I recently began publishing in the "new" genre of the graphic novel. It's an exciting yet exhausting experience: writing a script, then supervising artists, producers, designers, letterers... very much like directing a mini-movie!

     

This bold work asks: what might the Nazis have really been up to? Perhaps a hidden agenda that nobody knows about even to this day? The theme is explored with stirring imagery (by the great Scott Hampton!).

The French, who love graphic novels almost as much as they adore pastry, have voted the translated, large format version of The Life Eaters a finalist for "best first album." Its title in France? D-Day, le jour du désastre. See also an interview (in French) in the January 2005 edition of the French magazine Phenix.

     

Also, there's one more quirky little feature. It turns out that the core notion for this story first occurred to me way back in 1965, as a teenager in Los Angeles watching the original Star Trek series, when a really weird idea occurred to me... it just goes to show, never throw away anything from your trunk.

My script has been wonderfully illustrated by Scott Hampton, one of the best graphic artists around. Paramount and DC-Wildstorm seem especially happy with this one.