Hello all,
I'm new to this community, the reason I joined is to share my new dark fantasy comic "Orpheus Bloody Requiem", so far I have published one chapter, but I will be uploading chapter 2 soon.
This comic is not structured like a traditional panel-based comic. Instead of multiple panels per page, each panel is a full-page vertical or horizontal spread, designed to feel more cinematic and immersive. Some images may require slight scrolling to be seen in full. Each chapter contains around 206 pages and is intended to be read in one sitting, taking roughly 40 minutes to an hour, closer to watching a TV episode than flipping through a conventional comic.
It was created with heavy assistance from AI tools, combined with extensive human curation and editing. Every page was carefully directed and assembled by me. In many cases, creating a single page or panel took several hours: backgrounds, characters, and effects were generated and refined separately, then manually composed together to match my vision. Each page also went through significant post-editing.
The comic is completely free and you can find it here:
https://stevenkurusawa.itch.io/orpheus-bloody-requiem-chapter-1
The story the comic deals with:
"Orpheus was a gifted poet, musician, and seer. Beloved by all, every living being longed to hear the sound of his lyre. Yet, in a tragic turn of fate, he was brutally murdered by the very people who once worshipped him. His body was torn apart, his head cast into a river, and his blood spilled upon the earth. Centuries later, the consequences of that act still echo through the world. Orpheus: Bloody Requiem is a dark fantasy tale about myth, legacy, violence, and the long shadow of a legend that refuses to fade. "
I'm attaching the cover image from the comic, if you click on the link above you can see 10 sample screenshots so you can decide if it interests you before downloading it. Hopefully somebody decides to give it a chance and enjoys reading it as much as I did creating it : - )
