So, I had this idea for a comic, right? It was called Demonic. It was about a paranoid schizophrenic who believes he’s a superhero. He goes out and kills people, thinking they’re criminals. A woman borrows a cup of sugar, he thinks it’s coke and throws her out the window. Stuff like that. You can see more about it here.
Recently, I have been putting that comic together with a bunch of talented individuals. You can see some of the concepts here, scroll down the for the final design and you can see the pencils for one of the pages here. We had an inker and colourist, were ready to go to Image, and then today the colourist sends me a bomb shell.
Here’s a link to Robert Kirkman’s new series.
FUCK! (Repeated ad nauseam)
It gets worse. While the concept may be that this guy actually is inhabited by a demon, while my guy acts like one, I have friends who swear they can see that this will end up being all in the guy’s head. If that’s the case, which part of me doubts it is but you never know, I have a big problem.
My idea was so awesome, Robert Kirkman stole it. (Kidding)
I have so got to get that made as a t-shirt if it turns out to be true, but in all likelihood it’s just great minds thinking alike.
For those of you wondering, I’m just going to change the name of my guy and leave everything else. It’s still my original idea and if anyone wants to accuse me of ripping off Kirkman, I have the proof that I had my idea first. I’m not calling him a plagiarist, I’m just a little pissed off he had to use that name, because I freakin’ loved the name ‘Demonic’. Sure, I don’t own it, but still, FUCK!
Here’s hoping we can still get Image, Dark Horse, Avatar or one of those places to take us.
In conclusion: FUCK!
~ David