New Man’s first mission was not against a super villain. We had him go up against a terrorist. This was 1990 when we were putting all this together. The U.S. hadn’t had much trouble with terrorists at the time. So our story was maybe a little ahead of it’s time. We were trying to establish a super hero in the most realistic way we could think of. We got a lot of positive feedback from those who saw it.

Project: New Man #1 had an initial print run of about 3,000 issues. We only have a few office copies left of that little collectors item!

Mark’s Remarks:

I had a great time drawing this issue. I averaged 3 pages a day and once I drew 6 pages for that day. These were not your average 8 hour days, I worked 10 hours at a stretch usually. I like to use big panels on the 6 panel grid format, often utilizing 3-4 panels on a lot of pages and 1 panel splash pages through out much of the story in the tradition of my favorite storyteller/cartoonist: Jack Kirby.

Any questions or comments? All are welcome.

Tags: comics, independent comics, Jack Kirby, Legacy Comics, Project: New Man

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