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“Leave it to a writer's mind to add two and two together and come up with 69.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 4
― Sunstone, Vol. 4
“Everyone lies. Honesty makes you vulnerable.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 2
― Sunstone, Vol. 2
“And that was it. He needed me. This scarred, broken man needed me... And I wanted to be there for him.
I wanted to smile for him...
I needed to.”
― Harleen
I wanted to smile for him...
I needed to.”
― Harleen
“After all, Gotham's a city where angels fly on the wings of Icarus...Up, up they go and then...down, down, down they fall. Until we all stand, revealed for who we truly are underneath.”
― Harleen
― Harleen
“We're all monsters in a civilized cage, it just takes the right kind of pain and fear to break the lock.”
― Harleen
― Harleen
“Often the truth remains hidden in the shadows, and it is in the shadows where the light and dark make war...and love.”
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“...there is something to be said about walking toward the light. You tend not to notice the shape of your own shadow.”
― Harleen
― Harleen
“I've seen you fuck up one major relationship. I'll be damned if I let you ruin this one as well!”
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
“See . . . um . . . the thing is, I met with Lisa a few days ago. She wanted to apologize for . . . Halloween, and not calling . . .
Thing is, her previous story . . . um . . . She wanted me to read it. She . . . wanted to explain her issues. She was jealous . . . of you and me becoming friends and . . . kinda lost it, I guess.
My point is, um . . . she used the story to put it into words . . .
I think she is writing messages. . . to you.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
Thing is, her previous story . . . um . . . She wanted me to read it. She . . . wanted to explain her issues. She was jealous . . . of you and me becoming friends and . . . kinda lost it, I guess.
My point is, um . . . she used the story to put it into words . . .
I think she is writing messages. . . to you.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
“Self doubt is a persistent weed”
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
“Fuck you! I pierced my nipples for her!”
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
“You really are a dumbass.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
“I don't know what I was looking for . . . I felt empty. I guess. Not hearing from you made it all seem surreal, like you were never there, a dream, a figment of my imagination.
I went to your site that day to . . . I guess, double-check.
I thought. . . maybe you wrote something, a new story . . . a message . . . anything.
I did find a new story . . .
It wasn't about us . . .
And I ended up feeling even emptier.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
I went to your site that day to . . . I guess, double-check.
I thought. . . maybe you wrote something, a new story . . . a message . . . anything.
I did find a new story . . .
It wasn't about us . . .
And I ended up feeling even emptier.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
“Before all this , I had my life figured out to some extent ... [sic.]
The mundane nature of it was like a familiar painting on the wall. The one you lived with long enough that you don't even notice it anymore.
But that morning, something changed. That morning I noticed a flame of paint falling off from it.
There seemed to be a while other painting underneath it ... [sic.]
A restless part of me mused about the hidden possibilities of this new painting ... [sic.] considered tearing down the layer of familiarity for a chance of something amazing.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 1
The mundane nature of it was like a familiar painting on the wall. The one you lived with long enough that you don't even notice it anymore.
But that morning, something changed. That morning I noticed a flame of paint falling off from it.
There seemed to be a while other painting underneath it ... [sic.]
A restless part of me mused about the hidden possibilities of this new painting ... [sic.] considered tearing down the layer of familiarity for a chance of something amazing.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 1
“That is what BDSM people are… behind all the pretence. Sexual nerds”
― Sunstone, Vol. 1
― Sunstone, Vol. 1
“Bonkers is female . . . Did she know that?”
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
― Sunstone, Vol. 5
“How the hell did I end up here?
I certainly had no intentions of making this comic. There was, in fact, no comic to be made. Sunstone was the end result of the deepest fast-food and burn-out I have ever experienced in my life.
It was three years ago. I had just finished my last issue of Witchblade, a comic that I had lived and hated at that point.
Comics itself had nothing to do with it ... [sic.] Truth was, artistically speaking, I hit a wall and there was no way past it. In my eyes I wasn't a storyteller anymore. I was a grinder going through the emotions.
And I was burnt out.
So there I was, sitting and hate-staring my computer monitor... or way...too...long... ,
Something had to change. I had to find the spark, which by that time, I had obviously lost. I started reminiscing about those great outbursts of inspiration and drive I experienced in my past.
And there, I remembered it. The most exciting moment of my career. It was just before I got hired by Top Cow. I was in my early twenties, and my dream was to become a comic artist. Chances of this living in Croatia were slim to none, but my work was noticed, and I got asked to do a fetishistic erotic comic.
