DONT' YOU DARE NOT FULL VIEW THIS! It doesn't work small at all!

I apologize right away, because this is a freaking huge file. But I couldn't shrink it any more without losing the story. Thats right, you have to "read" this one, top to bottom.

Sometimes you really feel like the odds are this overwhelming, though . . . not just the evil in this world, the chaos and conflict and death, the hunger, the pain . . . but even your own battles, the despair in your own life . . .

But sometimes, at the very bottom . . .

You get bonus points if you recognize the "modernization" of this story . . .

The non-painted images are photos from my trip to Germany/Normandy and pages from my comic "Spitfire."

Textures from freecgtextures.

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I would offer up a plea for favorites, but I don't think I really want to be that person. Its always frustrating that even after what, six years, I'm still just an obscure little person on this giant site . . . . I suppose my art is only mediocre, but its improving all the time. But if popularity was all I was concerned about, I think that would make me a terrible person. I love drawing what I draw, and I thank everyone that does watch me, because getting a little feedback is always good for an artists heart! I just wish DA wasn't set up like a popularity contest . . .

regardless, good luck to all of you who entered, though I certainly have my opinions on "good versus evil," there are a lot of amazing entries out there. Its true, though, that as humans, we're obsessed with the concept of 'versus.' Everything has its antithesis. Seeing this more clearly . . . perhaps that is what really is meant to be seen from this contest.