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''The Waiting Place'' is a comic book series created by Sean Kelley McKeever in 1997. Recommended by the author for young adults aged 14+,〔(Sean McKeever Official Site )〕 the series is a teen drama which centres on the lives of a group of teenagers (and one twenty-something) living in the remote American town of Northern Plains. The theme of the series is that characters who live in such towns exist in a 'holding pattern', spending their time waiting for something to happen. McKeever has described the themes of some of his comics, including ''The Waiting Place'', as being "Alienation; coming of age; a burning desire to get on with life."〔(Newsarama interview with Sean McKeever, 23 February, 2003 )〕 ''The Waiting Place'' established McKeever as a writer of high-school stories, and paved the way for his later work for Marvel Comics on titles like ''Sentinel'' and ''Mary Jane''. Northern Plains, where ''The Waiting Place'' is set, is based on Eagle River, Wisconsin, where Sean attended High School. ==Publication history== ''The Waiting Place'' started life as a self-published comic. McKeever realised that his best chance of breaking into the comics industry was to have a complete comic to show publishers, rather than his writing on its own. He found Brendon and Brian Fraim, and together they produced three issues of ''The Waiting Place''. At a convention they submitted a copy of the self-published comic to Slave Labor Graphics, who liked it and took it on, republishing those early issues themselves too. Marvel editor, Tom Brevoort, was a fan of ''The Waiting Place'' and gave McKeever his first Marvel assignments on the strength of it.〔(Comixtreme interview with Sean McKeever, 2 May, 2006 )〕 In 2005, Venture Management optioned ''The Waiting Place'', believing it to have the potential to become a TV series.〔(Variety.com news article, 7 March, 2005 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Waiting Place」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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