SCOTT REED-[WRITER]

I've been writing, drawing and self-publishing webcomics since 1999. Before that, I worked as an inker for many publishers, including Marvel Comics, Malibu Comics and Dark Horse Comics. My self-publishing efforts include High Strangeness, a graphic novel that illustrates the history of UFO's, and swashbuckling fantasy series The Last Odyssey. You can preview these works, as well as my upcoming projects at www.websbestcomics.com.

The Overman has been with Shane and I for a long time. Nearly twenty years ago, I began writing a science fiction story that would evolve into the book previewed on this web site. It had many false starts. I think Shane would agree that in each incarnation, we simply didn't have the experience and skill needed to handle the project properly. Simply put, it was too big for us.

Every few years, we would mercilessly relaunch ourselves into the task of assembling The Overman in comic form, in the hopes that the stars would properly align and forces beyond our comprehension would empower us. In fact, we began to talk about the project as though it was an unfathomable force of nature. It became as elusive as the enigmatic Atomic Clock, a shadowy omnipotent being that hovers over the characters throughout the book.

Shane's talents have ballooned into exactly the kind of artist needed for this project. He has been with The Overman since it's beginning, and understands the true soul of this story. He has helped shape it into what it is today, and his unique artistic vision was an incalculable influence to me as I wrote.

I'm extraordinarily happy to see The Overman completely realized in comic book form, and published by Image Comics. The project was compelling enough for Shane and I to continue developing it for many years. I hope you'll agree that it was all worth it.

In any case, I can finally proclaim with undeniable proof that The Overman is here.

SHANE WHITE -[ARTIST]

I grew up in the Adirondack region of New York State and began drawing at a very early age. I've worked in a wide variety of mediums, but comics and sequential storytelling is what I always come back to.

In 2005 I published my first Graphic Novel, North Country, through NBM Publishing. It's a biographical account of growing up in a hard-bitten blue-collar milltown. I've contributed art and writing to Big Book of Urban Legends, Tales of the Fear Agent, the monthly Negative Burn from Desperado, as well as the upcoming monthly, Hawaiian Dick. Much of my work can be seen at many of these sites: www.studiowhite.com www.shanewhite.com www.skinshark.blogspot.com

When Scott and I started The Overman years ago I remember how much it deliciously creeped me out. Scott's characters were social schisms upsetting and representing the very base of humanity. They gave no quarter to human emotion, but instead full-throttled their way through life leaving a wake of destruction every time they collided. We recognized the aura of maturity that this project needed, and we were years away from realizing it.

The biggest problem was the ending. The Overman was such a high-concept to explain it would leave us exhausted and even more confused. It's like we were both speaking a strange language, but we had no idea what we were saying. I remember years would go by, and with each attempt, we'd get closer and closer to fathoming its archaic depths. We've done this book at least four times.

In 2001, Scott was somehow guided by an unknown force and started sending me chapters of The Overman novel, in 15 page increments. It was clear, concise and riveting. Like a parent waiting in the wings as their child goes on stage to perform, I was nervous for him not to falter. Some 20 days later, the ending finally came. It was like Christmas, but the kind nobody lives to tell about. Like any co-creator knows, when fire catches in the brain it's hard to contain it. Scott unleashed the script for me to do pre-production on while he converted it to a usable comic script. The mythology is in our bones, it speaks through us and we believe this is the place where our deepest and most important work should come...and will.