The Pandemic Graphic Novel Project
Always write or draw when you are Inspired
It started in March 2020 and went on for over four months. This was the first time in the 21st century that the world experienced a lockdown due to a pandemic.
At the start of the lockdown, I decided that it was about time that I started to create a comic book. I had always wanted to make my own comic. I had grown up reading DC and Marvel comics. Being a writer and an artist this was a great opportunity to put my ideas into a comic strip.
I started my comic book project “Pandemic Blasters” in March and completed an over hundred-pages illustrated graphic novel at the beginning of July 2020. “Pandemic Blasters”, is a work of fiction written and illustrated by me.
The Story: The world has been overcome by a virus that is sweeping across countries and wiping out populations. This virus, which has reached the proportion of a pandemic is of unknown origins and is obliterating human civilization.
This unseen enemy has crippled world economies and brought the world to its knees. There is no cure in sight. A group of individuals called the “Pandemic Blasters” appointed by the International Federation of the World are the only hope for the human population.
People are now used to being in lockdowns, wearing face-masks, and washing hands with disinfectant hand-washes constantly, in order to protect them from an unbeatable virus. Lives have been lost all across the planet and it seems that scientists have not yet created a vaccine to destroy this ravenous monster, which feeds on human lives.
The Pandemic Blasters discover an ancient manuscript, which may hold the clue as to how the virus can be destroyed. But, will the team of Pandemic Blasters be in time to save humanity?
Can the world survive a battle with an unseen enemy or does this mark the gradual extinction of mankind? Humanity evolves over a long period of time, but then so does the virus, which is capable of adapting and surviving in any environment, terrestrial or extra-terrestrial.
I enjoyed creating my first graphic novel. It was a challenge, but it was an exhilarating experience to finally complete the project. Here are a few pages from the graphic novel, “Pandemic Blasters”, which I have used to illustrate this article.
I had my views and opinions on the pandemic and I wanted to express them artistically and creatively. This is my primary reason for creating the graphic novel. The secondary reason was that it kept my mind occupied, and my creative juices flowing, as I drew and wrote the graphic novel.
The graphic novel ends on a hopeful note. We know that we will defeat this virus so that we can get on with our lives. We would all love to live a normal life once again.
If you are inspired to create a piece of work, a story, an article, a novel, or a comic book, do so without hesitation. Sometimes, when we procrastinate and do not get down to putting our ideas on paper immediately, we lose them and those unique, inspirational ideas disappear.