I’m very excited to begin
brainstorming for my graphic novel. I had an idea over Christmas break for a
superhero series that I found to be something I thought was interesting and
deserved to be expanded upon.
My
initial idea was of giving people superpowers as a way to cope with fear (ex:
someone with a fear of heights could fly, fear of water could swim, fear of
animals could speak to them), but I have been having trouble making that idea
come together.
I began to think in a world
where superpowers could be possible (for the right price) they would have to do
some testing. If the side effects were bad and proved to make a person too
dangerous, what would happen to this person? They would have to be destroyed.
One character that has been in my
mind from the beginning of this idea is test subject of this project who gains immense
physical strength and agility. The character “X,” out of the characters I have
created for this project, is the most like a comic book character. She is a
character who serves as the protagonist of my story. I wanted to take the
female superhero and make her less of a sex object and more a soldier, sort of
an extreme female marine. I want her to be brutal and gentle at the same time. She
is a character that is driving this story forward in my mind even though the
details are vague right now because I’m clinging to the images of her to keep
me going.
Another character that I must work
with is a boy who is afraid of animals that can now communicate with them. I
think that this character has great potential. I have to keep him because I
have the image of his reconciling with a dog who bit him in his childhood,
triggering his fear of animals.
There are reoccurring themes in all
of my stories, I’ve noticed. I love transformations, whether literal or in
terms of character development. I always love taking a villain and making them
heroic or vice versa. Dabbling in grey areas is always fascinating to me. I
always really enjoy exploring the dynamics of relationships, the themes of
love, loss and loneliness. I really also want to just take a look at how people
would deal with having “superpowers” in a more realistic environment. I would like to see how these
powers would effect a person in their daily life.
Overall, this project may be too
big, too ambitious for me right now, so I may just write a side story about it,
but I think that I’ve got something here that really interests me and I would
like to see where it takes me.
Here is the first doodle of "X" I made.
"X" as portrayed by my friend Ryan Smith
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