PAGE ONE – 5 PANELS.
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A large campfire burns bright against the
starless night sky. Rough tents made of animal furs are dotted around the
campfire. A lone warrior, clad in
a mixture of furs and old armour sits awake as the camp sentry, his rusted
battleaxe in hand.
The eyes of a watching pack
of ‘VAMPIRE’ BANDITS speckle the
dark horizon with a menacing glow.
NO COPY.
2.
The camps tents are all a blaze. The lone
warrior lies dead on the ground, as do a dozen of the other camp travellers,
some women and child. The BANDITS, all of whom wear black furs and patchworks
of bronze chainmail, crawl amongst the corpses. The bandit leader NANG sits on
his haunches over the fallen warrior. His mouth wide open and covered in blood,
all his teeth have been sharpened to points.
CAPTION CONAN: Only cowards
need to wrap themselves in a shroud of a monster, to make use of the fear of
myth to give power where there is none.
3.
Small panel, tight on the warriors neck,
a huge chunk of flesh as been bitten from it.
NO COPY.
4.
The sun beats down on the aftermath of
the night-time attack. Dry blood stains the earth all around the corpses.
CONAN knees next to a
corpse, examining the neck area. He wears leather armour and has his long sword
strapped to his back and a small dagger on each hip. His large white horse
stands waiting for him.
CONAN: Drinking the blood
of your enemies’ is to give your enemy strength, even in death.
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CONAN: And no true warrior
would find an enemy in one’s so innocent.
5.
Conan holds the severed head of Nang by
the hair in one hand as he walks from the entrance of a dark cave. Splashes of
blood are dotted over his furs and armour, a calm look covers his stone face.
CAPTION CONAN: To be bold
in the eyes of Crom is to spill the blood of your unworthy foe and have your blade
be the summons to hell for such false men.
I like the pacing, and the events that were actually depicted in the panels. However, some of the captions felt like run on sentences in this instance.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Dan on the captions - they need a little tightening up. Maybe try breaking them into shorter sentences.
ReplyDeleteLove the page though - the non vamp vamps are cool. Good work Shaun.