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Tyranny of the Muse is finished

After 10 fucking years the epic graphic novel is finally finished.

It started as a novella called Broken Bulbs.

It became a comic via a successful Kickstarter.

And through fits and starts it limped its way over the finish line to be the story I always wanted it to be.

I’m so thankful to Dave Chisholm for his patience, enthusiasm, and most importantly, his endurance. This thing ended up being a beast. But it’s done. And I’m proud.

What now? I get it in print. How? No fucking idea. But I’ll come up with something. I usually do. But if you or someone you know happens to publish graphic novels and might be interested, let me know.

For now, read the whole thing as a webcomic.

Thank you all for sticking with me through the changes, the foolishness, the blind optimism, and the whatever-is-next.

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Tyranny of the Muse is back. Again.

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Hey. Everything okay? Good. Same here.

Tyranny of the Muse, the comic book project I kicked off in 2011 is officially being relaunched as a partially re-drawn, re-written, re-edited, and expanded graphic novel with artist Dave Chisholm.

I’ll be posting a chapter as a webcomic every Tuesday HERE. Let’s call it Tyranny Tuesday. The first three are available now.

For those who don’t know, here’s the deal with Tyranny of the Muse:

Frank Fisher is addicted to inspiration. Literally. He's a creativity junkie. Bonnie is the muse who deals him his drug by injecting it directly into his brain through a festering wound. Together they work through the chaos of the creative process while navigating the existential land mines of their lives.

TYRANNY OF THE MUSE by creator/writer Eddie Wright (A Broken Everything, Regular Show) and illustrator Dave Chisholm (Canopus, Instrumental) is a darkly funny, offbeat, weirdly romantic mystery about art, hope, and the power of the past.

It’s been a long road:

  • Tyranny of the Muse is based on Broken Bulbs, a novella I published in 2009.

  • The comic book adaptation was launched via a successful Kickstarter in 2011.

  • Five issues of an earlier version were published digitally by Study Group Comics (2013 - 2017) and Alternative Comics (2014). Issues one and two were drawn by Jesse Balmer. A small limited run was also printed for convention appearances (out of print).

  • The 2020 edition is partially re-drawn by the amazing artist Dave Chisholm, re-edited, and expanded with all-new original material.

For those who’ve been with me for a bit, you know that this is a project I’ve come back to again and again. I’ve realized that this is the one for me. This is the one that I’ll never quit. I’ll probably be writing Frank and Bonnie forever. And I’m super happy about that. I have even more plans for them.

Please visit TYRANNYOFTHEMUSE.COM to start reading. The first three chapters are up now. A new one goes up every Tyranny Tuesday. #TyrannyTuesday? Can we make that a thing?

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