Loren Coven, Grey Matters Web Comic Artist

Whatever is going on here is not on my end but Associated Content's.

LT: What are the influences for Grey Matters?

LC: GreyMatters is influenced by parts of my life and the lives of my close friends. Dreams also play a factor into it too. Somehow they all come
together to make the comic.

LT: The character Rene is based on how you were four years ago, is the family that surrounds her based on your real family?

LC: Sorta, this is where the dreams come in as well as some other influences.

LT: What sort of dreams influenced the comic?

LC: I have vivid dreams the influenced the comic.

LT: Is Wednesday based on someone you know and if so, why was that person chosen?

LC: This is where the other influences come into play. Wednesday is a character I have had for years who was there without any real purpose. Her
original vision was from a dream similar to Rene and everyone else in the comic.

LT: I've noticed that you frequently struggle with artist's block which is something I can sympathize with. How do you overcome this struggles?

LC: I try to change my routine a bit really. Try to find some way to focus again.

LT: One of the story lines deals with an overly aggressive person outing Wednesday at a pool. In an asterisk in the article, you have said you
have met people like this? How often and how do you deal with them? I take it your response is less sever then Rene's.

LC: Usually what happens with me is they'll do something like that and everyone will look at me, look at them, look back to me, then look back to
them like they're crazy. If they did grope me as Wednesday was then that falls under sexual assault and most people aren't too keen on that sort of
thing happening to a girl. Or if nobody notices it happen I give them incentive to never do it again, giving them a limp for a couple days is a
good deterrent.

LT: One of your filler cartoons references Project 7. Would you like to enlighten the readers on what Project 7 is or will it remains secret?

LC: The various Projects I have are all just partly done. 7 is actually taking some shape and will probably have an actual title before long.
Most likely it will become a video game in a year or so.

LT: You have a stalker storyline. This seems to be less from personal experience and more when you were experimenting with story lines for the
comic. Am I totally off on this and there was in fact a real basis for it?

LC: The stalker scene was word for word what happened when I had a stalker show up on my doorstep in the middle of the night. I do plan on bringing the
character back later on, each time I draw him he gets creepier.

LT: What led you to do a Mega-Man inspired comic?

LC: That comic was brought on by my fans bugging me. I do have a story in mind based off of the existing time line of the series and the fact that the
original series hasn't been officially ended yet. It doesn't end well that's for sure....kinda like the Transformers movie from the 80's where everyone
and everything you know gets destroyed.

LT: Rene struggles with her drinking throughout the comic. Did you suffer from a similar problem with drugs or alcohol?

LC: It is an escape for Rene. As for me I had my own escape back then that was neither drugs, alcohol, sex, or rock and roll.

LT: What other themes common to transgendered individuals will come up?

LC: I'm trying to cover as much as I can with the comic before I eventually end it. One big one will be sex.

LT: You said that you want to relaunch the comic sith new artwork, how soon will you plan to do this? Will the story lines be tightened or
changed?

LC: I might and I might not. It all matters how I feel about looking through my archives to the comic to see where I'm going with some subjects.