My name is Sean T. Collins, and for the past 24 years it has been my task to record the life and times of Destructor the Great. My partner Matt Wiegle and I are looking forward to sharing this record with you.
While our story truly begins years ago and years away, our telling of it begins with “Destructor Comes to Croc-Town,” chronicling an event from Destructor’s travels during the First Interregnum. Though it was previously published in black and white, it is now our pleasure to bring you “Croc-Town” in color. We believe it is the first such glimpse into Destructor’s world so available.
Endless thanks to Mr. Wiegle for his diligent work in creating this site and the comics it houses.
We look forward to your thoughts.
This is the oldest image of Destructor currently known to exist. It was drawn c. 1986-1987 to replace an earlier drawing of Destructor — the first — that was accidentally abandoned somewhere in Manhattan. Note the spikes on the armor, signaling that this portrait was taken well into Destructor’s reign.
We at DestructorComics.com apologize for the service outage this morning, particularly to readers of Comic Book Resources and to our friends in the press.
We thank you for your patience and are working diligently to restore the system. In the interim, click the following link to read the first page of our inaugural story, Destructor Comes to Croc-Town.
Thank you kindly to Comic Book Resources, The Beat, The Cool Kids Table, Vito Delsante, Dustin Harbin, Curt Purcell, and all the other illustrious personages who linked to Destructor today. And a heartfelt welcome to everyone who followed those links and braved the roving marauders of the information superhighway who beleaguered the site earlier. We hope that what you find here will be rewarding in some way.
A little over two years ago, as Destructor slouched toward Internet to be born, I spoke with horror blogger Curt Purcell about my comics anthology Murder, in which two tales from Destructor’s life were recorded. As is custom where The Most Dangerous Man Alive is concerned, the focus was largely on him. The answers may be of interest to audiences both scholarly and general.
Sean, I’ve been a longtime fan of Attentiondeficitdisorderly and looking forward to the new venture. Matt’s illustrations are very strong too! I can’t wait to see more of the Tall Bronze Duke, er, tried shoehorning a Bowie reference…sorry!
Garrett, thank you for the kind words! And thank you for “The Tall Bronze Duke.” Not two minutes ago I was wracking my brain for some of the sobriquets commonly applied to the man and drawing a blank. Your Destructor scholarship is second to none!
Hey Sean and Matt! I like this very much! Is there any chance you guys would consider releasing chapters as .cbz files, or maybe as a paid e-book? Your call, of course, but I find that for “graphic story” type comics, the webcomic format is too chunky and distracting (as opposed to, for example, humor strips, where the wait between pageloads, and the enormous amount of ancillary material that shows up on a page when it does load, are not as detrimental to the experience). If that makes any sense. If not, that’s cool, I’ll continue to read in webcomic form. It is, like I said, your call. Just wanted to put the bug in your ear!
Hi Joey–Thanks for your thoughts! In all honesty, I don’t suppose we’ve given much thought to these things above and beyond simply getting the site up and getting the material out. I speak only for myself here, but I think once we’ve cycled through the re-colored material and begin putting up all-new pages, I at least will feel more comfortable thinking more ambitiously in terms of multiple formats and platforms, advertising, and so forth.
I do want to point out that you can read each story all on one continuously scrolling page, without clicking back and forth between pages, via the Archives. For example, here is “Destructor Comes to Croc-Town.” That might make for an easier reading experience for you in the interim. Thanks again!
I didn’t realize the archive pages worked that way. Shades of the old Modern Tales system! I like it.
There’s probably a better way for us to get that message across than simply mentioning on the blog portion of the site every so often. I know I have friends who ONLY read the strip that way. You have given us food for thought, as befits your webcomics pioneer status. Thank you!
I love your artwork. And the gator soldiers made me practically squeal aloud at the adorable epicness.
I am so going to enjoy this. *Prepares to read in single sitting*
Thank you, Hannah! I hope you enjoyed your single-sitting reading.