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Hi everyone,

I wanted to introduce myself and start by talking about this great beta book, Gustav Hayes. Some people might know me, Robert Parizek, from my comic book blog Between The Staples and I am the associate editor on Gustav Hayes. I won’t bore you with my comic & tech geek background but I am a fan & writer myself. I am working closely under the great guidance of Julian Lawrence, Jessica Clark and Matt Toner along with the wonderful Morgan Jeske, the writer of Gustav Hayes. Those who might not know, Gustav Hayes is one of three “beta” books being done to test drive the comic book process for the upcoming Comic Creation Nation event. These beta books will give everyone, including and especially YOU fans, a chance to see how it all works under the hood. We hope that while we are in development of these books, you fans will give us feedback, comments and help guide the process of how we are making this comic for the Comic Creation Nation.

So lets talk Gustav Hayes. What is this book about? What kind of book is it?

Well this book has a strange yet crazy fun feel in the vein of other comics like Transmetropolitan, The Filth and Casanova. The book is heavily influenced by movies such as Escape from New York, Shaun of the Dead and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Wait why don’t I let the writer, Morgan Jeske, fill you in a little more on his thoughts on this book…

“Paleo-Future. The Eighties. In the wake of a nuclear war a burned out Pop singer with Totemic lyrical abilities battles hordes of evil creatures sent to destroy the remnants of civilization. Music will save the world.” - Morgan Jeske

I believe that sums up the book very well. This is not your typical super hero comic book which should make it stand up and be noticed! Gustav Hayes is your broken anti-hero amidst the post apocalyptic nightmare of a world he is in. A 40 year old former pop singer who wears it well considering the damage he’s done to himself. Picture Gustav dressed in the same powder blue tux (cockroach anyone?) he’s always worn, fighting zomboids, those post apocalyptic eighties armies (remember them from all those hordes of bad movies? Well I do and i love’em!) and his own dark faults all the while realizing that “Hey… maybe I do have the power to save the world!” while singing his songs.

Well that’s it for me today. I can’t wait till we get more from the art team to put up here. Stay tuned for more production news, artwork, thumbnails, concept artwork… you name it - it will be here - your one-stop-sop for all things Gustav Hayes!