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23

I Loved The Ochlocrat

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Looking over a copy of Ochlocrat, a comic book I worked on in 2001, I can’t help but smile.

I remember working on that character, this crazy fella with a mean streak who gets his in the end, and I remember how much fun I had. The late Doug Miers wrote this story, and his early death came as a real shock to me. I thought he was a very talented and imaginative writer, whose talents were on the verge of making it really big. He was in talks with a few people in the movie industry about adapting some of his stories, including Ochlorat, into films.

That was great, but what interested me more was our plans for a sequel, even a limited series. It never really went beyond talking about the possibility of doing one, as we were both busy in our respective jobs. I was busy inking High Roads and he was busy writing stories. But I always believed I’d go back to work on the character with Doug.

Now that he’s gone, I don’t know if it can even be possible. But looking over the issue of Ochlocrat today, I felt there’s a huge potential for this character, and I felt bad that it may never be fulfilled. Thinking about the character made me come up with what could be a cool idea, one that could possibly make a commentary about TV vis a vis the Internet, with a conspiracy (the company I did this for is after all Comics Conspiracy), a cover up and a washed out ochlocrat agent who’s unwittingly thrust into a role that he never expected or wanted… that of a HERO.

I thought wow, that would be something interesting to work on in the future. Perhaps if I manage to get in touch with Doug’s family I could possibly do this on my own. This is not something I would do right away of course, and it’s not even in my pending “to do” list, as there’s a lot of other stuff I have to finish first. But it’s nice to know that there’s this project that I could possibly do in the future, a tribute to a friend I never met, Doug Miers.

Comments

3 Responses to “I Loved The Ochlocrat”

  1. Jonas on March 23rd, 2007 12:14 pm

    I love that panel. Right smack in the balls! :D

  2. Ed on March 24th, 2007 1:58 pm

    Man…I hate your gazillion lines. Hehehe! :D

  3. mike dimayuga on March 25th, 2007 2:28 pm

    hey gerry,
    great article!
    did you ever get that short story i did with a cameo with ochlocrat? if not, i’ll e-mail it to you.
    anyhoo, i was fortunate enough to meet doug 1 or 2 times, and he always seemed nice and easy to approach. he had a real love for comics and his work. when i last saw him, he said we should work together again. he was also relly excited because one of his comics properties got picked up by hollywood and attached to chris nolan (his brother was doing the screenplay).
    anyway, if your ochlo idea is really juicy, you should totally persue it, gerry. :D aren’t indies having a sort of resurgence?