The Black Sun is a graphic novel I've been working on for several years. I've finally finished enough of it to publish as a perfect bound book. Like most of  Elvis Presley's movies, the book revolves around music, mostly old blues and country songs, gospel, traditionals, and the like, but the main character, Leroy Morte, doesn't sing. "Who is that fast-talking Hillbilly sonofabitch that nobody can understand? One days he's singin' to a dog, then to a car, then to a cow. they are all the same damn movie with that Southernah just singin' to sumthin' different." -- E.P. But E. wanted to do "real" movies', without all of the kitschy singin' to animals and cars, where he got to play a character that was more than just him in a cheesy costume, set at the racetrack, or Hawaii or a german discotheque. The Black Sun is many different things. It's a film noir inspired serial killer story. It's a story based on ancient myths of the Hero Twins, culture generators from myths in stories from around the world. It's a story using the modern myths of the American South, embodied in the traditional music and folklore of this legendary area. Leroy Morte isn't Elvis, although some of his personality, looks, and interests are drawn from the MYTH that is Elvis. He likes guns. He likes fast cars. He likes fast women. He has a southern' drawl, and a penchant for the dramatic. And he's hunting for his long lost twin brother. The Black Sun explores what it could've been like to see E. as a dangerously unstable man, as a "cold-blooded killer". There's no band. There's no breaking into song. There's no goofy side-kick, or cute kids, or dogs. There's a lonely man, desperately seeking answers to his past.
	"I was proud of the job we did if not of some of the material, but I don't think Elvis ever reached his peak as an actor. I always wanted to direct him as a cold-blooded killer." ----Norman Taurog, director of 9 Elvis Presley movies. Click the right turn signal to learn more about The Black Sun Graphic Novel.