IT ALL STARTED WITH A BED TIME STORY…
What’s up Squad!
Welcome to the first D.A.N.G.E.R!!! SQUAD blog post!
If you made it this far, I figure you must want to know more about what this whole thing is about. And honestly, sometimes I’m am blown away on far this whole idea has come.
My name is Eric DaSilva and before the world of pandemics and unfun conspiracy theories, I was just a stand up comedian, comic book nerd and a dad of two kids. And when I wasn’t on the road, I used to read bed time stories to my kids before they went to bed. Well eventually we got to the point where they got bored of all their books. The problem was non of the other books I tried introducing to them really hit.
Lemony Snicket was fun but gone too fast. Harry Potter was a surprising a hard pass for them. They liked Percy Jackson but it wasn’t that interesting. Then came The Last Kids On Earth. They liked that book a lot because apparently it was the closest thing they could get to the TV series like Gravity Falls and Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated, which they loved. They also loved the Goonies and O.G. Indiana Jones trilogy.
So one night, when I was trying to figure out what to read them, my kids said- “Dad, you write jokes and read comics, just make up a story.”
And so, at that moment, I thought about all the things I knew they liked. Spooky creatures, magic and mysteries and funny character moments. They liked the discovery of things, the adventure of escapes, near misses and fighting to protect your friends or for those who couldn’t fight for themselves. But they also liked when it was better to use your brain to out wit the bad guy.
Then I just telling this story, about a chubby 12 year old bio, moving to a small town, making some new friends and slowly learning about the creepy things that randomly happen in the night.
The next night they asked for me to tell the story again. And the night after that. And the night after that. Then they asked for a new story, but with the same characters!
Then a new story. And another story after that. Then they would tell me why something couldn’t happen because it already happened in a previous adventure. And thus cannon was formed and I needed to start making notes.
And then when my kids started having their friends over for sleepovers, specifically so I can tell their friends these stories, I knew I might have stumbled on to something.
And here we are.
So thank you for making it here! I really appreciate that you’re coming along for the ride. And I hope you’re all up for making some D.A.N.G.E.R!!!
Welcome to the squad!
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