FIFTEEN MINUTE BREAKApril 3, 2003

I wanted to clarify some of the characters in the Deposit Man and some ideas behind them.

To start things off- my lead character, the Deposit Man isn't really referred to as the Deposit Man at all. He is often called Prototype by the other main character of God throughout the series. The Deposit Man is supposed to be this conduit or mediator that transmits information or images of Earthly pop culture to the souls now occupying Heaven, but through a mishap in the filing of paperwork, his duties now comprise of weeding out the bad eggs wreaking havoc across the nether world. The Deposit Man often uses his abilities for his own selfish purposes instead of facilitating God's wrath. So therefore, he is a open book to others regarding what is on his mind and in vice versa causes others' private thoughts to be viewed publicly when coming in contact with them. The reason why I do call him the Deposit Man is because he is serving two separate wills, one belonging to God, and the other to his unseen nemesis, the Closet Freak, who for some inexplicable reason requires a momento from every soul that the Deposit Man eradicates . That is why a deposit box materializes out of nowhere at the end of each story either symbolically or physically so the Deposit Man can deposit this certain item. I came up with the idea of the snowy static skin to easily transmit televised images, but I credit ex-Munsters(tv comics) artist Ben Fogletto for coming up with the gumshoe wardrobe, but my current artist Larry Nadolsky made more 'definitive' improvements on the look.

My secondary characters are God (who metamorphes into a different creature every issue such as a crableg in one issue and a elephant trunk in the next. The theory behind this is to be fair to all creatures who share this mortal coil with us. Who's to say that insects or fish don't have their own deity to worship ? And not to mention whether there really is any concrete proof that God has human characteristics? The upcoming mini-series The Deposit Man and the Last Great Gate of Mortality has God taking on other various mysterious forms all in a blink of an eye.

Then there is Marty short for Martinez is another of the Deposit Man's physical nemesis. Marty at one time was the test subject to be what the Deposit Man is today ( as shown by his interchanging body tattoos) but somewhere along the line God felt him unworthy of the honor.

Esquire Row which is named combination of two popular men's magazines Esquire and Harper and Row, serves as the go-between in passing assignments onto the Deposit Man from God's desk. But, in his spare time, he is involved with radical political activities and has a bigoted agenda toward those of his own race and towards gays in particular ( as demonstrated in my Deposit Man Survival Guide to the Afterlife one shot released in late '01 Towards the end of my initial ten issue run, we will be learning some nasty awful things as to how Esquire was rewarded with this position.

And then there's the Closet Freak, Spice Cakes, and Betty Fusco - all I should get to tomorrow- because I'm way over my
fifteen minute break

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Cary Coatney