Zak Hennessey - Plot / Penciller

Chuck introduced me to Zak as a potential writer for the project.  He came highly recommended from the few sample scripts that he wrote.  These samples were actually pretty good.  On these recommendations, Zak became the writer and I discussed the project in full on many different occasions.

I talked with Zak at length about the project and he seemed to get the gist pretty quickly and threw in some cool ideas of his own.  I believe this was around December of 1996.  He whipped up a couple of scripts in no time flat and they were pretty good.  They flowed well, but read like a high-school short story.  He nailed the plot on the first try, but I figured I'd take the loss on the story and script and just do it myself (which I wanted to do anyway).  He would have had to read my mind to know exactly what to put on the page and that didn't happen.   He's no Kreskin.

All in all, his plots to the stories were solid.   They flowed well and had the right suspense and plot twists to keep the reader interested (I hope).  I figured I would take my initial script and adjust it to match the artwork, once Chuck and Jason tweaked the plot / storyboards.

Zak started out with a bang in the pencil department.  He did page 1 of issue #1 and it turned out AWESOME!  He ended up having to redo many pages and the rest of the pages needed much finishing from Chuck, especially the faces.  I thought much of his work in issue one was excellent after Chuck touched them up a bit (or in some cases quite a bit).  Did I mention page 1?

The second issue was a different story however.   Many of the pages were rushed due to school and the lack of funds for tuition.   The quality was not there when you compared the end result with Jason's work.   Again, I'll take the loss.  The only good thing was that these pages to issue two were not inked yet, so I didn't have to pay for them to be re-inked.  I didn't want to sacrifice the quality of the project so Zak was let go before the third issue got under way.

I felt that you, the reader (which includes myself), deserves the highest quality artwork and story for your money.  You want to get the most bang for your buck and you want to be able to say to your friends that you read a certain comic and back it up with enthusiasm.

Contributions:

Plot - All four issues.
Pencils - Issue #1 pages: 1, 8, 10&11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 28

Check out his own projects at www.LazarusLives.com.  You'll be able to compare his work with different inks on them.