The Waiting Place
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The Waiting Place is a comic book series created by Sean Kelley McKeever in 1997. The series is a teen drama which centres around the lives of a group of teenagers (and one twenty-something) living in the remote American town of Northern Plains. The theme of the series is that characters who live in such towns exist in a 'holding pattern', spending their time waiting for something to happen. McKeever has described the themes of some of his comics, including The Waiting Place, as being "Alienation; coming of age; a burning desire to get on with life."[1] The Waiting Place established McKeever as a writer of high-school stories, and paved the way for his later work for Marvel Comics on titles like Sentinel and Mary Jane.
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[edit] Publication history
The Waiting Place started life as a self-published comic. McKeever realised that his best chance of breaking into the comics industry was to have a complete comic to show publishers, rather than his writing on its own. He found Brendon and Brian Fraim, and together they produced three issues of The Waiting Place. At a convention they submitted a copy of the self-published comic to Slave Labor Graphics, who liked it and took it on, republishing those early issues themselves too.
Marvel editor, Tom Brevoort, was a fan of The Waiting Place and gave McKeever his first Marvel assignments on the strength of it.[2]
In 2005, Venture Management optioned The Waiting Place, believing it to have the potential to become a TV series.[3]
[edit] Characters
- Jeffry Dietz
- Lora Halstead
- Jill Patterson
- Kyle Donovan
- Scott Forbes
- Cullen Cole
[edit] Plot synopsis
[edit] Bibliography
| Title | Material collected | ISBN |
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| The Waiting Place Book One | The Waiting Place vol. 1 #1–6 | ISBN 0943151368 |
| The Waiting Place Book Two | The Waiting Place vol. 2 #1-6 | ISBN 0943151538 |
| The Waiting Place Book Three | The Waiting Place vol. 2 #7-12 | ISBN 0943151767 |
[edit] Trivia
The Waiting Place's setting, Northern Plains is based on Eagle River, Wisconsin, where Sean attended High School.
[edit] References
- ^ Newsarama interview with Sean McKeever, 23 February, 2003
- ^ Comixtreme interview with Sean McKeever, 2 May, 2006
- ^ Variety.com news article, 7 March, 2005
[edit] External links
The official website for The Waiting Place
Comic Book DB Vol. 1 page
Comic Book DB Vol. 2 page
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