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Archetype Academy

xailenrath

on Feb. 9, 2019

A few years ago, when the mojo was flowing in a proper manner, I grabbed an old school notebook and began scribbling.
What came of that was the concept of Archetype Academy.
Inspired by cartoons and comics like Gravedale High, Galaxy High and X-Men, this was the concept of - instead of, say, different monsters, or mutants or aliens, this high school would cater to those destined to be big heroes or villains in multiple genres of fiction.

The main protagonists are Hiro Protagonist IV (which, I have heard the pun name before, but it was perfect, so I used it), Sarah Sasquatch, and Vinnie Velocity (couldn't resist getting my second favorite superpower in there, somehow.)
They would take the new kid, Billie McKannix, under their wing and show him around.
In that notebook, I created kids from just about every genre I could think of: There are superheroes & villains, wizards and witches, aliens, western cowboys, knights, elves, etc…
There's even an academy for kaiju just over the hill… or, at least, it LOOKS like it's just over the hill. It's actually 100 miles away, and that "hill" is a mountain.
As per my usual M.O., I scribbled out about 22 comics in that notebook in ballpoint pen, and tried to redo them with finished art, only to get 3 done, only 2 of which currently have words.
As per usual, as well, I swear to myself that I'll come back to it, someday.

Here in strip one, we meet 'Pro', Sarah and Vinnie.