An Iron Age forge, incoming Romans, and... a very loud modern reality check! What happens when the ancient world gets cut short?

Stepped into the middle, go back to the beginning here.


Bringing our hero back to his own time required a sudden shock tactic. I took inspiration from the Christopher Reeve time-travel film Somewhere in Time—specifically the moment where a stray bit of modern reality snaps the main character straight out of his historical immersion and drags him back to the present day.

​Here’s a look at the rough draft pencil sketch alongside the inked strip!



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