love good stories and when they told me their idea and I saw that their sensibilities ran the same way that mine did, I knew I wanted to work on it. They had crafted a story with layers. A story of small interpersonal points of view and conflicts that are set against a backdrop of a larger conflict that would change the world. It is everything that I mentioned above. It is also a story about two slaves who are experimented upon and inadvertently given super powers (the irony I mentioned before).
The Sons of Liberty is history and fantasy blended together with a touch of the dramatic. It is a story that comes from a love of history and adventure, and most importantly a love of heroes. The best part is that The Sons Of Liberty is available in bookstores and comic shops everywhere next week from Random House Books.