In Blazing Colour

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An unfinished masterpiece
This was my best work in high school. Unfortunately, I didn't finish it. I was writing it asteaser1.jpg (13226 bytes) I went along, so I don't know how it was supposed to end.

This comic is in color. It's the only color comic I ever did. I had very limited materials so I colored every panel using a small number of markers and color pencils. I think I did a great job! I hope you enjoy it.

The plot thickens
Jack Scorpio visits an alternate universe where an evil magician threatens to conquer the world with an army of evil demons. Obviously, you can tell I was playing a lot of Dungeons and Dragons at the time I wrote this story.

Each page represents an episode that could stand on its own. The pages (or episodes) are listed below. You can view the comic in the full-page version (150 Kbytes per page) or the panel version (50 Kbytes per panel).

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page 1 panels: 1, 2, 3
The Princedom of Ithmil is under siege. A young boy is crowned as the new Prince just as Jack Scorpio crashes through the castle ceiling.
page 2 panels: 4, 5, 6
General Tyro, leader of the invaders, discusses the siege with his trusty pals, "Colonel" and Fee Fee.
page 3 panels: 7, 8, 9
Back at the castle, Jack tries to explain his sudden appearance to the Prince. Drogo the Archmage convinces the Prince that Jack is a demon who must be killed.
page 4 panels: 10, 11, 12
The castle guards try to grab Jack, who puts up a fight. Drogo uses his magic powers to conjure up a fireball to fry Jack and Proto the Armswise Mage, who believes Jack.
page 5 panels: 13, 14, 15
At the castle wall, the invaders attack. the wall is breached and General Tyro rushes into the castle with his army.
page 6 panels: 16, 17, 18
Meanwhile, Drogo realizes his fireball has been countered by a "thermic sphere" spell cast by Proto. However Proto and Jack will be trapped in the sphere for hours.
page 7 panels: 19, 20, 21
General Tyro enters the castle. Drogo flees with the prince to the dungeons where the Ithmil Stone, the ward that keeps demons away from this world, is kept.
page 8 panels: 22, 23, 24
Drogo convinces the young, frightened prince to turn the stone so that demons can come and help defend the castle. Then Drogo murders the prince.
page 9 panels: 25, 26, 27
In Hell, the demons find out the Ithmil Stone is turned and make their plans to invade the world of the living.
page 10 panels: 28, 29, 30
Back in the castle, Jack and Proto are still locked in the "thermic sphere". jack uses this lull in the action to explain how he came to this strange world.
page 11 panels: 31, 32, 33
The "thermic sphere" spell wears off. Jack and Proto are free. They try to get down into the dungeons to pursue Drogo but at that moment, the invaders burst into the room.
page 12 panels: 34, 35, 36
Jack and Proto are overpowered. They try to warn General Tyro about the demons. The General realizes the danger too late as Drogo and his demons appear.
page 13 panels: 37, 38, 39
Drogo orders the demons to kill everyone. Fee Fee fights back and gets zapped. Before they flee, General Tyro grabs Fee Fee's helmet.
page 14 panels: 40, 41, 42
General Tryo, the Colonel, Proto and Jack escape into the courtyard where they encounter Tyro's treacherous second-in-command, who tries to take over.
page 15 panels: 43, 44, 45
The demons attack, scattering the army. Our heroes escape into a secret cave along with one of the invaders' prisoners: a mysterious woman named Clotild.
page 16 panels: 46, 47, 48
Back in the courtyard, the demons announce their intention to kill Drogo and continue the conquest of the world without him. Drogo has ways to deal with this...
page 17 panels: 49, 50, 51
In the secret cave, Fee Fee's helmet turns out to be be more than it seems. Fee Fee's story is told by Tyro while Proto looks for the secret exit from the cave.
page 18 panels: 52, 53, 54
A secret passage back into the castle is found. Clotild appears to be killed by a magic trap. A trap that did not affect Jack.
page 19 panels: 55, 56, 57
Everyone was knocked out by the magic trap except Jack. Some demons come to collect the unconsious heroes. Jack forms a plan to save his new friends.
page 20 panels: 58, 59, 60
Jack kills the chief demon but cannot stop the others from taking his friends. Jack decides he must be immune to magic and puts his theory to the test.
page 21 panels: 61, 62, 63
Jack finds the Ithmil Stone and the murdered prince. He finds a sword and swears revenge against Drogo.
page 22

panels: 64, 65, 66

An unfinished page. The demons used magical powder to absorb Jack's friends into a prison dimension. They discuss the fates of Fee Fee and Clotild.
page 23

panels: 67, 68, 69

Drogo summons our heroes out of the prison dimension and realizes Jack is not there. Jack zeroes in on Drogo. This is the last page, unfortunately.
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