Freewheel

It looks like Jamie’s being followed by… something! Could it be the Darkness? Or is it something else entirely?

Speaking of the Darkness, which if you’ve been paying attention you’ll have noticed is the main “bad guy” of the comic so far. The Darkness was actually inspired in part by a song by my favorite band, the Bouncing Souls, called Gone. Many characteristics of the Darkness as it exists in the Freewheel universe are described in the song, but don’t worry – you won’t get any spoilers by listening! Here’s the video:

As some of you already know, I am just a wee bit obsessed with the Bouncing Souls, and even drew a minicomic (which is available in the store, hint hint!) all about it back in 2008 called Sing Along Forever.

Through the act of drawing this comic and sharing it with the band, I slowly grew to be friends with them and eventually even ended up traveling with them on tour last year for a few days! Pretty much a dream come true for a big fan like me, though I gotta say as time passes and I have more and more interactions with them, I get less nervous and more comfortable, which is an odd feeling.

At the peak of these experiences I’ve had with the Souls might be the reading of Sing Along Forever I did last summer at Bergen Street Comics here in Brooklyn. I read from the comic and afterward, the Souls played a short acoustic set in the store. During my reading, Greg (the singer) even did the voices for not only his parts, but also all the speaking parts for the rest of the band! It was pretty awesome.

Anyway, this past weekend I rode up to Hartford, CT to see the Souls at the Warped Tour up there with some friends and gave a copy of the Freewheel book to Bryan (the bass player), telling him that there was a “minor Bouncing Souls reference” in it. I wonder if he’ll figure out that it’s the Darkness?

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