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BIO

Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Arvin Loudermilk hand wrote his first novel—a high school superhero fantasy based embarrassingly, and almost entirely, on himself—at the age of seventeen. As a young man he had moderate illustration skills, leading friends and family to believe he was good at drawing, when unfortunately, he was barely decent, at best. Despite this, his desire to create comic books was strong, yet without an able illustration hand, his potential was limited.

 

In May of 1989, Arvin met Mike Iverson, an illustrator and designer looking for part-time

work in a new and still unknown town. By the end of their first hour of conversation, Mike and Arvin had joined forces on New Guard, a Soviet era superhero comic. Sadly, the late lamented New Guard never found a publisher, despite numerous submission efforts. A second comic book concept, Vigil,

a crime fiction epic featuring a gun-wielding vampire vigilante, had better success, finding publication with Innovation in 1992. Twenty-one more issues of Vigil followed, from two more

publishers, ending its run at over a thousand pages.

 

A myriad of follow-up projects were juggled and considered, but Collective, a science fiction soap

opera, won the day. Collective’s first storyline saw four print issues, before Arvin and Mike, desperate

to see this specific work in color, shifted to the new and unstable ground of web publishing. The series' initial run was completed online, totally in at more than three hundred and fifty pages. Additional Collective stories were on the drawing table, but tragedy and the real world intervened.

 

In the years that followed, Arvin became more and more convinced that Collective and Vigil

would be natural fits in the world of prose. The development process to shift to this new creative platform was long and frustrating, but the end result, an assortment of novels and novellas,

began its long-term publishing schedule with the 2012 release of In a Flash.

Portrait of author Arvin Loudermilk

PUBLISHING HISTORY

The VIGIL: FALL FROM GRACE 1 comic cover The VIGIL: FALL FROM GRACE 2 comic cover The VIGIL: THE GOLDEN PARTS comic cover

Vigil: Fall from Grace 1

Comic Book

Innovation Publications

March 1992

Vigil: Fall from Grace 2

Comic Book

Innovation Publications

April 1992

Vigil: The Golden Parts

Comic Book

Innovation Publications

September 1992

The VIGIL: KUKULKAN comic cover The VIGIL: VAMPORUM ANIMATURI comic cover THe VIGIL 1: FALL FROM GRACE comic cover

Vigil: Kukulkán

Comic Book

Innovation Publications

July 1993

Vigil: Vamporum Animaturi

Comic Book

Millennium Publications

May 1994

Vigil 1: Fall From Grace

Comic Collection

Millennium Publications

August 1994

The VIGIL 2: THE MEXICO TRILOGY comic cover The VIGIL: REBIRTH 1 comic cover The VIGIL: REBIRTH 2 comic cover

Vigil 2: The Mexico Trilogy

Comic Collection

Millennium Publications

October 1994

Vigil: Rebirth 1

Comic Book

Millennium Publications

November 1994

Vigil: Rebirth 2

Comic Book

Millennium Publications

December 1994

The AFTER DARK comic cover The VIGIL: DESERT FOXES 1 comic cover The VIGIL: DESERT FOXES 2 comic cover

After Dark

Comic Anthology

Millennium Publications

March 1995

Vigil: Desert Foxes 1

Comic Book

Millennium Publications

July 1995

Vigil: Desert Foxes 2

Comic Book

Millennium Publications

August 1995

The VIGIL: ROAD TRIPS comic cover The VIGIL: ERUPTION 1 comic cover The VIGIL: ERUPTION 2 comic cover

Vigil: Road Trips

Comic Anthology

Millennium Publications

May 1996

Vigil: Eruption 1

Comic Book

Millennium Publications

August 1996

Vigil: Eruption 2

Comic Book

Millennium Publications

October 1996

The VIGIL: SCATTERSHOTS 1 comic cover The VIGIL: SCATTERSHOTS 2 comic cover The VIGIL: BLOODLINE 1 comic cover

Vigil: Scattershots 1

Comic Book

Duality Press

July 1997

Vigil: Scattershots 2

Comic Book

Duality Press

August 1997

Vigil: Bloodline 1

Comic Book

Duality Press

November 1997

The VIGIL: BLOODLINE 2 comic cover The VIGIL: BLOODLINE 3 comic cover The VIGIL: BLOODLINE 4 comic cover

