Some time ago I’d walked into a comic shop, the now defunct Bad Apple Comics in Leesburg, FL, and apparently “foolishly” asked what was good to jump into. The answer I got was baffling, because it pretty much solidified the reason why I refer to them as “the now defunct.” The clerk told me, in essence, that to read anything now would be hard to do as there were series upon series upon series of books to read first. Luckily, some years later, I’d walk into Heroes Landing and hear a far wiser voice regarding the current state of what to read. Regardless of that, upon hearing about the myriad of stories I’d need to be knowledgeable about to know whats going on at all I took it upon myself to sit down and flesh out a world where I could create stories that would be approachable from day one. What came to life from that would be the epic and harrowing tale of a nameless ronin who’d live his life cast out of his family and the order which he swore devotion to. He traveled the land with nothing but his sword and his guitar.
At the time of planning the books, this was the first and only incarnation of the hero from the, then, artist Kevin Woody
My Life as a Geek 