Damien Ferro represents a labor of love that spans many years. I feel it's important to share his inspirations, of which there are many.
Post-apocalyptic fiction has been popular in literature for a long time. But it wasn't until recent decades that it really came into its own, due in part to cinema. During the Atomic Age writers began to fictionalize a world ravaged by all manner of destruction. On film and in print.
Damien owes his existence to a number of sources. There are many you will recognize. Two in particular stand out: The Road Warrior and Conan The Barbarian. The movie Conan the Barbarian is not post-apocalyptic fiction, of course. But it is a great source for inspiration.
Another comparison that cannot help to be made is that of Marvel's Ghost Rider. I admit it. I love the image of the Angel of Death on a cool motorcycle. Although Marvel's Ghost Rider is not Death but the Spirit of Vengeance.
So those are three sources that are very obvious. But there are more: Fist of the North Star, Heavy Metal, Dante's Inferno, Paradise Lost - to name a few.
As the story unfolds we are going to see lots of things we recognize but it is with purpose. For one, the apocalypse itself. Many of this work's inspirations elaborate on what caused the apocalypse. Here, there is a brief nod to war but really the reason for the apocalypse is just not important. This story is not about the apocalypse. This story is about a struggling world After the Apocalypse. Death has a job to do and Damien Ferro is the unfortunate soul who now has the responsibility of collecting six evil spirits that haunt this world. And if Humanity has any hope of survival it is in Damien Ferro.
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