Graham

Graham Sullivan has a killer smile.

But when he's on a job, that wicked grin never travels up to his pale green eyes; his countenance and carriage inspires fear and dread. It's all business with him. His booted foot keeps his bound victim down as he screws a silencer onto his H&K P301. The buzzcut, the heavily stubbled face, the broken nose and the grim set of the mouth are the last things a man will see before he meets his Maker.

Graham's childhood was not an easy one; born in Sheffield to an alcoholic father and a distant mother, he found belonging among the hardscrabble youths on the street. His place amongst the skinhead gangs grew as he did - from distraction, to lookout ... to burglar and robber and finally to wheelman and enforcer.

Nothing makes his blood sing more than a difficult caper pulled off, except for learning new techniques in his martial arts repertoire. His expertise includes Wing Chun, kung fu, karate, and kickboxing. This Briton is also a well-accomplished knife-fighter.

Sullivan's nose had been broken during a fight over an automobile. Several weeks later, the man who injured him was found dead with his neck snapped between the first and second cervical vertebrae - a feat not only devilishly difficult to accomplish, but one that required an inhuman amount of dexterity and strength.

The law eventually caught up with this killing machine and offered him two alternatives - prison or military service. It was in the SAS that he met Jason Blackburn and the two formed an intimate liaison while on duty together in the first Gulf War.

Their relationship deepened to a new level when Jason risked his own life by pulling a badly-injured Graham to safety after an ambush. It was Jason who stayed long nights in hospital with him; it was Jason who paid for the long and painful rehabilitation of his lover when the government refused.
When the younger Blackburn went rogue, Sullivan provided the initial entree for the assassin into the criminal world; Graham has remained his steadfast companion and trusted accomplice on many of the jobs that "The Joker" executes.

Graham also possesses a near-mystical connection with vehicles. He has the ability to coax out amazing feats and escapes with anything that has a motor ... an excellent ability for making fast getaways or avoiding the authorities.

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I wanted to show off my latest mask from CFX. Based on the "Mac", I asked for this one to look as much as Jason Statham as possible.

I wanted a true "badass" and I think Mr. Statham epitomizes that description. From the head and facial hair to the broken nose, the guys did an amazing job. As with the other CFX masks I have, this is extremely comfortable to wear and has an incredible fit. I haven't yet figured out HOW Graham will be involved in the stories to come, but I will!
I have been told that I have an encyclopedic memory - the little incident about breaking the neck was from the novel, "The Killing Gift" by Bari Wood - published in 1977! In that work, the protagonist, Jennifer Gilbert, was a psychic (a telekinetic) who murdered a burglar by ripping his first and second vertebrae apart.