Why is the comic called “Negative One”?
Because it shows the distant history of some characters I originally invented for a fantasy novel series. The books don’t have individual titles; they’re part of The House That Ivy Built series but each one is just known as Book 1, Book 2, and so on to Book 5. Later I decided to write a prequel, detailing events before Book 1, and I affectionately called that “Book 0.” When I decided to use material from BEFORE Book 0 for this comic, it seemed only natural to me to call it Negative One. • When and how often does it come out? Every Friday, without fail, there’s a new update. • What genre is this considered? It’s character-oriented fantasy drama, basically. • How many issues will there be? Dunno. • Is it ever going to be in color? I don’t plan to ever color it. Coloring kind of eludes me. • How come this doesn’t have fancy graphics? How come the site’s so unadorned and whatnot? ‘Cause I just like to draw and I didn’t feel like getting schmancy. I’m not really a Web designer, but I play o
