T-LOG 09 - The Legend Returns

From the ashes…

Gareus has returned, and what a return it is. We have essentially bypassed any form of objectivity and have now just embraced Gareus’ own self image. A little callback to the very first page and the cover to this ghastly exercise we know as The Legend of Gareus.

In fact this most recent page (how Gareus remembers events) is based on an ooooolllld Image comics cover from the 90s. You know when comics were hyped up on steroids and every man looked like a jacked up bodybuilder and every woman a barbie doll in latex. What a ridiculous era of comics.

Regardless, 14 year old me bloody loved 90s comics, Image in particular. The 90s saw me copying out whole issues of WILDCATS by Jim Lee and Travis Charest in little notebooks and learning and loving every minute of it. I still look back at my tattered old collection at times and get a hint of that thrill I got as a teenager.

In that pile of dilapidated pulp however, a certain WILDCATS cover by Jim Lee exists - issue 13. Now I loved this cover by Jim Lee, so much so that these two new pages are a homage to it. As silly in reality as that image is (the art however is still amazing), the idea of that 90s male power-fantasy for Gareus was just a perfect fit. What else would Gareus think of when imaging himself as the hero of his own story.

I guess Gareus was there all along when I was 14, taking notes.

Well buddy, you did it, you are a comic book cover hero. Enjoy it (while it lasts).

T-LOG 08 - The Legend Starts a New Journey

Like sands through the hourglass…

So as we roll through a global pandemic and navigate lives in a new way it made me think about how Gareus would handle such obstacles (as you can see as per above - Gareus is just fine). Obviously, one of the key aspects of Gareus is that he can turn a negative into a positive like an evil fantasy McGyver.

Additionally, as Chapter 1 drew to a close I was thinking about exploring more of Gareus’ history and the general mythos of Fintrasia. Much of chapter 1 was showing brief snippets of incompetence that added to the legend as a whole but lacked more poignant moments. I am slowing adding dots to the page and soon we will be able to join them all. No guarantee that the final picture will be a pretty one though!

So chapter 2 is an opportunity to jump into who Gareus is and what made him the selfish, useless, cowardly, and yet lovable annoyance we all know. How am I going to do this? Well lets start with some world building and seeing how Gareus reacts to this world… the great plague you ask? Gareustown? More to come.

Much of the forthcoming chapter may again jump around timeline wise, as I respond to whatever whim and idea that makes me chuckle, but over-all this chapter will be focusing on key moments for our protagonists and placing them in a world that you, the reader can understand.

So if you have been reading thus far from page 1, fear not there is more to come! For those just starting the journey I do apologize in advance but Gareus is probably going to be doing some less than noble things and more than likely will get away scott-free.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Here’s to another chapter of everyone’s #1 selfish, bragging, cowardly, loser, fantasy bard called Gareus and his brave, strong, yet utterly insane follower Dave.

To wicker. To eels. To GAAREEEUUUUS!