WHERE IS DEAD ZERO?

Every few years the Story and Art departments at Disney Feature collaborate on a graphic novel anthology. Jeff Ranjo who normally oversees it was busy on his show and asked me to take the reigns overseeing getting everyone to submit their work, then designing and editing the book and working with printers to get things published. I’d had experience in desktop publishing so I put that to use and even did an entry of my own. This was also the first time it was nominated for an Eisner Award!

“Side Quest”

This is my entry for the Disney story anthology “Where is Dead Zero?”, inspired by 16-bit RPG’s. My son had just been born and I wanted to express how having a kid was like getting an extra life bar in a game. When you’re empty it feels doubly empty, and when full it’s doubly full.