Pandora’s Game by Jim Shepard

"Neil Joshua Carpenter and his friend, Mark Hudson, decide to create a comic book series about a vampire, Alistaire Bachman, a werewolf, Sean Mallory and a zombie, Trey Matthews. During the creation of the series, Neil uses hypnosis to get into his character's mind and release his own creativity. But something goes terribly wrong." (from Amazon.com)

Paperback Info: ISBN: 0977453529, Rising Star Visionary Press, 2006 (originally published 2001)