Desire

Is desire bad? Even if it’s for a good thing is it bad? Why do we desire? and why must me? What is it about being human that makes us want for things? I ask this question because It doesn’t make sense. To me it seems to desire is to suffer, because when we want something we are in anguish without it and when we get it’s only satisfying for a moment. I read a lot of comic books…To some degree I feel that I can if I were so inclined to become addicted to them. But they cost money and they are a fleeting thing, yes i gain some insight with them and hell it puts me in the mood to write my own comic. But what’s the point? Desire is a burning thing a horrible thing…When it is felt its is like a hunger, but when it is sated does it really help? I present this question because humans are fragile and we allow ourselves to be afflicted with so much. What happens when we say enough, Enough torment, enough desire. Will we be absolved will we be free from it? or must we toil and battle it forever? God Help us. Amen

Deprive

Is it good to deprive yourself of things? How do we know when things are bad for us? I’ve been trying to figure that out recently. Now there are things that we know are bad for us, things we shouldn’t touch. Most of the time its stuff we want or like. But how do you know when something is bad for you? I deprive myself of things that I think are bad for me, it works for a bit, until somehow I decide It’s worked its way out. I don’t know if that’s a way to live. But we’ll see.

Daisy

I don’t know if I can actually stand the person I’ve become. I don’t think I’ve made as many mistakes as others. I do feel however that I did make ones that I’m not sure I can forgive myself for. However given the person I am regardless of the mistakes I wouldn’t be able to forgive them anyway. I have a few questions for God as much as on can question the Most High to any real avail. I suppose that’s between me and him/her, though I’ve always wondered why when you think bad things or say them, they can come true in an instant but you only sometimes get good things when you say them and never when you think them. My brother once said that it’s because you believe the bad stuff more. I don’t know if that’s a human predisposition or by design but i suppose it’s true. Yeah, this reality sucks but to what degree are we responsible for the things that we don’t know we should be doing and what we should not be doing. I was confronted by a mistake I made years ago and reevaluated it and realized in hindsight the points in which I could have made the right choice. I think i broke two hearts three counting my own, because at some point I lost faith in me. I choose the devil because i thought it was God talking to me, I assumed I could over come a lot. I am a fool, man is foolish to think he can do anything outside of Gods grace and not come to ruin. I’m afraid of love because I don’t think I deserve it, I’m afraid to inspire because I shouldn’t be an inspiration. I don’t feel much like a hero, i feel like a heel. I wish i had died a long time ago, before I ever lived what is now my past. I have betrayed myself and Though half of my intention was good, it wasn’t Good enough. Entropy has found me and atonement is a long road. I don’t love myself anymore, if i ever did, but by the Grace of God if I can, If i can get my soul back? If I can get back into Gods arms, I would do anything I would do anything, just for that. This is what it feels like to be outside of him/her and i don’t like it, it’s not natural. I’m realizing you don’t need to lose everything to hit rock bottom just the things that matter.

Returning to the worlds we know

So I was looking at an old piece of mine called Scrawl of Dreams and was wondering why i never finished it. So upon deciding that I would be expanding the Many Layered Heavens universe, I decided to make Scrawl apart of it, as I am now introducing something of an extra reality plot device within the Hierophants comic which is for those who don’t know the jumping point for the entire MLH Universe. Scrawl will also be mentioned in my Graphic novel Hierophants Ages and Aeons along with another realm branch of the universe called Everholm: The Dark Space Chronicles. I also have horror comic I’m working on based on Kenyan mythos and a mini series asks what would happen if a creature like Sandman, lived in a world like that in the Dark Tower Series and offset something Similar to Secret Wars. I’m collaborating with an old friend with me writing, and lettering and him doing the art. The story will be from both of us so look out for that at some point. And of course the Hierophants issue 1 is on its way.

Word of Wisdom

What most people fail to realize is that the only constant is change. That being said it is safe to accept that not everyone we meet is destined to stay in our lives forever. No matter how much anyone would like to hold on, things will eventually become toxic. That is never something one needs…We should work to value the lessons we get from things and not the things we get them from. With that we will be better able to become better versions of ourselves.

Interviews with the Duke

Here is an interview I did with Aseer the Duke of Tiers about his take on the world of Black Scifi and his upcoming book the DS418.

1)

NM: Introduce yourself to our readers

Asser: I’m known as Aseer the Duke of tiers, I’m an author, writer artist musician scholar, metaphysician and anything else I need to get the devil off the planet

2)

NM: When did you first become interested in Science Fiction?

