The Tengu Project
As we contemplate the chaos of a second Drumpf term, I find myself inspired by current events to amplify the totalitarian aspect of my story line's villains, the Corpus. What happens to the world if oligarchs get free rein to pollute, militate against the public, and make war all they like? Especially if they have access to a whole new planet, a carbon copy of home, with all the resources where they know them to be here on Earth?
I plan to address these topics in my upcoming third book in the series.
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I've always loved science fiction, but when it intrudes on real life? Yes, it's exciting, before it becomes harrowing, then horrifying ...
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The event at Green Apple Books where I gave a "progress report" on the Tengu project went smashingly well! The entire presentation can be seen on YouTube via this link:
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<https://www.youtube.com/live/2m5pzH6-M8E?si=A4frobYHO0jAMaJi>
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And work on my next book, "Act B: Subjugation", proceeds apace! Wrapping up the shading and cast-shadows phase, I am;
here's page 11, the background of which may be recognizable by San Francisco locals as Sigmund Stern Grove .


Samples from my most recent comic book,
The Tengu, Act A: The Prisoners
Here are three excerpt (low-resolution) pages from the first of a planned thirteen-book graphic novel set in a parallel-universe San Francisco.
The Tengu,
Act A: The Prisoners
Page 1
September 2024

The Tengu,
Act A: The Prisoners
Page 6
September 2024

The Tengu,
Act A: The Prisoners
Page 13
September 2024

The Tengu: Thirty Vignettes
December 2021
