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Wow, it's been a while since I've gone here for help.

So I've been nurturing this idea that's been in my head for almost a year now. I'm too wrapped up in my current novels, and am not able to write a novelized version of it as of the moment. However, I seemed to fancy the idea of it being a graphic novel as well, and have time to do a collaboration if anyone's interested.

This is a detailed summary of the novel that's on my website, but for the most part it sums up the storyline. The novel and the graphic novel will be slightly different, of course, but both I would really love to come alive someday.

These are also some rough sketches I did some time back (the character information you see is a bit different now, however):
{ Jacob Molyneux. }
{ Hannah Vallejo. } (It says Hannah Whelan, but I went back to calling her Vallejo again. Again, the profile information is a little bit dated.)
{ William Blue. }

"JUST" (formerly known as "Never-Dreamtime" wink is basically about three extraordinarily and mentally troubled strangers (Jacob, Hannah, and William) who fall into a state of consciousness they can't get out of. Kind of like living a nightmare, only it's not just your own--it's also someone else's. They don't know how, and they don't know why--just that "something" pulled them there while they were sleeping. Yet on the other side of reality, three people have vanished at the same time.

Jacob thinks Dreamtime may be where his mother has disappeared to. Hannah finds that the phantom that has stalked her throughout her life is there. William will learn about the nightmares he's been having lately, and the meaning of the memories he's chosen to forget, and the truth of the ghosts that have haunted him.

Imagine living and knowing someone's fear, and yet never fully getting to know that person face-to-face. Simply trespassing on disorienting planes of consciousness, living a nightmare and feeling a fear that isn't yours. Yet despite that, these three strangers share a connection, a bond, without ever facing each other in person. It's about coming to terms with the past, and confronting what's to come. It's about the human psyche, and fabricated memories. It's about the borders beyond insanity, and not knowing what's real.

Think: "Silent Hill", "House of Leaves", with a little bit of "Alice In Wonderland".

No matter how I think about it, I don't think a manga style will work for this story, but I'm not going to try and be picky.

I also have the first few pages of the script already written, but I'll only share it to those who are interested. Anyone who wishes to part take in this project, leave me a comment or send me a private message. Show me some samples of your own work, and I'll give you a sample of the script to see if you would like to work with it.

Looking forward to responses, suggestions, and/or questions....

That's fine. Thanks for showing interest at least! I'll be sure to post it if I find a good partner to work with.

By the by, you get a big kudos for having a "Broken Saints" banner in your signature. That was one of my main inspirations.

He's a great writer. He did an excellent job on promoting his work, too, if you ever got the DVD, which has extra features on it. Very confident and motivated. Wish I could be as much a people-person like him, but ah well.

Ever been to the "Broken Saints" forum? I'm a member on there as well.

(Ah, I suppose in the long run these posts help bump this thread. Hopefully it'll catch someone's attention.)

Ah. Same here. Only I don't think I ever e-mailed him before. But I did tap him over messenger a couple times. And he's responded to some of my posts on the forum. He likes to respond to his fans, which is nice.

And that sucks that the interview never got published. Yar.

By the by, when did you first get into "Broken Saints", anyway?

We'll see. It might be a little difficult if you can't do backgrounds very well, though, since the environment is going to be rather important for this kind of story. One can always try re-doing one of my character designs I have in the first post for starters, or I could send a sample of the script. Whatever works for the artist.

Mm, I had issues getting what was going on as well. I figured that, if I kept watching, answers will be revealed somewhere down the line. And they were, pleasantly enough.
Imagine having to watch the entire damn thing on dial-up, though. That was a nightmare. Hell, trying to do anything online with dial-up is a nightmare.

I'd be interested in reading the interview. If you do post it, let me know. I'm curious now.