Thank You

Not to get all, "I'd like to thank the Academy" on you, but with Ides of Blood coming out, there are a few people who deserve official recognition for their contributions.  Were it not for their help, Ides would not exist as it does now--or more likely, not exist at all except as a script I once wrote that seemed like a neat idea.  They are, in no particular order:

• My parents, who have always been supportive and never once questioned whether their son deciding to write stories for a living was a wise course of action.
• My manager, Rich Demato, who thought me writing a screenplay about vampires killing Julius Caesar sounded like a good idea.
• Will Hackner, who championed a writer with no published comics and convinced Wildstorm to publish his comic (and refused to take no for an answer), and whose creative feedback was invaluable.
• Gregory Noveck, who said yes.
• Jim Lee, who also said yes.
• Hank Kanalz, whose name you can find on the inside cover of Ides of Blood under "Publisher."
• Julian Zajfen and P.J. Shapiro who got me paid.
• Shannon Eric Denton, my editor, who taught me many things about writing picture books.
• Johnny Lowe, Ides' letterer whom I have never met but put up with an endless series of revisions to the first issue.
• Tom Hass, Rebecca Peterson, Jan Epstein and Bryan Gonzalez, who read the original 200+ page first draft and did not complain nearly as much as they deserved to.
• Phil d'Amecourt, who introduced me to DC and who convinced me to change the title from the unpronounceable "Vaempire" to Ides of Blood.
• Trent Reznor, John Frusciante and the DeLeo Brothers, whose music was playing in the background for the majority of the writing process.
• Tami Brennan, who introduced me to my first and still favorite Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar.
• Christian Duce, whose talent continues to amaze me with every new page, who understood the world I was trying to create and brought it to life better than I could have possibly hoped.
• My wife, Liz, who suffered through the many drafts and many moods it took to get here.