Shutterclique
With BRIGHTEYES about to come out (end of this month, and also soon to be available on NetGalley), you might be wondering (or not) what the Shutterclique is about?
Simply put, it's about superheroes, operating in a space between parody and sincerity -- both mocking and venerating superheroes, which is appropriate for my style and voice as a writer.
Growing up, I loved comic books, and my childhood (especially 1977 - 1987) had be gleefully collecting (mostly) Marvel comic books. Sure, I had a few DC titles here and there, but my main focus and allegiance was for Marvel comics.
The Shutterclique series is my homage to those years. It's not set in that time, but was definitely fueled by what I think is sometimes called "The Bronze Age" of comics.
One of the primary characters of this series is Mitch Paulsen, aka, Cameraman. He's a nonpowered superhero (as he sees himself), a kind of super investigative journalist/detective -- a Batman minus the wealth backing him, or like Daredevil, minus the tortured Catholicism. Cameraman's primary motive is using surveillance to catch bad guys who are otherwise untouchable within conventional law enforcement protocols.
That's a key aspect of his character -- he punches up, instead of punching down. If he were in Marvel, he'd be going after the Kingpin, versus, I don't know, the Porcupine or the Trapster.
As such, Cameraman's something of a super-pariah. Not an antihero, but he's made a bunch of powerful enemies with his actions, and seems to relish taking on the fat cats and power players in this world.
With a fair amount of paranoia in him, he's used to working solo, but all of that changes when he crosses paths with Anna Victor, aka, Victoriana, another primary character in the story. To be continued...
Simply put, it's about superheroes, operating in a space between parody and sincerity -- both mocking and venerating superheroes, which is appropriate for my style and voice as a writer.
Growing up, I loved comic books, and my childhood (especially 1977 - 1987) had be gleefully collecting (mostly) Marvel comic books. Sure, I had a few DC titles here and there, but my main focus and allegiance was for Marvel comics.
The Shutterclique series is my homage to those years. It's not set in that time, but was definitely fueled by what I think is sometimes called "The Bronze Age" of comics.
One of the primary characters of this series is Mitch Paulsen, aka, Cameraman. He's a nonpowered superhero (as he sees himself), a kind of super investigative journalist/detective -- a Batman minus the wealth backing him, or like Daredevil, minus the tortured Catholicism. Cameraman's primary motive is using surveillance to catch bad guys who are otherwise untouchable within conventional law enforcement protocols.
That's a key aspect of his character -- he punches up, instead of punching down. If he were in Marvel, he'd be going after the Kingpin, versus, I don't know, the Porcupine or the Trapster.
As such, Cameraman's something of a super-pariah. Not an antihero, but he's made a bunch of powerful enemies with his actions, and seems to relish taking on the fat cats and power players in this world.
With a fair amount of paranoia in him, he's used to working solo, but all of that changes when he crosses paths with Anna Victor, aka, Victoriana, another primary character in the story. To be continued...
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