
I couldn't sleep because I would always be out in that water, as the waves got bigger and bigger around me."īrubaker then discussed how Pulp tied into this harrowing experience: " Pulp was the first story I wrote after that day, and there's a clear strand of the story that comes from that day in the sea, where I can see myself trying to process the fear I felt." It was a harrowing day, and for a long time afterwards, every time I closed my eyes I was still in that water, waving for help, struggling to get out. "I got to a point where I was pretty sure I would never make it out of the water, and my wife was on the beach watching, on the phone with 911.

"I was very lucky that a brave young man leapt into the riptide to save me and we managed to get back to shore with a lot of effort," he continued. RELATED: Friday: Brubaker & Martin on Blending Occult, Noir for New Webcomic
