If I Were a Serial Killer
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One of the numerous podcasts I listen to is the "Last Podcast on the Left". It is a rather darkly humorous podcast about serial killers, conspiracies, UFO's, cryptozoology, and such. Anyway, they are currently writing a book and a little over a month ago they put out a call for artists who would be doing something in a comic book/Mad Magazine format. "Well," I thought, "this sounds like something right up my alley! I'll give it a shot."
I gathered up some links from my Blog showing what they could vaguely expect from my work and sent it along to them. I also pointed out the irony that I happen to share the name with the FBI agent, John Douglas, who helped to develop forensic profiling for hunting serial killers and co-wrote the book, "Mindhunters" (his name is also in the credits in the Netflix Series of the same name). Imagine, I noted, the semi-irony of a book about serial killers illustrated by John Douglas (not that one).
Several weeks went by and I hadn't heard anything "yea" or "nay". So, I thought rather than just sit around waiting, I should do something more personalized and see if I could sway them that way.
In this case, I decided to write a two-page, semi-autobiographical story--no, not the murdery/serial killery part of the story, just the realization that if I **DID** go on a killing spree and I signed my name at the each murder sites there would be some... confusion. Also, the hosts of the show are the first group of my victims, so it had that going for it.
I finished it up and sent it off. Sadly, even though they liked my "If I Were a Serial Killer" submission, they had already decided to go with a different artist. D'oh! I guess I was a day late and a dollar short... Or whatever time frame and denomination are appropriate.
All that said, it was good practice and more stuff I can throw on my Blog. So, here we are... Oh, and I presumed it would be in black-and-white, which is why this one isn't in color, using a line tone, instead.
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Done with Clip Studio Paint EX (Formerly Manga Studio)
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