I was always into noir. When I lived in Vermont I was drawing stuff that looked like an amateur doing `Sin City`. When I first got to New York I was swiftly informed that they only did guys in tights.
You can`t have virtue without sin. What I`m after is having my characters` virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That`s how you test people.
What I want to bring back to superheroes with this project is a sense of play. Things have gotten so dreary. The heroes have gotten so ugly that even their muscles have muscles.
Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge `cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women.