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Chasing Gods With Eddie Nunez And Stephen Lapin

Published Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:31:04 -0500

Robert J. Sodaro writes;

Stephan Lapin has a dream; his dream is to crack into the extremely difficult of being a comicbook writer. He has been reading comics since he was about seven, but didn't really get seriously into them until high school. Now in his early 20s he is ready to make the big plunge with his own hero concept. Like most young men his age, he has grown up on the precepts of superheroes. Still Lapin is a tad unique among his peers; you see he himself is something of a survivor. He has managed to survive a pair of heart transplants (yes, you read that right, not one, but two!). These days he spends much of his time practicing the craft of sequential art as well as crafting scripts for stories that he would love to tell.

Eddie Nunez (the artist on the series) has been working with Wildstorm/DC Comics producing videogames and comicbooks. Most of Nunez's time at Wildstorm was spent working on DC Universe Online and Green Lantern videogames doing concept and cut scene artwork. Some of Nunez's comicbook credits include working on Lois Lane And The Resistance, Deadpool, Ami-Comi, and Fanboys vs Zombies. They are aided and abetted in their noble endeavor by Eleonora Bruni, a comic artist and colorist from Italy as well as former student of the International School of Comics.

It is Lapin's unique perspective that has helped him develop a very interesting perspective on the nature of superheroes. According to Lapin "Popular modern comic typically solve problems through violence. Whether it is pummeling criminals in back alleys or fighting super-villains to the death these characters always resort to force." To his credit, Lapin wants to change all of that with his very unique Kickstarter project, Hey-Zeus. This intriguing story is begins with Murdock McGee, a down-on-his-luck columnist who is being threatened by a leg-breaker who has been hired by the top crime lord to squeeze out the money out of Murdock which he borrowed from them. However, before Murdock receives any serious injuries from his aggressor, his life is saved by a small albino child who runs in and takes a bullet for him.

Although the child initially appears to be dead, Murdock's young hero suddenly returns to life in with an extraordinary light show which rejuvenates the boy. Instead of being frightened, Murdock's interest is piqued, and he attempts to find out more about his young savior. The gawky writer soon learns that the lad's name is Hey-Zeus – that's "Hey" for "Hello" and "Zeus" as in the Greek god. Hey-Zeus then persuades Murdock into helping fight the world's tribulations through pacifism while renewing his faith in the divine.

Much to his credit, Lapin is totally committed to this project, and is looking to do whatever he can to help his Kickstarter project meet his goals. To this end, he is partnering up with the very kind folks over at Bleeding Cool and has agreed to offer a very special perk to Bleeding Cool readers who help him fund his project. If over the weekend, readers of Bleeding Cool help Hey-Zeus reach the $2,000 mark, Lapin has agreed to not only will he acknowledged those readers that helped him hit that first benchmark by mentioning them each by name in the back of the first issue for their donation. These weekend donations should be at least $10.00, and the donor should include a note indicating that they have read this Bleeding Cool piece.

Assisting in the project is Martín A. Pérez (AKA MaGnUs), who hails from Montevideo, Uruguay, and is a writer and radio host/producer. MaGnUs has published in print and online, writes articles and columns about role-playing games, comics and sci-fi, and hosts a radio show about nerdy stuff (Perdidos En El Eter. Currently, he's writing and lettering comic books (published three anthologies, among other projects), and writing narrative and flavor text for videogames.

Perhaps the team's biggest risk and challenge is getting the book ready for The New York Comic Con. Lapin and his team would really love to attend the show this year with a finished book and showing the various writers and artists whom they admire what they have been working on for the past year. Although it depends on Image to green light the book and publish it, It also depends if the team behind the book to get it done in time.

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