Darius Logan: Super Justice Force

Still working on the new cover design for the new edition of Super Justice Force. Here’s a sneak peak of the current direction we’re headed, though this is not the final design. Thoughts?

A lot of people have been emailing me about the status of the second book, wanting to know if and when it will ever be out. Yes, the second book will be out. I’m way behind schedule on it, but I am putting in time, and hope to have the first draft done by the end of summer. As some of you already know, I’m back in school, which takes up a tremendous amount of time. I also have a lot of freelance work that pays the bills, and several comic book projects, which don’t really pay the bills, but do require my attention. As a result, it might seem like I’m slacking, when in fact I’m working incredibly hard (just not on the continuing adventures of Darius Logan). I appreciate everyone’s patience, and I promise, the wait for the second book will be worth it.

In other news…later this summer I will be re-issuing Darius Logan: Super Justice Force with an all new cover, and a slightly different title. To your left you can see a little bit of the new cover, which should answer any questions as to why there is a new cover in the first place. This new art is amazing, and it will blow people away. Part of the reason for this new image is that too many people were looking at the older cover and thinking DL:SJF was a graphic novel. I wanted something that looked more like a traditional book cover and, to be honest, that was a bit more dynamic. As for the new title, it will be The Adventures of Darius Logan, Book One: Super Justice Force. I’m not going to get into the long, boring explanation for the name change, other than to say that I think with the new cover, slightly re-branding the title of the book, and therefore the Darius Logan series itself, is a good idea.

And finally, with the new cover and the slightly changed title, I will transition to using my full name, David F. Walker, as opposed to D.F. Walker. There were too many people who didn’t realize that D.F. Walker the YA author was the same person as David Walker the comic book writer, as well as David F. Walker the filmmaker. I’m just trying to make it all easier for my dozens of fans to find my work.

I know that it’s be a while since I’ve posted anything, and for that I apologize. Several people have pointed out the deafening sound of my recent silence, and have mistaken a lack of posts with a lack of work on my part. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the reason I haven’t been updating this site is because I’ve been so busy. First, there was NUMBER 13, a comic book mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics. I co-wrote NUMBER 13 along with the supremely talented artist Robert Love, and the final issue just came out last month. You can still order copies of the individual comics or digital versions by clicking HERE. The entire series will be collected into a trade paperback sometime later this year. I’m also writing a new comic mini-series, but I can’t discuss it (other than to say the artist is awesome, and the book will be great). Still plugging away on Darius Logan: No Man’s Land, the upcoming sequel to Darius Logan: Super Justice Force. You can purchase DL: SJF through Amazon. I’m also still writing for MSN Entertainment, which is always fun. And for those keeping track of such things, I’m also back in school (which will wrap up for me in December). All of this stuff has been keeping me incredibly busy, which is why I haven’t been posting as much as I should. But I promise, there’s some great stuff coming up in the near future.

I’m still working on the next Darius Logan Book, tentatively titled, DARIUS LOGAN: NO MAN’S LAND. Still working towards the goal of completing the first draft by the end of this month. Here’s a little taste of what I have so far…

Elladia Ortiz stared out the living room window of the house she shared with her uncle and tried not to think about how much she hated her life. Every moment of every day she tried not to think about it—about how much she hated her life and what had become of it—but it never did any good. Even if she thought about something else, something she loved, like her boyfriend Darius, or the Rekker family who lived across the street, those thoughts always led back to one simple fact—Elladia Ortiz hated her life.

Last year I co-wrote NUMBER 13, a comic book story that was serialized in the pages of Dark Horse Presents. Next month, Dark Horse will collect the entire NUMBER 13 story and reprint it in a single volume one-shot (they’re calling it #0). Click HERE to see a preview of that story. Then, in December, a three-issue NUMBER 13 miniseries will debut from Dark Horse. The story is by me and Robert Love (who is also the artist), and the final script is by yours truly.

I really am working on the new book, tentatively titled Darius Logan: No Man’s Land, and I’m trying my best to have it done and in the first half of next year. After taking a break from the book, I’m to working on it, and I just wanted to share a single paragraph with everyone. There is so much going on in book two, but I think this paragraph sums most of it up (of course, it may not even make it into the final draft).

Darius stared down at the planet Earth from the orbiting space station located near the moon. Up until recently, the station had been owned and operated by Super Justice Force, but with the recent financial problems faced by the superhero team, the decision had been made to sell the facility. Darius had no idea who had purchased the space station, and he really didn’t care. Below him was the planet he called home and on it was the woman he loved. He just wanted to be back on Earth.

Trust me, I know that I don’t update this site often enough, and I know that many of you are waiting on the next installment in the adventures of Darius Logan. I apologize for being remiss, but I have a really good excuse. You see, I’m back in college, and the workload is tremendous. I made the decision to go back to school and finally get my bachelors degree just before Darius Logan: Super Justice Force came out. Since then, school has taken up more and more of my time, and I never seem to be able to just sit down and work on Book 2.

That said, I want you all to know that Book 2 is coming along. The working title is Darius Logan: No Man’s Land, and as of the current draft, it is very different from the first book. As you may imagine by the title, much it takes place in No Man’s Land, which was established in the first book. Much of the new book is actually about other characters introduced in Super Justice Force, and their lives. And then there are the new characters, who will really add depth and dimension to the world Darius lives in. The big problem I’ve been facing, which has slowed the writing process considerably, is that right now more than half the book doesn’t have Darius in it. Trying to construct the narrative so that there is a better balance between what is happening with Darius and what is happening with the other characters has not been easy. And more than anything, I don’t want to write a second book that is just like the first book.

I hope to have Darius Logan: No Man’s Land out by the middle of next year. Again, I apologize for the delay, but trust me when I say, the wait will be worth it. Until then, I’ll also work on having more frequent updates on the site.