By the way, I frequently engage with character questions over on Bluesky, but I don’t get as many opportunities to do that here, so I welcome any and all questions about #Paragons (setting, characters, story, though I might be vague answering some stuff about that last one).

All this to say, if my answers to any of these questions pique your interest and you want to know more, I *love* talking about my projects, so ask all the follow-ups you want.

7. Do you ship your OCs with anyone else’s?

No, but I occasionally think about whether other artists’/writers’ characters would fit in the setting of #Paragons (usually as background cameos, which is tough in a written medium).

8. Favorite OC ship

Dahlia starts the story with a bit of a crush on her best friend Stacy. It’s kind of a goth girl/popular girl type pairing. Don’t want to give too much away but that might be a thing.

6. Describe your character creation process

For #Paragons characters specifically, I tend to start with an existing character (for example Batman) and I ask questions: What if Batman’s intellect was actually a superpower beyond what the normal human brain could achieve? What if the Joker equivalent was the Robin this Batman rejected? What if that Golden Age period when he used to kill was canon to his character?

My answers mold the base character into someone new. In this case, Moonlighter.

5. Main reason for making OCs.

I’m currently writing a superhero story, #Paragons. One which I hope will span several volumes. The vast majority of my characters are made for this story. In Vol. 1, the titular team is led by Moonlighter and includes The Word (a comic book writer who can rewrite reality), Black Dahlia, Sameko, DJ (an agender robot with a radio for a head), Plain Jane (a woman so nondescript as to be invisible), and Mr. Q (an amnesiac whose skin is covered in a black void).