Note what New Man says as he walks away: “…I was once as deluded as yourself.” We had a few hints of Dave’s past in Project: New Man #1 but in the pages that follow we find out a lot more of his shady past. A shady past for a superhero is nothing new these days nor was it in the early 90′s when this was written. However, Dave’s sordid history may have been one of the more extreme at the time for a character aspiring to be a superhero as we’ll soon see. That’s about all we can say at this point so stay tuned, reader!

Mark’s Remarks: Freazie White, Jr. added a lot to this scene. Although I had plotted this part pretty much on my own and penciled it accordingly, Freazie saw a little more character development potential in this scene. Freazie humanized the character of New Man. In my version he came across maybe a little too cocky and gung-ho and apparently forgetting where he came from.

My way of plotting then , and now, was to do thumbnails on letter size or half letter size sheets, and write captions as I do the rough breakdown of the action. Then I would pencil the full size pages on 11 x 17  art boards. Freazie would script from the pencils using my roughed in script as a guide. Fortunately for the reader, Freazie fine tuned my story. I think I’ve learned a little and matured somewhat as a writer since then, but I have to credit Freazie for showing me the way.

Tags: comics, independent comics, issue #2, Legacy Comics, Project: NewMan, The Haunted Man

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