Where did the original idea for a comic like AGE OF BRONZE come from?
The idea for AGE OF BRONZE sprang from one specific occurrence. I often listen to books recorded on audiotape while I’m painting or inking. In February of 1991 I was painting my last OZ graphic novel, THE BLUE WITCH OF OZ, and listening to The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara W. Tuchman. As I listened to Tuchman’s chapter about Troy, I thought: the complete story of the Trojan Cycle would make a great comic book. At that time I had several other projects planned, some of which happened, some of which didn’t, so I just jotted down on a piece of paper a couple notes about the Trojan War and filed it away in my Ideas File. After Blue Witch, I turned my attention to other things, primarily a graphic novel set in ancient Egypt which never went far past the proposal stage. The Trojan War, however, kept tugging at my attention. By autumn of 1991, I was seriously researching the subject for a comics retelling of the story. Some secondary influences on my decision to do AGE OF BR
