Well it’s been a while, but Bag Boy is done. This story anyway. I’m not sure if there’ll be more. Let me explain.
I started Bag Boy as a fun project, to do some pure
superhero comics that are homage to Jack Kirby and the Marvel titles from the
60s. I was late coming to them, but
after reading some trades earlier this year, I was hooked, and finally got Kirby. I always kind of liked his stuff, but was never
a fan boy. I think Mignola changed that. Now there is someone I’m a fan boy of…
I digress… I was
having really good fun doing Bag Boy and just about keeping up with a page a
week schedule. Then someone left a
comment on one of the posts, stating they owned the Bag Boy name and character,
and it really put me off my stride. I’d
already story boarded the end of this story arc, but the comment, left by an
Alan Smithee (I know…), stopped me in my tracks. I tried to track them down, but as they’d
used a pseudonym, it wasn't going to happen.
I didn't finish the last two episodes and was pretty down in the dumps.
I did a bit more searching, and there are a lot of very
similar characters to my Bag Boy, but not just like mine. I should have researched more at the start,
but I just wanted to get cracking. There
have been no more comments, and I've got the story finished. I’m really happy with it, and might return to
the character again. After all, under
the bag, there’s a young boy called Jack, and he’s the real hero. And who is the Bag Lady? Jack may well be back under another superhero
identity. Maybe that’s the next
chapter? Jack may explore his identity
and reasons for wanting to be a hero.
So, there you go. A
double whammy of episodes to finish the story; and explanation as to why it
took a while to finish it; and what might come next. As I already have another comic under way,
Jack will probably have time to catch his breath before his next adventure
begins.
Enjoy! (Click on the pics below to see them bigger. It's worth it!)
