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Self.Same

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Lost Project: SelfSame

After Lifeformed was picked up by Dark Horse back in what now feels like another lifetime, out of some ridiculous concern about not wanting to be pigeonholed by the industry or something (as if anyone was paying attention and this mattered at all), and out of a much more logical and rational desire to make a comic that was the kind I fell in love with as a kid, I wrote six-issues worth of script for SelfSame, a tribute to 80s action in general and to Nick Fury comics in particular. Joshuah Horn and I completed one issue of this tale of a super-spy and his “retired” duplicates.

SelfSame #1 Cover, Joshuah Horn

It was fun and had a lot of the elements I was interested in working with, but ultimately, out of a lack of confidence in the story itself - somehow I felt I just hadn’t gotten to the heart or core of it all - I didn’t move forward with it.

Panel from SelfSame, art by Joshuah Horn

Since this has never really seen the light of day, I thought it would be fun to share here. Note that we intended to have this be in color, but didn’t complete that step prior to me shelving it. Also, this was the first time I lettered something.

SelfSame Panel, art by Joshuah Horn

For full effect, you can check out one of the fab 80s playlists I put together to get a sense of the vibe. I was heavy into an 80s deep cuts regression in 2016, digging up music from my formative decade that I hadn’t ever heard before, thanks to the glory of Spotify.

Continue beyond The Great Paywall to nab the script PDF and the comic PDF (25 pages, black and white). More paid content is coming soon, including some killer ThoughtScape story material the fantastic writer/journalist George Pendle!