OLD RAM

ART DIRECTION / SCRIPT

CHARLY FERNANDEZ

STAFFDRAWING / INk

SVEN HEkTOR

SCRIPT / GREYSCALELUCAS LÓPEZ

ANIMATION AND 3DDEH

VECTORIZATION / GREYSCALEMAURO LÓPEZ

STYLE CORRECTION

LIC. ÁLVARO OLMEDO

Translation to English: Sven Hektor

Fernández, Carlos Antonio

Zirconia : Viejo Carnero . - 1a ed. - San Juan : el autor, 2014.

32 p. : il. ; 24x17 cm.

ISBN 978-987-33-5677-3

1. Novela Gráfica. 2. Historietas. I. Título

CDD 863.022 2

Fecha de Catalogación: 27/06/2014

“OLD RAM”CHAPTER 1

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THE EARTH CHAngEd. AfTER CEnTuRiEs of EvoluTion, THE woRld dEvE-loPEd THE nAno-molECulAR AgE EnAbling THE gEnERATion of “bio-inERT” mATERiAls. CybERnETiC PRosTHEsis wERE mAnufACTuREd wHiCH AdAPTEd PERfECTly on AnimAls And HumAns. THousAnds of PEoPlE HAd THEiR PHysiCAl AbiliTiEs PoTEnTiATEd THAnks To THis biomECHA-niCAl EnginEERing.

in THE TimE sPAn of 300 yEARs, THE woRld PowER CombinEd THEiR foR-CEs And foRmEd TERRiToRiAl REgions, THus EliminATing THE boRdERs Among nATions. mAn REACHEd sATuRn And sEvERAl of iTs moons. PERmAnEnT bAsEs wERE EsTAblisHEd on THE moon And mARs. AT lAsT, THE REd PlAnET sHowEd THE signs of THE long susPECTEd AliEn lifE.THE CommoTion CAusEd by THE ARRivAl of THEsE “bEings” lAsTEd dECAdEs. EARTH’s nEw PowER sTRuCTuRE slAvEd And mARginAlizEd THE nEw guEsTs.

somE AliEn minERAls likE THE “CoRlium” And “TERilium” wERE THE sAlvATion To mAny disEAsEs. THE “dAnECRoum” subsTiTuTEd THE gold And diAmonds, wHilE THE “ziRConiA” fusEd TogETHER wiTH “CoPPER” bECAmE inTo THE mosT imPoRTAnT minERAl gEnERAToR of THE Coming CEnTuRiEs.

dECAdEs And dECAdEs PAssEd sinCE THE ubT (union of boRdERlEss TERRiToRiEs) TERminATEd THE symbioTiC gEnEsis PRojECTs – g41 wiTH imPlAnTs on HumAns. sinCE THEn THE “HYbRIDS” –As THEy ARE known- wERE RElEgATEd To foRCEd lAboR oR ConfinEd To EnTERTAinmEnT sHows.

RAZIA And HER Twin sisTER CHEZ, lEfT ARgEnTuRiA And joinEd “ZIR-CONIA”, THE mosT fAmous fREAk CiRCus of THE PRo-AgE. THAnks To büLLENT And His wAndERing HoRn, THEy dEvEloPEd ExTRAoRdinARy AbiliTiEs nEvER sEEn bEfoRE.

nowAdAys, AT THE dAwn of THE fouRTH millEnnium, THE nEo-woRld ConsidERs THEm THE MOST STRIkING SHOW TO HAVE EVER ExISTED…

AFTER OUR TIMES...

Chez is right, not everything must have an explanation. maybe it’s nothing more than a Couple of badly wired CirCuits in my baCk…

i still Can’t figure it out, why a Coin, a stone, a spear?

or perhaps not…

Year: 3004BHUTaN - SOUTHerN aSIa

dad used to talk about that mountain as if he had seen it. maybe that plaCe never exis-ted. neither did the Coin… maybe he and his grandfather believed in that myth…

… a senseless myth…

a Coin…?

wHAT THE...?

wHERE did you go…?

¿¡ ... !?

she stood quiet over the floating bridge for a moment as an old willow was roC-king his tree Cup full of Cables. the huge Coppery moon was dawning. suddenly, like a lightning, a flash of light went past her…

you AgAin?

* - / * - * //

Hey, HolD oN!

shhm

shhm

WHAT…?

