Prisoner of None, my weekly free webcomic with artist David Bednarski is now live. Go to PrisonerOfNone.com right now to read the first page!
Wow, it’s gonna be quiet here for a little while! Don’t worry…news is coming (!) and a new feature (?).
And so ends our introduction to the (primary) cast of Prisoner of None. After Chapter One is finished, expect to meet more members of the cast. But let’s talk about the Blue Giant here… I think, initially, the idea was to make the Allied characters closer in tone to Marvel’s Invaders, kind of how Moore [...]
It’s very weird and coincidental that Tex here has two ominous numbers (6 and 13). Take that for what you will, but… I love revealing how David and I work(ed) together to make this book, so let’s look at Tex for a second. Remember that initial sketch of Fantomudoragon and Homerun Hercules? On it, David [...]
Royal Victory today. Brit. Pilot. Golden Age Iron Man type. At least on the surface. As seen on the first model sheet, David made a note on the bottom right that says, “…soldier type.” I came back to him with: “soldier type/comic book type…how about Royal Victory? From the UK (just to have a little diversity). This [...]
Ah, Homerun Hercules. This one is interesting. Herc is the second character to be created for Prisoner of None, right after Fantomudoragon. Here, for the first time anywhere, is the very first piece of artwork created for PoN. You can also see some notes David made for some of the other characters: From one of David’s [...]
Honest to God, my favorite character to write. I have to admit that I’m not overly fond of writing female characters. Mostly because I find it hard to relate to them, but also because I don’t want to “get them wrong.” I’ve been pushing myself to really step out of that comfort zone and really [...]
I’m pretty sure that someone I know was also developing a character called “the Planetarian” (Stuart Moore perhaps?). Rest assured, this isn’t him. As mentioned when we posted the Liberty’s 7 team page, Planetarian is a pulp sci-fi character at heart. In fact, David described him as “…galactic adventurer with alien technology (Weird-type/Batman).” It won’t [...]
Ok, let’s get some footnotes going… Sgt. Agent is, quite possibly, the simplest name I have ever come up with. But I can’t take credit for it. That goes to Dave’s Random Character Generator. When it came up, I just remember thinking, “This is really Golden Age and kind of silly.” Sgt. Agent’s future is one [...]
Ah, the Allies. Unlike the original set, I wanted to introduce the entire team first, rather than the individual members. Mostly because I wanted them to stand together (the pages) in immediate sequence so readers can flip back and forth between them. This is intentional because there are a lot of contrasts between the two [...]
This concludes the introduction of the Emperor’s Sword. Let’s get into some footnotes. First, name meanings. I wanted to leave little clues as to who the team was within their names, so: Sensei – Akira: intelligent Kazan – Akiyama: autumn or mountain. Kazan: volcano Jetto Akuma – Fudo: god of fire. Jetto Akuma: Jet Devil [...]
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