Revenant Chapters from the Novel used for Comic Book 2

These were the chapters from my original vampire trilogy novel "The Guardian, Revenant, and Dominion" that I chose to condense, adapt, and rewrite (tweak) for the second issue of my Vampire Guardian Angels^TM comic book series, “Revenant”

Note: The second book in the trilogy novel is way more erotic, graphic and disturbing (and over 18 only) and I had to tone it down for the comic book series.

 Copyright Lia Scott Price

Chapter from the novel used for pages 1, 2 and 3  of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2 .The comic book only had Gabriel featured as the main angel-turned-vampire who bit all the other angels in Heaven.

(Also, the novel has the character Gregory getting thrown out of Heaven. In the comic book, he is already on Earth.)

Chapter from the novel used for pages 4 and 5 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. The comic book reveals Gregory. In the novel. The reader is left to wonder who the mysterious “dark angel”.

Chapter from the novel used for page 6 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2.

Chapter from the novel used for page 7 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2.

Chapter from the novel used for page 8 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. The page combines Chapter 7 and 42 of the novel

Chapter from the novel used for page 9 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. 

Chapter from the novel used for page 10 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. 

Chapter from the novel used for page 11 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. 

Chapter from the novel used for pages 12 and 13 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. 

Chapter from the novel used for page 14 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. In the comic book, Leah slaps Janos.

Chapter from the novel used for page 15 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. There were actually only two vampires in the original novel, but in the comic book series, I expanded them to 4 to include 4 members of the death metal band Enthraller.

Chapter from the novel used for page 16 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. The scene in the comic book has Leah “praying”, which summons Gregory. In the novel, Gregory appears to Leah on his own.

Chapter from the novel used for page 17 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. This scene combines chapters 45 (The character “Jim” is left out) and 55 from the novel.

Chapter from the novel used for pages 18 and 19  of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. A lot of details like Leah’s choker that Janos gives her and the reason for it does not appear in the comic book.

Chapter from the novel used for page 21 of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2. A lot of details like Leah’s choker that Janos gives her and the reason for it does not appear in the comic book.

Chapters from the novel used for page 23  of  Revenant,  Comic Book 2.  

The Guardian Chapters from the Novel used for Comic Book 1

These were the chapters from my original vampire trilogy novel "The Guardian, Revenant, and Dominion" that I chose to condense, adapt, and rewrite (tweak) for the first issue of my Vampire Guardian Angels^TM comic book series, "The Guardian".

Copyright Lia Scott Price

Page 2 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1. In the comic book series, Gabriel hypnotizes the priest to commit suicide with a gun. In the novel, it's actually with dynamite and in a really explosive way.

Chapter from the novel used for page 3 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 4 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 5 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 5 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 6 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 7 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1. In the comic book series, Joseph is actually a little older than he is in the novel.

Chapter from the novel used for page 8 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapters from the novel used for page 9 of The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

This was the scene that started out as a film script, and the very first scene I wrote, and later expanded and turned into the first story in the novel.

Chapter from the novel used for page 10 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 11 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 12 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 13 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 13 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 14 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 15 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 16 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1. The scene with Joseph almost falling from the window ledge is left out.

Chapter from the novel used for page 17 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for pages 18 and 19 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for pages 18 and 19 of  The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

Chapter from the novel used for page 20 of The Guardian,  Comic Book 1.

The scenes on pages 21 and 22 of The Guardian,  Comic Book 1 were not in the original novel since the first story in the novel (The Guardian) is a prequel where Gabriel is not yet a vampire. This was added later in the comic book.

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Cosplaying my own character in my comic book series

It’s kind of like life-imitates-art-imitates-life. It’s kind of fun to base a character from my novel and comic book series on myself and I get to actually cosplay that character for real. In the novel and comic book, my character is an author, which I am in real life. (As for whether my vampire characters are real….well, who knows.) I’m an author playing an author who brings my characters "to life" which I also kind of do in real life through a comic book. In the novel’s story I brought my vampire characters to life accidentally through supernatural means.  I can look and dress like my own character on a daily basis, so it’s kind of a fun motivation to “get into character” as they say in the film industry, and inspires me to write more sequels. In any case, life definitely isn’t boring when you’re doing something creative!

How I learned to write the novel that became my comic book series

The majority of my chapters in my Vampire Trilogy Novel “The Guardian, Revenant, and Dominion” started out as scripts.  I wrote the scenes and dialogue first, and then filled in the details later. At the time I was writing for an acting class on a weekly basis, and I tested out my own scripts and dialogue with the actors to see if it flowed and made sense. I actually started the novels out with one random scene, and pieced the novel together from there. I would randomly write chapters out of order depending on the scene I felt like writing that week. If I wanted an action dialogue, or a creepy scene, then I wrote depending on how I felt and how I wanted the actors to act out the scene. I would even travel to locations in order to get a feel for the atmosphere for the novel. (“Revenant” was written in Brooklyn, New York). I wrote the novel depending on the location I was in at the time.

Sample Scene from the Script and Novel

When I decided to turn the novel into a comic book series, the challenge was condensing about 90-200 pages of each story into 24 condensed pages. I had some favorite scenes but  I had to figure out which was ore crucial to the story. There was a lot that  had to be cut but in a way that still kept the focus of the story. Sometimes you have to emotionally detached yourself in order to make the story flow more when condensed down to just the main points, including the dialogue. I use the script method for each scene in the comic book, sent it to my artist, who turned each page into a storyboard.

Now, the sequels to the original novel are still written in script form, but for comic book format. I’m also incorporating a little bit of the graphic novel method, where one page will have a full-page scene and a longer dialogue will appear on the opposite page.

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