Imago, Nebraska
A Graphic Novel in four parts
1.
The Book of Spring
CHARACTERS
Theo Holloway
Age: 34
Arrives to Imago by train after his home gets destroyed by a hurricane. A kind and meek, but melancholic man, who upon meeting Rose postpones his plan to end his own life.
Rose Vargas
Age: 31
Waitress at a local café. A romantic girl with a difficult childhood and a mild kleptomania. Theo makes a huge impression on her.
Johnny "Gemini" Kraus
Age: 27
Younger brother of the notorious gang leader: Eric Kraus, who recently served his prison sentence and childhood friend of Tammy Hodges.
Tammy Hodges
Age: 25
Sister of Max Hodges and fiancée of deputy Liam Jackson. She has difficulties telling fantasy and reality apart, a condition for which she medicates herself.
Liam Jackson
Age: 26
Deputy to the Sheriff, son of Wyatt and Margaret Jackson, engaged to Tammy Hodges. Not many take him seriously.
Jane Holloway
Age: 32
Theo's wife whom he tragically lost when the hurricane swept across the city of Marlwell.
CHAPTERS
Theo arrives to Imago and his brief encounter with Rose leads to unforeseen consequences.
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When Eric Kraus decides to turn his life around by selling the junkyard they grew up in, Johnny doesn't take it too well. He recalls the memories they shared there with Tammy as kids, but this only makes him desperate and quite possibly spiral out of control. Meanwhile, Theo spends some time with Gemma and learns that finding a job in Imago as an outsider is not as easy as he imagined.
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When Mazie Hickey asks Theo for her own clay figurine, she accidentally sets off a chain of events that could very well tear her family apart.
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Theo's newfound happiness is overshadowed by his memories of the night the hurricane swept through Marlwell. Things take a turn for the worse, when Johnny makes an effort to patch things up with Tammy. Gemma pays an old friend a visit.
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Two weeks after the events that shook the lives of many in Imago, the locals get together to strengthen their bonds and show their support for one another. Rose is hosting a yard sale for charity to part with the items she stole over the years, while Stevie Rompton, editor-in-chief at the Daily Jam is forced to question the values he stands for.
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Preparing to fully embrace the new life he built there, Theo recalls the hours of devastation that led him to board the morning train to Imago. For Rose, it's the life she worked hard for, the life of her dreams and it's finally just within reach.
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CREDITS
In the making of The Book of Spring, I used derivatives of images and 3D models originally created by talented artists. Many of them are the following:Booth.pm:いゆい / 清水ステラVroid / 宮園アラタ Arata Miyazono / ヨワオトコ / Alqmia / jessair_ / KartikaKhaos / pinbani / ShopSlopeCGTrader:3D_D&T / 3d-rina / 3dscan / Aleksey / Andre Bürger / Andrey Rosyaev / Arash Hamrah / Art-FX / Ajay Dhungana / Assetland / Atilay OZNUR / Ayush Sharma / azerilo / Azuos Vintage / BasenOnPro / Ben / brightvisiongame / cerberus / chillasart / cplnet / Darkroom Graphic Studio / Denis Yemelianenko / Dennis Wormgoor / Dexsoft Games / Dmitriy Masaltsev / Dolphin-GS / Dorukan Girişken / dot3ds / Dove CG / ensureAlways / Enterables / Erasers45-Studios / game-ready / gamertose / GetDeadEntertainment / goldenztuff / Gregory Sukhov / Grigory Vdovin / Guy-In-a-Poncho / HybrisFactory / igblocks / Jesse Sullivan / Kusal Videshan / Kyrylo / Lars Nieuweboer / Leartes Studios / LeartesStudios / lixmxil / Love-Message / lucky95 / lugiagames / MAD Assets / madgoatstudio / Marcel Plagmann / Mehmet UÇAK / Mixall / mohdarbaaz3 / Muhammed Attia / MXD / Neeraj Parchand / Nimikko / nykonny / Poly Scan / PropDrop / Purple Jump / rescue3dcom / Rounak Singh / Sepand Jahrominejad / shubhankar-arch-3d / somgabor / svetababicheva / Tabacaru Vlad / tirgamesassets / vinner1234567890 / vouchak / ynarts3DAnd some artists on Pixabay.com. If you find that I forgot to credit you for an asset I used in the making of this comic, please contact me at [email protected] to discuss details! If you are credited for an asset used, but you would rather not be, or you would like to request for me not to use your assets (when it comes to future projects of mine), please send a message! Please note, that no past or ongoing project of mine will be revised to remove derivatives of assets used in the making of it. Furthermore, no artist listed here is morally or legally responsible for how their assets were used and they cannot be held responsible for how my creative work is perceived by others! Thank you!