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True Believers is a full-length novel by Thom Dunn, based on his play of the same name. It’s a satirical tale of star-crossed lovers, aspiring comic book creators, crazed fanboys, cybernetically enhanced humans, women in refrigerators, real-life superheroes, and girls who dress like Slave Leia as their lives intertwine over a whirlwind weekend at a comic book convention in the early 2010s.
The book will be serialized on Medium throughout the month of April 2020. Here is the first chapter. Check back every day for more chapters!
The after-hours bar scene is where conventions truly come to life, after a long day of shuffling responsibilities — juggling panel schedules, signings, press sessions, portfolio reviews, all the general niceties and small talks that come along with the job.
And, for Ted Thompson, Senior Editor at DC Comics, there’s the added stress of flying your new ladyfriend out to the city so you can meet her in person for the very first time.
It’s a busy time, sure, and some might say it’s not an optimal romantic setting (Kathy would definitely say that). But it’s important to Ted that Chloe get to see him in his element, in the kingdom where he reigns. Like here at the Pig N’Whistle where he holds court in his trademark flatcap, by which even the uninitiated comics fans…
