Being an illustrator/writer/artist and a sex fiend, has placed me in an exclusive club. While I was working on ‘Bad Guy,’ Page 11~ Kiss me like it’s the last time, memories of my youth and all I love about comics would bubble up to the surface.

I really could not afford much of a childhood, growing up, in a military family. I was not allowed most of the things, kids, my age wanted, due to religious, economic, social and merely a lack of time, to do so. I was the oldest out of my siblings, so it was expected that I set a ‘good,’ example. Not that my love for sex at the age of thirteen would have had much of a negative influence on them, but it was thought, a preoccupation with video games, sex, football, boxing, and friends and holidays, would serve no purpose but to inspire laziness.

Being that I had to work at a young age to acquire my guilty pleasures, like comics and video games and could not rely on my parents to shell out the cash to support my first love at sixteen and through most of my younger years as an adult, I set out to make my own comics. Taking elements from this writer and that writer, that I appreciated and giving it my own flavor.

What I especially loved was being able to read an old or new comic and finding Pop-culture or ‘real-world,’ references in the midst of the art and dialogue.

Though I despise ‘talking-heads,’ I loved the illustrations of ‘Presidents,’ divulging secrets they heartily deny in real life.

In ‘Bad Guy,’ I added one real world reference related to the conversations had via, television during the time this story would have occurred. Though the world desired to ignore the increase in poverty, crime, bank fraud, murder and evil that was found in 2008, it helps to mention it in order to gauge what the Dream Weaver and Nadia would have been feeling in that rundown Super8 Motel of the deadliest city in America.

Making this story true to life and much more than an, ‘adult sex romance-porn art,’ production.

Now with Covid-19 stagnating the world economy and a return of depressive economic struggles, I am surprised there are not more creatives that make mention of what they see and discuss what avenues have been made available. I’m also reminded of how destructive people were during the 2008 crash of the economy. Twelve years American’s have discussed their lack, makes you wonder when they will begin to go on the ‘take,’ and demand more from those who would hold the much needed greenbacks hostage?   

Though most of the news about America is about what is not had and what is missing after nineteen years of war with terrorism, and a youth that wanders around aimlessly, I never found my childhood to be such. Creating comics and stories was my pass time and served to entertain me much more than the latest video game or NFL stats. I did enjoy them all. What I remember most of my youth, and I have mentioned this in passing I am sure, was a conversation I had with my mother about the lack of black or ethnic representation in comics. Now that I have embarked on this journey with the Dream Weaver and Nadia, I continue to ask myself if, and when she reads these stories, does she feel the world still lacks enough black entertainment to please her. Of course the answer will always be, 'NO.' The Afro-centric communities will continue to storm the streets in protest about a lack of representation, yes I am downrating BLM again while creating a story about a black amoral individual: because I refuse to allow my work to be associated with anything close to that group; and as they continue to degrade past achievements, I will find that my own works will not be appreciated by that community. Not that any of that was the aim. Black WallStreet died a long time ago and I have learned to accept that. It is nice to know that what I have achieved over the years can fill up a trending spot in the latest twitter cycle though: https://twitter.com/Scope2Mars/status/1304515835000692740?s=20 but the purpose of writing these stories is very personal and self-centered.

I remember reading stories like 'Tank-Girl,' 'Faithless,' 'X-Men,' 'Transformers,' 'Angel and the Ape,' 'Bondage Fairies,' 'Ranma Half 1/2,' and wondering why those stories never felt fit to add elements like 'Parade Parade.' Can you imagine if ExCell Saga decided to bend the bounds and add a little smut here and there. Hyatt eating a banana was always hot, but if she took that banana in her pussy my pin-up wall would have been complete. I am certainly going to have to draw that one day. Hope I can do her justice.

So after these thoughts plagued me in my youth, I decided to make it necessary that any action comic I made, would be equally as exciting by filling it with smut.