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MISSION STATEMENT:  This site is dedicated to all the men and women serving in the military right now, especially the ones serving in Iraq & Afghanistan  protecting us here at home! This site is set up to bring awareness to the families  and soldiers who are struggling because they have either lost  someone who was involved in the war, or have been  injured in the war and are finding it hard to cope. We are producing a book to be sold  in the Comic/Graphic Novel market to bring a new awareness to the trials of war, using real stories from real soldiers and family members. We will do this with the utmost respect and dignity befitting our brave men and women now serving, as well as their families. All money received from the sale of this book will go directly to four charities: the USO, the " Fisher House" and the Wounded Warriors Project. & The Soldiers Memorial Fund All individuals involved in the production of this Graphic Novel are donating their time and services. No one will be making a profit from the sale of this book except the soldiers it is being created for. This I promise.  

Hello, my name is Clayton D. Murwin AKA The Hero Maker. I am a comic book artist who would like to give something back to our brave men & women who have sacrificed much! I would like to know if you would be willing along with me offer your services pro-bono (free) to help me in an effort to help our men and women in Iraq & Afghanistan who lost their lives or were injured. I am working on  a Graphic Novel which would not put any money in our pockets, but help our brave men and women in this war. All proceeds would go to our fallen and injured. Via four designated charities 1) USO 2) Fisher House 3) Wounded Warrior Project 4) Soldiers Memorial Fund. If your interested please contact me via this topic or by email at cmerwin6@gmail.com. Thank you in advance for your consideration in this matter. This special Graphic Novel will be showcasing true-life stories from our men and women serving in the war or who  have served in the war. The Stories will be in their own words; they can be funny stories, heroic stories, touching stories, anything a service man or woman would like to say to let people know what it is really like in a war, the good and the bad. This would be just like a normal Graphic Novel with many artist and writers donating their services to bring this to life. Once the novel is completed then it would go on the market in several different venues. This is to honor the soldiers who have died and our soldiers who have been injured due to the war. I am going to do my best to make sure no one I mean no one abuses this in any way and all services will be pro-bono . I want to do this to thank the family's and soldiers who have sacrificed much in this war and have received little appreciation. And if you have friends who would like to share their stories, I promise I will see to it that  it will be done in the most professional and dignified manner. So let me know if you can help with the stories or if you would like to be one of the artist. writer , publisher etc... Thank you for your time. 

Clayton D. Murwin

AKA

The Hero Maker

ALL STORIES  SUBMITTED MUST BE REVIEWED BY CLAYTON D. MURWIN , BEFORE

THEY ARE APPROVED FOR USE IN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL AND GIVEN TO THE

ARTIST. ALL WRITER AND ARTIST TEAMS WILL BE APPROVED BY

CLAYTON D. MURWIN. IF YOU ARE A SOLDIER OR A FRIEND OF A SOLDIER

SUBMITTING A STORY FOR THE GRAPHIC NOVEL , IT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY 

A SIGNED RELEASE FORM WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED BY EMAILING ME @

 cmerwin6@gmail.com. Or via this website.  

Links to those involved in the creation of this Graphic Novel :Due to some unforeseen circumstances ,some of the previous creator's that had said they would be a part of the Graphic Novel project and were posted on this page are no longer able to be a part of it. So I have had to remove them from the list to my dismay.

Tsunami Studios Team:

» Brian Shearer  Comic Book Artist / Illustrator

» John "Waki" Wycough Inker / illustrator

» Randy Green Comic Book Artist, Illustrator, Graphic Designer

» Rick Ketcham Comicbook Illustrator / Inker

» Robert Atkins Comic Penciler / Inker

» Steve Bird Inker 

Valerie Finnigan : Writer here is her facebook site http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59950796027&ref=nf

Tom Orzechowski : Letterer comics work dates to 1973. I lettered Uncanny X-Men for 18 years
starting in 1975, and have been doing X-related
projects (and hundreds of other things for Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse
and others)

Tom Harry : Penciler 

Joshua Labello : Artist / Penciller / inker

Clayton D. Murwin AKA THE HERO MAKER: Project Head/Publisher of Untold Stories From Iraq & Afghanistan "

Tomm Gabbard : "Inker"/Writer

Peter Palmiotti : " Inker " Peter is a professional inker and has inked work for Marvel/DC and many others!

William "Bill" Tucci : Comic Artist for DC Comics & Crusader Comics

 James Duncan : Comic artist for Pitabow Comics

Victor Castro : (Soldier Correspondence  Officer) Comic artist Self Published "Warriors Chronicles"

Roger Foucault  : Artist

Louis J. Small : Fine Artist and Comic Artist Serendipity Art Sales

John Parker: Artist/Writer and owner of Southern Horror Writers Association & PostmortemStudios

 Elliot Blake : Award-winning animation writer/producer Elliot Blake, formerly of GameTap.com, and now the owner of Nine Panel Grid LLC, a creative services company for animation, comics, and new media.  Projects I produced in my time at GameTap include Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Confessions, A Day in the Extra Life, and the forthcoming Re\Visioned: Activision 2600.

Rick Parker : hysterically funny artwork has been seen in the NY Times, Village Voice, The NY Press, The Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, on 60 Minutes, CNN, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Nickelodeon Magazine, Cracked, from bathroom stalls to the walls of the best New York galleries, and in millions of MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head Comic Books worldwide. Enjoy the art on my site and feel free to call me at (973)763-3613 or email at illos@earthlink.net if you have any questions or are interested in commissioning work for your next project.

Michael Hudson : Artist /President Ree Art Studios I have been involved in the art world for the past 29 years. My first interest was in cartooning, having grown up on a steady diet of comic books and movies, but life has a funny way of throwing curve balls and since I couldn't be either one of my heroes, Wally Wood or Errol Flynn, I ended up somehow as an accomplished landscape and portrait painter. I never got over my love of comics, pulps and movies from the silents to the Bs and a few years ago found myself longing to be a part of that culture. Call it middle age crazy but here I am utilizing my business contacts, design skills and love for these forms of entertainment to pay homage to the characters and creators I admire. BTW, I still paint, sell prints and do gallery shows and such as time permits.

Larry Hama: The LEGEND Himself LARRY HAMA has tentatively agreed to write the forward for the Soldier Graphic Novel Untold Stories From Iraq & Afghanistan after he and his lawyers review the final product ! Here is some information about Larry if you dont know who he is:

Larry Hama (born 7 June 1949) is a Japanese American writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s. He is best known as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics, where he wrote the licensed comic book series G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero, based on the Hasbro action figures. He has also written for the series Wolverine, Ninth Man: the Ultimate Ninja, and Elektra, and he created the character Bucky O’Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and a television cartoon. During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows M*A*S*H and Saturday Night Live, and he appeared on Broadway in two roles in the original 1976 production of Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures.

NEVER FORGET  Their Sacrifice