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1) What are your own origins, Stephan? My origin story goes like this. Grew up in France, where my parents had a books / newspapers / comic books / art-supplies / toy / cigarettes store, and this gave me a lifelong love for art and storytelling, and a hatred for cigarettes. I started doing animation and comics around first grade, then at 13, I saw the movie Heavy Metal, and that was it for me. The perfect combination of both, plus everything else I wanted to see.
I originally was only going to write it and let someone else draw it, but I got in trouble having way too much fun drawing it, and just couldn’t let it go. To be honest, I had some trepidations, having not drawn a comic page since college, and I was a little nervous to be seen as the animation guy who wants to do comics, but that didn’t turn out to be the case. The connection with the fans has been fantastic, and with great reviews, a Russ Manning Award nomination at SDCC last year, and a spot on ComiXology Submit’s Essential Reads list, the industry made me feel super welcome.

3) In your own words how would you describe this story? SILVER starts with James Finningan, a con-man / heist-master in a very pulpy 1930s version of New York City. But here’s the thing: Finnigan lives in the Bram Stoker Dracula universe. He gets a major paradigm shift when he comes in possession of the late Jonathan Harker's journal, which contains everything you know from the original Stoker novel, AND MORE -- including the location of an invaluable silver treasure hidden inside Dracula’s castle. As Finn begins to put together the team needed to pull off such a job, he seeks out Rosalynd “Sledge” Van Helsing, who has been carrying the family tradition and is even more of a troublemaker than he is.
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5) What have you learnt about yourself through this endeavour? That I love to do comics.
6) During your time in this field, what is the one thing that has kept you in good stead? The fans. It’s all about the fans. The one-on-one encounters at cons, or the unprompted letters or emails, or tweets, of people who have connected with these characters in a profound way -- their passion is definitely fueling my passion at this point.
7) If ‘Silver’ had a motto, what would it be? On a pure entertainment level, a motto for SILVER would be “Con men trying to steal from vampires -- what could go wrong?!” On a more character-based and existential level, SILVER asks the following question: “what makes a person FEEL alive?” Spoiler alert: it is not “the shiny stuff”.
SILVER - CON MEN STEALING FROM VAMPIRES, WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Reviewed by David Andrews
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July 31, 2015
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