My Story- Beginning

While painting an interior of a house with a friend, I was telling him about an idea I had for a graphic novel about the gods in modern times. We were pumped up on caffeine and it was usual to philosophize and bounce ideas and jokes around on the job, which is one of the fun things about being a painter. Anyhow, he was psyched on the idea, and we decided that he would write the story and I would illustrate it.

That didn't quite work out. He was more focused on his musical talents and he took a while to come up with a some varied ideas that didn't really make sense to me (something about elves and crystals and multi-dimensions).

So I started writing it myself. It was about a teenage girl and her young, beautiful single mom who was a junkie. The girl, "Stella", had to take care of herself as well as her irresponsible mom. One night her mom, "Sandra", went to a show with her friends and didn't come back. With only her skateboard and a backpack Stella sets out to find her mom.