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The article reveals great detail about Morse's plans for the comic and for himself.  Eventually we also learn that Morse is working in film and is contemplating a Soulwind adaptation.  Morse has worked in animation before as the art director on Hanna Barbera's Cow and Chicken.  He also hopes to direct a screenplay that he's written.  As for Soulwind, the creator envisions a series of animated features.  Morse feels that a cable network would be the best forum for such a series.  Cable TV could allow him more freedom to express the comic's non-linear storytelling as well as the sometimes violent content.

However, Morse also recognizes that with movie adaptations comes a certain dilution of ideas.  Working in self-published comics gives him the absolute creative control he prefers.  "Visually and story-wise, I can do exactly what I want to do," he told Cook. "I can take opinions from whomever I want to take them from, and disregard whatever opinions aren't pertinent. Everybody's pretty hands-off with it. If it wasn't that way, I could do it myself, but a lot of [comic book] companies are opening up to creator-controlled projects, because they know that if you have a creator with a vision, you're going to get out a better product than a team of people."

Conversely, making a film is a team effort.  Morse told Cook that when making movies "you can't ever get complete and utter control of anything. There's always going to be someone putting in their two cents that's going to affect you one way or the other. It's just a matter of finding the right people and pitching the project right and getting your vision across to the people that are going to help you. That's what would make a good storyteller in general: communicating the ideas you have so that everybody can see the little movie playing in your head."

Thanks to Michael Rhode of the Comics Research Bibliography.

Morse does have plenty of projects in the works outside of comics.  He's currently in the final stages of signing a deal with Cartoon Network.  The deal has Morse producing a pilot for a series called Ferret and Parrot.   Morse told us the show is "about a ferret and parrot who believe whatever's written in the newspapers that line their cages, whether it's a tabloid, last week's news, or the electric bill."  He went on to say, "The pilot should go into production in June, with an air date to be announced, but most likely by year's end. There will be a comic to accompany the show, but it hasn't been determined who will publish as of yet."

In addition Morse is making what he calls a "foolhardy venture into independent live-action film."  However, his indy film projects are still in the early stages and its too early to discuss them.  Morse promises to keep us posted as the projects develop.

Peterson makes some comments in addition to the press release. He drops the following names as actors being "considered" for the movie: Christopher Walken (True Romance), Dennis Hopper (Speed), Everett McGill (Twin Peaks), Doug Bradley (Hellraiser) and Tony Todd (Candyman). The following actress are said to be "looking to play" Sonja Blue: Angelique Jolie (Hackers), Drew Barrymore (Scream), Mia Krischner (The Crow: City of Angles), Asia Argento (Trauma) and Reese Witherspoon (Freeway).