Putting information about the cast of characters on the inside front cover of a comic book was something else I picked up from the Japanese manga books I was reading at the time. It served as an easy way to get to know the characters as well as a great way to recap the previous story.And, it's within this old, inside front cover where we can see how different the original Exit 6 idea was at the time.
The original story focused more on Keith's life than it did Courtney's. In fact, at this time, Courtney wasn't even around. It was a girl named Pam. Keith had a friend, named Brian, and even, gasp, a father who looked like a cross between a rat and a mole. Of course, this guy, so eloquently named The Count, was a vampire and Keith's vampiric powers came from him.
From what I remember, Keith was going through some changes. His vampire powers were coming into full bloom as he grew older. His father, The Count, came back to reclaim Keith. The Count sent in Stephanie, one of his vampires, to seduce him. When Keith couldn't be turned to the dark side, I'm sure because of something Pam did, Stephanie turned her attention towards Keith's best friend Brian. She turned him into a vampire so I'm sure, at some point in the book, there would be an epic vampire battle between two old friends.
Phew...talk about a different story than the one that saw print ten years later.
Tomorrow we'll start looking at the pages I started doing for this project. It's a trip!
2 comments:
Hey! I notice my name down in the left hand corner, meaning I'm in the likeness rights and residuals. I WANT MY ROYALTY CHECK!!!
Hey, if we're talking money about this project, where was your share of the ten grand I sunk into it ten years ago??? I'll expect my check soon.
I'll cut you your royalty check out of that :)
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