The Iron Empires has been a life-long project of mine, launched in the early 1980's with a densely annotated sketchbook.  It has since given birth to two painted graphic novels: Faith Conquers (1994, Dark Horse Comics) and Sheva's War (1998, Helix/DC Comics), as well as a short black and white story:  The Passage (Chapter 1: 1994 Dark Horse Comics and Chapter 2: 1997 Caliber Press).   From the beginning, the universe was as much the star of the Iron Empires stories as the characters.  A place for me explore my love of history, my interest in  the movement of humanity in its masses, my horror of and fascination with war. Over the years, I've amassed a huge amount of material relating to the Iron Empires.  I'll try to organize some of it here: