Talk:The Clown/@comment-72.207.17.71-20140903205349

Looking back at my previous self-derision, I will say the one episode of THE CLOWN I will stand  by was the one-off SPECIAL  that had an interlude between books 1 and 2 where it's just  THE CLOWN on his own, contemplating suicide. Eventually he attempts, survives and is reborn. I thought it was pretty good writing if I say so myself. At a French comics convention a fan came up to me with the French edition of the book (anyone got one they want to sell?), and  we sat down for a chat. He confessed to me that when he had read that one-off he had been 16 and contemplating suicide himself. He then told me that reading someone else thinking the same thoughts as he, made him think again and deflect his intentions. I had never had the expereince of having someone tell me that reading the words I had written had caused him to alter his course of life. I was both moved and humbled. I think that's why I still write.