October 31, 2008

Welcome to my blog. My name is Mike Kutcher, and I am the creator of a new comic book named “The Claw & Fang.” I am writing this blog to share my experiences as this project is taken from concept to creation.

I have never published a comic book before; so this is my first ever venture into the comic book world. My past creative experiences have been in film production, which is nothing like creating a comic.

I have had this story in my head for several years now. It has changed in various ways, but the main character has always been an online gaming addict. I think everyone knows someone who plays WoW, Evercrack, or the new MMO games. Some of these people, who once used to go out into the sunlight, quietly disappear into the darkness of their computer rooms. I really liked my story. The more I worked on it, the more confidence I gained to start pitching it around.

I ran into the Bluewater Team at Bellcon, the quintessential Bellingham, Washington comic book festival. Initially, I was going to make a short promo of the script to pitch to a movie studio, but watching the trends in the film industry I changed my mind and decided to go with the graphic novel approach. After talking with Darren at Bluewater, the graphic novel would open more doors and give me much larger bang for the buck.
So, here we are today. A concept artist is working on character design and the scripts for the book series are under way. The entire comic book creation process is something that is entirely new to me and very exiting. I love it.

I will be posting concept art as it is completed so make sure to keep checking back.

Mike Kutcher
THE CLAW AND THE FANG