Not all that unusual in Europe.
I was ecstatic. For the first time I would be able to help my family by doing something I love. I remember drawing up a storm. I drew over 30 sample pages, and then crazily enough, Top Cow's offer came in.
I had to make a choice. And it was a choice I never regretted.
But I remembered something about those long list sample pages ... They were expressive.
There was so much energy to them ... Energy that got lost in my work over time as a result of trying to emulate other people's work.
I shrugged ... said "Fuck it!" turned to Linda, and told her about my idea ...”
― Sunstone, Vol. 1
I certainly had no intentions of making this comic. There was, in fact, no comic to be made. Sunstone was the end result of the deepest fast-food and burn-out I have ever experienced in my life.
It was three years ago. I had just finished my last issue of Witchblade, a comic that I had lived and hated at that point.
Comics itself had nothing to do with it ... [sic.] Truth was, artistically speaking, I hit a wall and there was no way past it. In my eyes I wasn't a storyteller anymore. I was a grinder going through the emotions.
And I was burnt out.
So there I was, sitting and hate-staring my computer monitor... or way...too...long... ,
Something had to change. I had to find the spark, which by that time, I had obviously lost. I started reminiscing about those great outbursts of inspiration and drive I experienced in my past.
And there, I remembered it. The most exciting moment of my career. It was just before I got hired by Top Cow. I was in my early twenties, and my dream was to become a comic artist. Chances of this living in Croatia were slim to none, but my work was noticed, and I got asked to do a fetishistic erotic comic.
Not all that unusual in Europe.
I was ecstatic. For the first time I would be able to help my family by doing something I love. I remember drawing up a storm. I drew over 30 sample pages, and then crazily enough, Top Cow's offer came in.
I had to make a choice. And it was a choice I never regretted.
But I remembered something about those long list sample pages ... They were expressive.
There was so much energy to them ... Energy that got lost in my work over time as a result of trying to emulate other people's work.
I shrugged ... said "Fuck it!" turned to Linda, and told her about my idea ...”
― Sunstone, Vol. 1
“I guess the first victim of the streets of Gotham is one's empathy.”
― Harleen (2019) #2
― Harleen (2019) #2
“Once I started writing the actual story, it became apparent that this wasn't going to be a story about one domme and two submissives. It just made no sense. A simple, serious look at the characters and their situation transformed it into a story about two women, two online friends, who met for the sole purpose of scratching a very specific sexual itch.
And then, the unplanned romance messed up their plans. It was a story about them dealing with their emotions, trying at first to deny the crush. Then, as it grew to love, it became about them struggling to find a way to admit it.
It was a very intreaguing [sic.] writing process, as the conflict within their story was interesting, human, and loaded with irony.
That is the amazing thing about writing romance. You start realizing just how much logic is chucked out the window.
When we are secretly in love, we make mistakes. We make stupid decisions and justify them with the dumbest of reasons. These reasons make sense at the time ... [sic.] they make perfect sense to us ... [sic.]
And those reasons, those persistent self delusions piss off everyone around us who can see the obvious.
So yeah ... [sic.] Ally, Lisa, Alan, and Anne ... [sic.] they all changed from their initial conception.
More and more of their pasts, their motivations, and their interests were revealed. ...
From my experience, the funny thing about writing is how the characters rarely remain what you initially thought they would be.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 1
And then, the unplanned romance messed up their plans. It was a story about them dealing with their emotions, trying at first to deny the crush. Then, as it grew to love, it became about them struggling to find a way to admit it.
It was a very intreaguing [sic.] writing process, as the conflict within their story was interesting, human, and loaded with irony.
That is the amazing thing about writing romance. You start realizing just how much logic is chucked out the window.
When we are secretly in love, we make mistakes. We make stupid decisions and justify them with the dumbest of reasons. These reasons make sense at the time ... [sic.] they make perfect sense to us ... [sic.]
And those reasons, those persistent self delusions piss off everyone around us who can see the obvious.
So yeah ... [sic.] Ally, Lisa, Alan, and Anne ... [sic.] they all changed from their initial conception.
More and more of their pasts, their motivations, and their interests were revealed. ...
From my experience, the funny thing about writing is how the characters rarely remain what you initially thought they would be.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 1
“After all, when you're on a budget and looking for some kinky outfits, look no further than Halloween - when everything under the sun has a sexy variant.”
― Sunstone, Vol. 8
― Sunstone, Vol. 8
“Leave it to a writer's mind to put two and two together and come up with 69.”
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