The Rage Website began its life in November 2008 as an online self-publishing comic book project. My main goal being to find a penciler, I put online the first part of the of the script of Rage, Bane of Demons, with scenes descriptions and dialogs, and a description of some characters of the story. Any artist willing to participate in the project was invited to send me his interpretation of these first few pages of script and of the characters, and every artist who would send me sketches and tryouts would have his work published in the galleries of the site. After a beta-test period, the site went public in December… and to my surprise, a lot of pencilers were more than happy to send me sketches for the galleries!

To this day, french artists seem the most enthusiastics and international artists, though less in numbers, seem the most talented. I have been pleasantly surprised to (re)discover the Art of Marcel Morote, Stéphane Degardin, Shannon Sapenter and Okii Shirow, to name just a few. MiRagE and Chriss’ willingness to help actually helped me keep the site alive for a long time. Without MiRagE, who sent me one of my first colored Rage drawing, Rage would not have had a face for a lot longer! So thanks to everyone who have been kind enough to participate in the project. You have all been great and I won’t forget any of you!

A year afterward, Rage finally found his penciller. His name is Thony Silas, and he is so good I just had to update the whole Rage Website with his first sketches of the Rage characters! Rage Website then became Rage Website 2.0, the Official Website of the Making of Rage, Bane of Demons, with a new design, new galleries, and the first pages of the Graphic Novel. At the time I am writing these lines, it has been nearly three years since the creation of this site, and the first Rage, Bane of Demons digital graphic novel is at last finished. The site has been redesigned again, with the addition of a Preview section, the different Rage Apps for iPhone and iPad are on sale in Apple's App Store, and there's more to come!

And keeping in the spirit of the old Rage Website, you can still send sketches or your interpretation of the characters and panels for publication in the galleries. Every illustrator who sends me sketches will have a space in the galleries. And who knows, if Rage, Bane of Demons is successful, I might have need of other pencilers…

Stay tuned, the best is yet to come!

Eric Peyron