Scarabus
A note from the author
Story time is the year 998.
I started work on this story in 1997, when I was heavily into Cerebus. I didn't finish it at the time, but recently rediscovered it, re-drew large parts of the opening chapter as well as small parts of the second chapter, and added the final two chapters.
[*] Note: When I wrote this part, I was still writing and thinking in Dutch. The word I used was "Aardmannetje", a Dutch word meaning a gnome or underground spirit. It doesn't translate well, but the word survives in the name of a famous British animation company...