* - / * - * //* - / * - * //

WHo…?

WHo Are you?

i CAn’T undERsTAnd you…

buT wHAT…

wHERE ARE you going…?

i CAn’T…

shhmshhm

and she thought the lighthouses were a good plaCe to find answers.

she flew without a set Course.

onCe more it disappeared without leaving a traCe. it was not the first time it did it. she just Couldn’t figure out its Complex language.

with it, it was all an enigma.

Sonic Speed engaged.

iT CAn’T bE…!

wHAT’s THAT…?

wHAT’s THis doing HERE?

How did iT know?

mAybE iT wAs iT… buT… How?

i wanted to let you know

that we are all ready!

reducing thruSt

to 10%.

Scanning in progreSS…

anSwer me, Sonica girl…!

SUIT: I NeeD INFormATIoN AbouT THIS mATerIAl…

razia, razia,

anSwer me, over!

SUIT: GIVe me A NANo-CHemICAl ANAlySIS…

theSe bronze coinS were uSed in china for

over a thouSand yearS. they belong to the

codelco collection Since the twenty-firSt

century. the firSt meanS of payment appeared

during the Second millennium b.c. in the

form of axeS made out of copper or bronze.

in Siberia and china, bronze knifeS were

uSed at the Start of the thirteenth century

b.c. bronze barS were pretty common in iran,

around the year 700 b.c. the king of lidia in

aSia minor introduced for the firSt time the

coining of gold, Silver and copper coinS. it

waS thiS SyStem that eStabliShed itSelf aS

the main SyStem of payment acroSS the world.

i nEEd To REmEmbER A liTTlE moRE…

givE mE onE moRE minuTE, Ak-wAsi…

(Source: “civilization and copper. the codelco collection.”

Santiago, chile. 1St edition. 2001, page 37).

THE old RAm APPEAREd on ToP of THE mounTAin…

“i Am going To TEll you onE moRE TimE, my dAugHTER. TRy To AlwAys REmEmbER iT. THis PoEm HAs bEEn in ouR fAmi-ly foR mAny gEnERATions And mAybE onE dAy you CAn mAnAgE To dECiPHER wHAT wE Couldn’T. THE onE, wHo found iT, wRoTE As A TiTlE ‘A Coin, A sTonE, A sPEAR’. REPEAT wiTH mE RAziA…

An EnTiRE CivilizATion of 40000 mEn.

THE dARk body, THE REd EyEs And THE AnTlERs.

PRoTECTing THE mosT PRECious mETAl.

CARvEd TRougH millEnniums.

dAd, HElP mE REmEmbER…

THE bEll-RingERs of THE End of THE woRld…

knEw THE bElls wERE noT mAdE of gold…

THE boATmAn THAT lEAvEs THE sHoRE bRinging THE bodiEs To THE oTHER sidE did noT CollECT His TRibu-TE on gold oR silvER…

THE EmPiREs of gunPow-dER fillEd THEiR AmPHoRAE And THEiR CAnnons wiTH THE only mETAl THAT Endu-REd THE fiREs of TimE…

likEwisE wiTH THE nAvigA-ToRs And THEiR ComPAssEs.

THE wATCHEs did noT bREAk down undER THE nEEdlEs of dEsTiny,

A TiC TAC moRE solid THAn sTEEl kEPT THE CiRClE going.

THE musiC dEdiCATEd To CRown viCToRiEs Coming fRom THE sound of A CoPPERy HoRn.

THE dEATH And lifE losT foR A liTTlE…

…jusT A liTTlE of THEiR own ExisTEnCE.”

modERn wRiTERs Also RECoRdEd wiTH THE foRCE of bRAss.

yeS, buT AS uSuAl THe olD TArAS IS STeAmING.

buT We FIlleD AlmoST TEN CONTAINERS!

yeAH, I CouNTeD THem mySelF.

IS eVeryoNe Alre-ADy oN THe reHeAr-SAl ArCH?

Sorry Ak-WASI, I WeNT To TAke A FlIGHT oVer To THe FloATING brID-GeS AND TIme JuST SlI-ppeD by…

FINAlly, you’re bACk! WHere Were you? I’Ve beeN TryING To CoNTACT you For A WHIle…

IT’S ok, rAZIA. GeT IN So I CAN Tell you…

Sonica! are you there?

