Indie Comic Creation

The written rules of time travel. Time travel is one of the most exciting narrative tools in superhero and science fiction stories because it allows heroes to fix mistakes and villains to rewrite history in their favor. With time travel, entire worlds and universes can collapse and be rebuilt in just a second or two. However, one crucial aspect sometimes gets overlooked: Rules. The Problem With Ruleless Time Travel Without rules, time travel can stop being powerful and start

The demon prior to the final battle in Zero Hour Epsilon Force. When I decided to include a Bible-based demon as a major villain in the trilogy story arc portion of Zero Hour Epsilon Force , I thought it would be straightforward. An evil entity who opposes God and causes chaos. But when I read the Bible and thought about the theology behind demons, it became a bit more complicated. While Zero Hour Epsilon Force is largely a science fiction and fantasy comic series, it also t

When people hear the phrase “Christian comic book,”  they often imagine a very specific type of story. As I’ve been building my own comic universe, I’ve realized that creating a Christian-based comic book world comes with a few unique challenges that aren’t always initially obvious. Here are two struggles I’ve run into. Struggle 1: Christians Are Not Just One Audience It’s easy to talk about “Christians” as if we're one unified group. In reality, Christianity encompasses dive

When I first started creating my comic, I assumed that drawing it would be the most challenging part. However, this wasn't true. One of the most challenging obstacles I encountered was something I hadn’t initially thought about. It was that I had an overwhelming number of ideas for the limited comic space that was available. Superhero Movies and Saturday Morning Cartoons Influenced My Storytelling Perspective I didn't really grow up with comics much. I grew up watching many o

When you’re an independent comic creator, you often feel like there’s a lot of pressure to make every page count. Early on, I felt like every issue of my comic series had to knock it out of the park with constant action, high stakes and big moments. Because unlike a big name brand or well known creator, I felt like I didn’t have the luxury of time for story build-up. I assumed that if the story slowed down at all, readers would lose interest. And to an extent, I honestly stil