Mike Zeck's Damned Graphic Novel

While we're on the subject of Mike Zeck, have you seen his Damned graphic novel? No, I'm not cursing, that's the name of it.

Written by Steven Grant and pencilled by Mike, it was originally going to be called Lawless. The hitch was that a new tv series starring Brian Bosworth [anyone remember him?] was in the works and they had dibs on the Lawless title. So Grant and Zeck decided to go with Damned.

Here's what Mike said when asked about how it all came together. "DAMNED is probably as personal as a project can get. Grant and I got together and posed the question "What would we do if we could do just what we wanted, without any outside pressure or direction?" Damned was a result of that. We both prefer the crime genre, and without costumed characters populating it. I hand-picked Denis Rodier (inker) and Kurt Goldzung (colorist) and it became something of a labor of love for all of us."

Click HERE to read an interview with Mike, or HERE, HERE, or even HERE to read the praise that others are [rightly] throwing down on Damned.

Damned is a great noir story. It's my favorite comics work by Mike.

My bet is if you give it a try, it'll be one of yours as well.

Click HERE and go directly to Mike's site to order the book straight from the man. [And get a T-Shirt while you're there- any SZoner who sends in a pic in one will have it posted on the SZ!]