SEASON of DESTRUCTION - my hunt for a comic-book artist
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Complete, First published Nov 14, 2021
Mature
I'm looking for an artist to join me as a creative partner in developing this limited-series comic, "Season Of Destruction".

I've drawn the first issue myself - you'll quickly see I'm not a professional artist by any stretch, but I wanted to have a promotional draft to show a prospective partner - something more dynamic than a black-and-white script.

Think of this as a very creepy mood board dipped in blood.

My reinvention of the vampire genre isn't a fun or tongue-in-cheek treatment - the principal figures in my story are murderers.  They behave as such, and that menas this is a disturbing story.  It's hard to find someone who can stomach my portrayal of a cult that worships Death.  

Due to mature content (95 percent horror, 5 percent nudity) not all panels meet Wattpad content guidelines.  You can see the comic here:     www.seasonofdestruction.com

What follows in this publication is a synopsis and story notes.  Sketches and other materials will be added.

If you're an artist who has read this entire thing, seen the comic, and you're interested in helping me get wheels under this project (pencil draft, then a Kickstarter campaign) DM me.

Note:  I conceived this story in 2000, and drafted the first issue as a comic in 2011.  At that time I thought my pre-apocalyptic setting of global turmoil, global warming and wildfires, disease and famine, were a long way off, and I wasn't sure where exactly in time to set my story.  It's a bit terrifying to see the world I imagined for this story in 2000 is right outside my window in 2021.
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