Vigil: Bloodline 2

Comic Book

Duality Press

February 1998

Vigil: Bloodline 3

Comic Book

Duality Press

May 1998

Vigil: Bloodline 4

Comic Book

Duality Press

August 1998

The VIGIL ONE comic cover The VIGIL: BLOODLINE 5 comic cover The VIGIL: BLOODLINE 6 comic cover

Vigil One

Comic Collection

Duality Press

August 1998

Vigil: Bloodline 5

Comic Book

Duality Press

November 1998

Vigil: Bloodline 6

Comic Book

Duality Press

February 1999

The VIGIL: BLOODLINE 7 comic cover The VIGIL: BLOODLINE 8 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 0 comic cover

Vigil: Bloodline 7

Comic Book

Duality Press

May 1999

Vigil: Bloodline 8

Comic Book

Duality Press

July 1999

Collective 0

Comic Book

Duality Press

July 1999

The COLLECTIVE 1 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 2 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 3 comic cover

Collective 1

Comic Book

Duality Press

November 1999

Collective 2

Comic Book

Duality Press

February 2000

Collective 3

Comic Book

Duality Press

May 2000

The COLLECTIVE 4 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 5 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 6 comic cover

Collective 4

Comic Book

Duality Press

October 2000

Collective 5

Comic Book

Duality Press

November 2000

Collective 6

Comic Book

Duality Press

December 2000

The COLLECTIVE 7 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 8 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 9 comic cover

Collective 7

Comic Book

Duality Press

 January 2001

Collective 8

Comic Book

Duality Press

February 2001

Collective 9

Comic Book

Duality Press

March 2001

The COLLECTIVE 10 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 11 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 12 comic cover

Collective 10

Comic Book

Duality Press

April 2001

Collective 11

Comic Book

Duality Press

 May 2001

Collective 12

Comic Book

Duality Press

July 2001

The COLLECTIVE 13 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 14 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 15 comic cover

Collective 13

Comic Book

Duality Press

August 2001

Collective 14

Comic Book

Duality Press

September 2001

Collective 15

Comic Book

Duality Press

October 2001

The COLLECTIVE 16 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 17 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 18 comic cover

Collective 16

Comic Book

Duality Press

November 2001

Collective 17

Comic Book

Duality Press

December 2001

Collective 18

Comic Book

Duality Press

January 2002

The COLLECTIVE 19 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 20 comic cover The COLLECTIVE 21 comic cover

Collective 19

Comic Book

Duality Press

February 2002

Collective 20

Comic Book

Duality Press

April 2002

Collective 21

Comic Book

Duality Press

May 2002

The COLLECTIVE: VANISHED comic cover The IN A FLASH book cover The A COLLECTIVE COMPANION book cover

Collective: Vanished

Comic Collection

Duality Press

June 2002

In a Flash

Novel

The Concentrium

February 2012

A Collective Companion

Sourcebook

The Concentrium

February 2012

The A NEW WORLD book cover THE BLOOD DETAIL book cover The ONE OF THEM book cover

A New World

Novel

The Concentrium

February 2013

The Blood Detail

Novella

The Concentrium

October 2013

One of Them

Novella

The Concentrium

October 2013

THE UNDERGROUND book cover The GLITTERATI book cover The A THRILL TO KILL book cover

The Underground

Novella

The Concentrium

April 2014

Glitterati

Novella

The Concentrium

October 2014

A Thrill to Kill

Novella

The Concentrium

March 2015

The BORN FOR IT book cover THE DAWN PRINCIPLE book cover The SONG OF THE DAMNED book cover

Born for It

Novella

The Concentrium

June 2015

The Dawn Principle

Novella

The Concentrium

September 2015

Song of the Damned

Novella

The Concentrium

November 2015

The IN A FLASH book cover The A NEW WORLD book cover The VIGIL book cover

In a Flash

Updated Novel

The Concentrium

February 2016

A New World

Updated Novel

The Concentrium

February 2016

Vigil

Novella Collection

The Concentrium

February 2016

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