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Here is Rovik! A young male leviathan, adventurous, impulsive, excitable, and full of heart and personality. The finning down his back acts like a crest, usually held flat against his body when neutral, flaring up under strong emotion or when trying to show off.
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ROVIK IS OUT!! This project is finally out and I feel so happy about that, myself and the writers have been working on this for over three years now. It was something I took on because I wanted to prove to myself that it can be done. I am so excited to present it to you guys and see what you think of it. Thank you to the team @avandu.af and to @moviejabber for the support. . Click on the link in bio for the full comic #rovik #starwars
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ROVIK part 02
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THE LAST DAY AT KINSHAZA
The spear raced through the air at terrible speed, everyone in the hunting party felt that this was it. The power and the malice in the thrust, the way the saber spear glinted proudly in the sun as it split the air towards its target. Obusuman had let out a loud roar as he thrust the spear. Everyone watched. “This is definitely it” thought Rovik as he watched the saber spear fly. The Rhino, a 1 tonne beast already at great speed, was trying its best to get away but no… the spear was here and death was waiting with open arms. The spear plunged deep into its side causing the beast to crash forward in a large heap into the grasslands. There were no dying gasps nor twitching muscles, only dust and fresh death. The horns were big and beautiful, Obusuman lifted them into the air after they had been cut off the rhinos face by his subordinate using a panga and a chainsaw. They would fetch a very good price now that it has become a very rare commodity. Rovik stared at the gutted skull of the beast, an ugly sight but a normal sight for him. He felt nothing for the animal. He had seen too much. Rovik took his share, His job was done, The bitmoney transfer to his smart-comm was quick. Obusuman asked him if he would like to join them in the sale of the horns to the client, some extra muscle is always welcome and they would compensate him for it. No, He did not want to spend any more time with these poachers than he had to. The bitmoney he had was enough and he now had some meat for the journey, He finally had all that he needed to make the journey to Brazzaville. Rovik took one last look at the faceless rhino. A faceless rhino, a faceless human, it all feels the same when there is no connection. Rovik decided to take the longer more scenic route to his flat, He went through the mostly empty streets of Kinshaza, remembering how just a few weeks ago they were filled with hawkers, miners and soldiers. His heart sank when he got to the corner where his favourite chapati vendor used to be, A good chapati guy is hard to find. He had been in this mining town for about year now, He knew it was just a matter of time before the mine shut down but he did not think it would be this soon. His commitment to the paramilitary group was finally over, it was not easy leaving, but he left, he felt he had to. Now he does not know what awaits him in Brazzaville but he definitely knows there is nothing here in Kinshaza for him, a youth like him …especially like him, and that also makes the uncertainty of Brazzaville even more scary. The flats where his place was were mostly empty, he walked by them as he headed to his room, there was no music, no laughter, no arguments from the neighbours… just silence. Rovik continued up the stairs to his room, unlocked it but went up to the rooftop instead of going in. Pazuzu, his Lemari walked slowly from out of the unlocked apartment and followed Rovik. The rooftop was one floor above his place. He liked the view from here, he could see the factory in the distance towering above the city below, all powerful. It spoon-fed the city, its’ child, but now it was done. “The empire takes everything…” Said a familiar voice. Rovik turned and looked at his landlady, an old woman whose wrinkles were like an old tree. She was slowly walking towards him. “...ally or enemy, it will take everything. No light can shine in that darkness” she continued as she stopped right infront of him and looked directly into his eyes. She didn’t care anymore. “That is why you have always confused me Rovik, you reek of blood but not death. I have been around many who are of the darkside, their evil was obvious, it turned your blood cold, but you… I guess that makes you even more dangerous…” She stared at him for a moment longer and then went back to her reed chair and gazed out into the distance. That was the first and last ‘conversation’ he ever had with her. Rovik went back to his room with the Lemari, His bags were packed and ready… and with one last look he closed the door and walked down the stairs onto the dirt road towards the forest, Pazuzu in tow.
A Review of Rovik, A Star Wars Homage by Nairobi Collective Avandu.
Rovik is the story of a man once child soldier who’s present life is mired by his inescapable past. Its also set in the Star Wars universe but it’s much, much more than an homage to the franchise.
Rovik is a comic created by Nairobi collective Avandu, specifically, it’s written by Yvonne Wanyoike, Salim Busuru, Kendi Mberia and Illustrated by Salim Busuru. The comic borrows heavily from the collectives experience of living in Kenya and from African culture in general, both the past and present.
As I said this is more than fan fiction, It’s a riveting, human and personal story that is paced extremely well, all the while controlled by a looming sense of desperation and survival that you can all but taste. The story is set on the planet Dukongo, a planet that has been drained for its Agrocite by the empire so that they could build the Deathstar. Yeah that one.
Incessant mining of the planet has decimated it and now all the remains is the planets last mining town of Brazzaville, a lonesome bastion of the empire. The town is populated by those who didn’t have the means to leave and those who came to capitalise on the planets destabilisation.
The comic is split almost between expositional asides and the illustrated pages, and it does an amazing job of balancing these asides with the story itself, placing them between or after major events in the story. Though some of these asides can be pretty text heavy, they aren’t exactly necessary to the story so you could skip them however, I wouldn’t recommend that at all. Reading the asides provides an extra depth to the story that is only hinted and felt during the course of the story, as the asides detail Rovik’s life as a child soldier for the empire and the fate of those he once knew.
Theres a certain kind of stillness/objectivity to how they are written that makes them more absorbing in spite of their harrowing context. There’s such a good interplay too between these asides and illustrated pages, the abruptness with which some of these asides end and lead into an illustration heightens the drama intensely at times.
On another note, the characters designs are really well crafted, each character feels distinct and individualised by an exceptional level of intricacy poured into them by Salim Busuru. Each character exudes a uniqueness, the way they carry themselves, speak and react to each other, each element has been given thought to and it’s so impressive upon the reader.
The minimal use of text and dialogue throughout the comic allows the comic to breathe and it’s made all the more visually arresting because of it. It also allows the suspense to be built at a slow and eerie pace. There’s little foreboding moments that subtly change the tone of a scene for example, usually its simple things like an ominous expression or a change in the lighting. At times it has this western kind of feel, established by these slowly building moments of inaction and then sudden action so that when things do finally climax, it feels incredibly abrupt and vicious.
The severity of the situation continues to take you by surprise, theres a moment during a fight scene where a bad guys friend is killed and as he slumps to the ground, his friend screams in complete bewilderment. Its this slowing of pace during all the surrounding chaos that really ups the drama and tension of the situation.
I also want to draw your attention to the use of blood throughout the comic, theres a particular vibrancy in it and its usage throughout drives home the mortality and fragility of each character it appears on. Rovik is beaten severely and is so out of whack that by the end of the comic he can barely see, it adds a certain weight to the previous sequences and their consequences.
Lastly, the relationship between the Albino Lemari, Pazuzu, and Rovik is so beautifully handled that the metaphor never feels heavy handed, that metaphor being that these are both two damaged, abandoned and broken characters and its that shared commonality between the two that allows them to really understand one another on a deeper level. Again, the asides illustrate this relationship masterfully and add new dimensions to the relationship.
To present such a real and gritty story that is sadly a dreadful reality for many children across the globe in a fantastical world in a way that never seems to hamper the story, is all credit to the amazing ability of the Avandu team. I’m really looking forward to any and all future projects they have planned.