Aseer: I don’t even think I had a choice; I grew up knowing there was another world out there. My grand ma was into the dark and monsters and such. I knew who Steven king was at 6 and part of that was based on the programming and up brining that she had but it is what it is.

3)

NM: When did you first notice the lack of diversity in the field of Scifi?

Aseer: I’ve always seen the lack of diversity. I never seen a projection of us (Original People) in a positive way either we’re some majestic looking alien or a sell out like Lando, there’s no balance in that because they want us to stay in the past. Were in an age where they look at a book or movie with a black character as a black book, or a black movie ect.

4)

NM: What is your favorite medium to create in if you have one at all.

Aseer: Instead of looking at the market and trying to create something that is comparable to it we try to create our own market. Since our people have existed forever and are the least represented in these markets we have to create our own.

5)

NM: Who or What inspires you?

Aseer: The truth as its represented visually as well as spiritually. When it comes to individual inspirations it comes from different places. Octavia butler, Dwayne Mcduffie, basically ancestors inspire me. It really depends on where your at when you find out where people get their stories from, you have to look within and notice that they come from old stories in our culture like reading about Anansi and seeing it play out in Spider-Man and knowing who we are in the story instead of who they (Caucasian people) are.

6)

NM: What are some of the challenges you faced in the industry?

Aseer: Sometimes things that have happened like meeting with Jennet Khan or Paul Levitz these people have a notion of what original people are supposed to be in comics or sci-fi but its always coming from an ethnic background.

7)

NM: Do you listen to music when you’re working on project?

Aseer: Yes I listen to music for different scenes, or when I’m writing I’ll think about things. I’ll think about it like a movie and if it was playing out what would go with it. I realize that scoring while writing helps let you know how things should to feel, it allows my melanin to expand to the point where I let the imagery get to the high point of the song. Like the book I got coming out I try to find different music that can go with it.

8)

NM: Are you working on anything currently?

Aseer: The current project we got coming out is The Dark Skull 418 the world’s most dangerous novel. It’s a comic book novel and I wrote it that way so that the imagery that we create allows you to see panels in your head. It’s about what we as original people can do to change the world, its like what if every conspiracy theory you ever heard was true and the people who didn’t believe it were thrust into this situation and as original people had to deal with it. I created a new genre for it super-scifi-fanta-reality, we also have a mixtape that will come out with it, that will feature songs from different artists that represent the perspective of the characters.

9)

NM: What books, movies and comics really do it for you?

Aseer: I always went or go for comics that have a certain degree to reality but some fantastic element to them. Some people don’t like super hero comics but I like the medium, but the superhero medium is what the superheroes are. So the watchmen, Red son, Shield, Planetary, and also things that don’t have superheroes Starman, sleeper, Hellblazer. Things that make you think and that you could almost make it a movie in your head.

10)

NM: What advice do you have for people following in your footsteps?

Asser: I would say don’t let anyone shape your vision. Anybody shape your ultimate vision when you go to these labels. Instead work to get your idea and craft as clear as possible because the more you compromise your vision to get paid the more you’ll lose the vision. As original people we need to be in control of the images of our own people’s and archetypes just because Dwayne Mcdufffie and Reginald Hudlin were doing works doesn’t mean we have that. Why can’t Luke Cage be with Misty Knight, how is it that we cant have two black people together? Why when Black Panther and Storm get together the next thing is about breaking them up. They never allow us to use our archetypes to empower us on the world stage. We always have to be lampooned. But everything about Superman is about the Moors and when I said that to Jennet Khan and told her about our characters they said it’s too eccentric. You know how many comics I see about Kemet and there are white people in it. That’s then disenfranchise us, comics are like soap operas for straight men so how come my soap opera can’t have a version of me I can relate to or when I am there I’m the alternate version like alternate Superman? That isn’t right.

11)

NM: Any other projects you have in the works

Aseer: My Queen(The Empress of 10,000 years) and I did the B.I.R.T.H record, We also do Superhero radio show Monday and Friday on blog talk radio. The website for the book will be up soon and were working on the After B.I.R.T.H so check it out.

12)

NM: Do you have any parting words you would like to leave us with?

Aseer: Do your thing, don’t let anyone tell you that your characters are whack, but don’t be a hack and see what works for someone else and do it. Do stuff to shake up comics, push the envelope but do something that’s culturally significant to you and your people. The more you do that the easier it’ll be for you to write your own ticket. You can use archetypes like Batman who is Anubis (Anpu) and Superman who is Heru, but because they’re an original man or woman its in different context.

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