CHEZ HAs To know THAT i found iT.

büLLENT on THE oTHER HAnd… HE CAn’T find ouT THAT wE found THis Coin.

noT yET.

rumor HAST IT THAT THere Are No more reSerVeS For uS, AND THAT GíbATA WANTS more meTAlS IN reTurN… THAT bASTArD NeVer HAS eNouGH.

opening gateS.

RISHAAD IS TAlkING AbouT SToppING THE REHEARSALS.

Hmmm… THey’re DeTerIo-rATING AND I’m STArTING To Feel WeAk. I DoN’T THINk my meTAlS WIll HolD oN For ANoTHer 3 moNTHS WITHouT ZIRCO-NIAS. WHAT Do We Do?

GET INSIDE!

FINAlly, THe loST FIreFly DeCIDeS To SHoW up! HAVe you FINISHeD your NIGHTly rouND?

ToGeTHer WITH CHEZ, PUMA AND THE IMANTOS, We AGree oN SToppING THe CIrCuS For A WHIle, HoW Are you Copper AlloyS?

razia, are you alre-

ady in the horn?

oNe more TWIrl IMANTOS!

TARAS, HAS pApA WIZArD GoT THe FooD oN THe TAble reADy?

büLLENT WANTS To See eVeryoNe.

Very FuNNy…

HA HA HA!

lookS lIke uNCle TARAS IS IN A bAD mooD…

here i am, chez.

SILENCE! We HAVe To TAlk!

AlTerNATIVe CoVerby mAuRo lóPEz

oNly oNe SpHere oF ZIRCONIAS remAINS…

Some oF you WIll eAT…

buT THe reST…

WIll HAVe To WAIT.

CHooSe NoW…

DoN’T mAke me WASTe my TIme…

RRUbbISH! PURE RRUbbISH!

WE’VE ENDURRED MONTHS WITHOUT EATING A SINGLE ONE!

I’M OLD, I DEMAND ONE FOR MYSELF.

I CAN’T Fly WITHouT THem!

you kNoW THAT!

DAmN WArloCk!

my THrruSTerS DoN’T rreSpoND ANymorre!

my WHeel WoN’T SpIN!THere’S No DISCuSSIoN. THe youNGer oNeS WIll HAVe To WAIT.

RAZIA

RAINA

Ak - WASI

PUMA

RISHAAD

TARAS

grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

FuCk!

¡oH, No!

WEI LONG

AbbY

CHEZ

bĂI

OWEN

AUkA

IluSTrATIoN For bACk CoVerby svEn HEkToR

IT’S TIme To Go bACk.

To bURSMANY...

HeADING: 3, 2, 2.

rAISe THe HorN, TARAS…

We GoT A SHoW To prepAre For.

ENOUGH!

GET TO WORk!

FIGure ouT WHAT TO DO!

TO bE CONTINUED…

TIme IS COPPER.

IluSTrATIoN For CoVerby luCAs lóPEz

AlTerNATIVe CoVerby CHARly fERnAndEz

undER THE HARsH sibERiAn winTER, THE fuRious gíbATA lEAvEs THE foRTREss TAking wiTH Him THE dRAgoRs. somETHing sinis-TER HidEs bEHind THE wAlls of THE dEsolATEd miR minE. A bRu-TAl HunT foR bodiEs is unlEAsHEd fRom THE skiEs. mEAnwHilE A dEsPERATE gRouP of THiEvEs CAusEs dEsTRuCTion in THE floA-Ting CiTy of THE wEsT.

nExT numbER

In ThE nExT chApTER#2 / <GÍbATA AND THE bLACk MIRRORS>

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A coin, a stone, a spear

A gRouP of HybRid-HumAn CiRCus PERfoRmERs wiTH RoboTiC imPlAnTs wAndER fRom Town To Town wiTH THEiR ExTRAvAgAnT sHow. THis sHow is PAid wiTH “ziRConiAs”, sPHEREs fRom wHiCH THEy fEEd fRom And kEEP THEiR mETAls ACTivE. buT onE nigHT unExPECTEd ComPliCATions ARisE. An AnCiEnT myTH REsuRgEs. A Coin And A RAm oPEn THE dooRs of A nEw dEsTiny. THE RulEs of THE CiRCus CHAngE, now THEy’ll HAvE To figHT foR THEiR livEs…

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