Greetings all!

James Ninness here.  WonderCon is just a few days away and Semantink is packing our bags for San Francisco!  Once there, we’ll be giving away some very pretty cards for all WonderCon attendees that give them not only the link to the MYTHOI Birth Series (which has, and always will be, free), but as a special treat, a secret link to a site where they can see issue #1 of MYTHOI proper — absolutely free!  To get the ball rolling, Semantink will be giving you a sneak peak at the character cards they’ve put together each day with a look into the characters themselves, written by your’s truly.  To kick things off we’re gonna get started with the oldest of the group: Wiglaf!

Wiglaf was actually the last character to join the MYTHOI crew.  In the first rendition of the story, Taros, Vito, Yuki and Touch were joined by a pair of Aztec lovers who turned to stone, one during the day and one at night — very Ladyhawke.  Honestly, i pussed out and got rid of them because it was a pain in the ass moving whoever-the-stone-character-happened-to-be around.  Enter: Wiglaf.  I stole Wiglaf from a much more dramatic piece of fiction called, Beowulf — the poem, not the movie.  In that tale Wiglaf was a cousin of Beowulf and the only living relative when Beowulf died.  He was also the only person who remained at Beowulf’s side when he faced the Dragon that attacked the Geat-Land.  In our story, Beowulf is a bit different…

I’m not going to tell you what happened, you have to read that for yourself (FREE), here.  Suffice to say that Wiglaf’s journey is a road to redemption.  In the course of MYTHOI, we will see Wiglaf hunt his children across the globe, each of whom represents (or has represented) “death” to various cultures in history.  God may never forgive Wiglaf for what he’s done, and Wiglaf knows that, but it won’t stop him from trying.

Thanks for stopping by guys.  Hopefully I’ll see you at WonderCon!

James Ninness