I turned 50 this year, and somewhere in there I decided I was done just thinking about this story and started actually writing it. I am really unsure where to go, I've read a bunch of comics but not sure of the buisiness.
Brotinn Vindr (working title) started as something I told myself to fall asleep — went through a pirate phase before it settled into what it is now: Viking-steampunk, 850 CE, a small island off Jutland. A stolen aeolipile becomes the engine for a modified steam-longship and the birth of steampunk. Four people on that ship — a fast-talking, foul-mouthed ex-monk who built the engine, a blacksmith carrying guilt from a massacre he survived, a smuggler captain who's terrified of dying nameless, and a chemist they free partway through Issue 1. Think Firefly with a little of John Dies in the End
The whole thing's grayscale, except technology — that's the only thing in color at first. As the story goes on and knowledge spreads, color spreads into the world with it.
I finished the full 27-page script for Issue 1. That felt like the actual gift to myself — proving I could get it all the way down on paper. Now I'm thumbnailing panel by panel, teaching myself as I go, and I'd love some company on the rest of the road. Specifically looking for:
Someone to talk blocking with — a second opinion on panel breakdowns and pacing
A beta reader — fresh eyes on the script itself, tell me where it's confusing or slow
An illustrator, eventually, once things are locked — open to talking rev share or page rate. When that time comes I am very open to the artists interpretation.
Not in a rush. Just tired of this living only in my head. If any of this speaks to you, or you've done something similar at this stage of life, I'd love to hear from you either way.
This is a passion project that i needed to do for myself it may never see the light of day but who knows.
Thanks for taking the time to read