A while back I had an idea for a comedy based around a Roman slave. It was just a bunch of bits really, like a sketch show, not really a story exactly.
Luckily I ran across Alf Collins on Facebook, I think he had just joined one of the writers groups and he was looking to get something made. So I asked him for a few proposals, and he came back with three ideas…and one was for a Roman slave comedy. Funny how things work out.
So, Alf wrote up a script draft, and I put a few of my bits into it, and out the other end of the sausage factory came Atticus Decimater, a tale of heroism and overcoming adversity. A tale about, hands down, the worst slave Rome has ever had.
So the script sat for about the last year, and then I saw another post by artist Daniel Sebastian Varela Baino and knew he would be a perfect fit for Atticus. We are looking to have the book done in black and white, and it’s looking to be about 26 pages.
Here is the first page pencils for Atticus:
As soon as I saw the perspective on that first panel, I knew we had a winner. The script is done, and soon we will have the inks for the first 5 pages. More updates to come!