John L. Monk
Heya Katie :) Thanks for the question.
Dan Jenkins was mainly inspired by my fascination with vigilantes in fiction. We like them (in fiction) because they go after the bad guys nobody can/will touch. At the time, I was watching the show "Dexter" on TV. I'm a self-hating Dexter fan -- I've never been interested in serial killers in fiction because to me they're just universally bad. But Dexter was witty, and he did go after the bad guys, so I watched. With Dan, I wanted that "go after the bad guys" element without the "I sure love killing people" thing that Dexter has -- yet with a supernatural component as an element to the plot.
Dan's humor and odd outlook on life are my humor, and some of my outlook on life.
Dan Jenkins was mainly inspired by my fascination with vigilantes in fiction. We like them (in fiction) because they go after the bad guys nobody can/will touch. At the time, I was watching the show "Dexter" on TV. I'm a self-hating Dexter fan -- I've never been interested in serial killers in fiction because to me they're just universally bad. But Dexter was witty, and he did go after the bad guys, so I watched. With Dan, I wanted that "go after the bad guys" element without the "I sure love killing people" thing that Dexter has -- yet with a supernatural component as an element to the plot.
Dan's humor and odd outlook on life are my humor, and some of my outlook on life.
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