Broken Frontier

Broken Frontier asked Doug Murray if he Could tell a bit about the experience so far with the project and the way the art (supplied via the forum at Image) has been presented, to which Doug replied: "My experience with this project has been interesting--and a bit surprising.  I've been in the business a while but I wasn't really prepared for the scope of comic artists that are out there.  I've seen submissions from Poland, Germany, South America, and Mexico-and these guys know how to draw!  I expected to see maybe 25 or so entries--but it looks as if it's going to be at least double that--maybe more.

The internet has changed the world in a lot of ways--it has certainly changed the way we comics folks do business--and it has done so for the better.
 
Aside from the quality of the work, the other thing that struck me about those posting was how nice they were.  To a person, they praised the work of others, gave advice when asked, and were generally friendly and--yes, I'll say it--very family like.  It was a pleasure to see."

Having said this, Doug finished his thoughts with: "After all this, I'm really look forward to working with the winner--I'm sure the book will turn out looking really great!"
 
Broken Frontier then wanted to know about the deadline for the writer, instead of the contestants, to which Doug replied "I have to have the completed script for number one--and the storyline for the first arc, done by the time we pick a winner--not an easy thing.  I may hold up the final script just long enough to see who wins--every artist has strengths and I would like to kind of mold my script to the strengths of whoever wins--as long as they can draw the girls!"

Doug concluded stating that "All in all then, this has been more fun than I expected. Maybe Frank and I will try something similar in future."

Broken Frontier wish the finalists, but also Doug Murray and Frank Cho all the best and thank them for bringing so much juice to the comic business!
 
Images shown are panels of some finalists. See more of their work and the other finalists at Image Comics.