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Two sequences from a graphic novel I am creating.© 2009 Nicaterpillar
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Nicholas Ahrens-Townsend408 Bower BoulevardWinnipeg, ManitobaCanada R3P 0L5(204) [email protected]
SEQUENCE 1DRAWN, INKED AND TYPESET
BY NICHOLAS AHRENS-TOWNSEND(Read top to bottom, left to right, two pages per sheet)
IT MATTERS NOT WHAT A THING IS,BUT WHAT IT HAS THE CAPACITY TO BECOME.
A DOT IS BUT A SEED.A VESSEL FOR THE CREATIVITY OF LIFE.
SUCH A SEED IS THEFOUNDATION FOR THE UNIVERSE.
IT IS ENERGY, WANTING TO BE SETINTO MOTION.
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WHAT IS “THIS PLACE”?
HOW DOES THIS PLACE COME TO BE?
PERHAPS IT IS BEST TO BEGIN
WHERE ANY IDEA BEGINS.
THE UNIVERSE WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH, WITH ALL OF ITS MANITFESTIONS, COMEs FROM THE ONE ORIGIN.
THE ORIGIN OF ABUNDANCE FOUND IN THE SEED.
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WHAT SHALL WE MAKE TODAY?
THIS LOOKS NICE...
A LITTLE DARK IN HERE, ISN’T IT?
THIRSTY.WEE
E!!!
SNAP!
WAH...
MMM...
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SURVIVAL BUILDS UPON SURVIVAL...
AND IT IS NOT A GAME ONE CAN PLAY ALONE.
IT BEGINS WITH THE SMALLEST FORMS...
AND THE REST FOLLOW SUIT.
NATURE BUILDSUPON NATURE...
BUT THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO WISH TO DOMINATE THE OTHERS
ARE EVER RESTLESS...
THE OPPOSITE OF LIFE, THE OPPOSITE OF ABUNDANCE, THEY CONSUME ALL FROM
THE TOP DOWN.
IT IS ONLY THE ESSENCE OF UTMOST PURITY, OF UTMOST LIFE, OF UTMOST
CONSCIOUSNESS...
THAT CAN OVERCOME.
AND RUMOR OF A PROPHECY, OF ONE WHO WILL COME FROM BEYOND THE
LIMITATIONS OF HUMAN WEAKNESS, IS SAID TO EXIST...
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...AND HIS PRESENCE IN FORETOLD AT THE SIGN OF THE STAR.
THE NIGHT IS QUIET ON ALONE ROOFTOP IN THE DESERT.
AH...
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BUT THE CASE IS NOT SOIN A NEARBY VILLAGE...
HELP!SOMEBODY,
HELP!!!
MARI! IT’S JOE FROM NEXT DOOR! WHAT IS IT?
DOOMF!!
AAAH!
I DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE PREGNANT!
I WASN’T...IT JUST.... I -
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YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING, MARI!
I’M...
AAAAAAA!!!!!!
DYING!!!
NO YOU’RE NOT, IT’S JUST LABOR PAINS.
JOE... JOE!!
BADOOMP.
BADOOMP.
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JOE,WHY ISN’T IT MOVING?!
MARI, I...
I’M SORRY.
NO!!
WHAT IS THE MEANING?!
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NO...
Nicholas Ahrens-Townsend408 Bower BoulevardWinnipeg, ManitobaCanada R3P 0L5(204) [email protected]
SEQUENCE 2DRAWN, INKED AND TYPESET
BY NICHOLAS AHRENS-TOWNSEND(Read top to bottom, left to right, two pages per sheet)
LOOK OUT!!
HUHH!
IS THIS A... BAD DREAM?
AHEAD!!
FTIOU!
FTIOU!FTIOU!
FWOOO
FTIOU!
1 2
FTIOU!
SHP!
MOVE OUTSIDE!
WELL WELL!MY ESTIMATIONS WERE CORRECT! I KNEW TUKI RADIMUS WOULD BE ON THE SCENE AT THE SIGHT OF
THE “FABLED STAR”! THIS PROVES YOUR HERESY AS I SUSPECTED,
RADIMUS!
HYAAA!!!
BSSHH!!
HUH?
HUH?
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HGH!!!
FWIP
OUCH!
CRRR...
TASTE... MY...
2x4!!!
I’M WITH YOU,MASTER!!
THWACK!!
DOOF!!
TRAITORS!
THE EMPIRE WILL NOT FOR-GIVE THIS! WHEN I NEXT
SEE YOU, YOU WILL NOT BE STANDING ON YOUR TWO FEET AS YOU ARE NOW...
FWIP FWIP
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YOU WILL HANG FROM
THEM.
HYAH!
THAT GUY ALWAYS WAS A REAL HORSE’S
BUTT..
THE CHILD!
NO...NO...
MY SON...MY DEAR SON...
MURDERED!!
JOE..
IF I MAY,IT WILL NOT BE LONG BEFORE THEY RETURN.
LET’S GET THE BOY UNDERGROUND.
LOPI!!
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I DOUBTTHEY WILL WANT TO HANG AROUND US MUCH ANYMORE.
AYE.
I THINK WE HAD BETTER SPLIT UP.
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Nicholas Ahrens-Townsend408 Bower BoulevardWinnipeg, ManitobaCanada R3P 0L5(204) [email protected]
STAND-ALONE SAMPLESDRAWN AND INKED
BY NICHOLAS AHRENS-TOWNSEND