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Witness!

And there it is, something I am going to tell myself is just the start and not the be all, end all of my career as a writer of comics. Now that’s actually out in the stores (and I don’t see a dime of royalties, neither does the Wife, we sold all rights and are only getting commission) I can now actually talk about this mysterious kid’s comic that I’ve mentioned in the past. The title, as you can see, is the wholly unoriginal “Mythandria” and that’s because, you guessed it, I USED CREATURES OF MYTH IN IT! Wow, I’m really pushing the envelope of originality, cooking with gas, and any other assorted sarcastic compliments you want to pay me, they will bounce off at this point.

Having more or less gone with the high-concept tagline “It’s like the 80′s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon meets Tron” you pretty much know EXACTLY how the story goes; group of kids get sucked into a fantasy MMO, spend rest of the time trying to get out. Neither me or the Wife has put our names on it, so except from some small print in the occasional resume, this is probably the only time you’ll see any kind of concrete proof that we actually had anything to do with this. I figure that’s for the best since, to be perfectly honest, we’re hardly the kind of people you want children to look up to as creators. We are far, far from the cloth of people like J.K. Rowling and Roald Dahl, since they can be described as “impish adults with a childlike heart” whereas I could, diplomatically, be described as “An eater of children’s organs who uses their flesh as candle wax for his sacrifices.”

Still, I guess this qualifies as a professional sale so this is my claim to shame and fame. Assuming that other comic book work actually gets anywhere, if anyone ever asks me “So what was the first comic you ever did?” I’ll lie. And if they go digging around on the internet (or simply this blog, but really, how many people are smart enough to do that?) for more information, then the truth will come out; I worked on a kiddie comic.

As if that weren’t enough, check this out:

Whee, a game!

The print is too small to read, but basically, an online game will available for play after September 8th. I don’t have much hope for it, but there it is, kids…