Chakan:The Forever Man

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"It has been so long...So very long...

I have hunted evil for no less then a thousand years. Yet, I remember well how this pain started... as though it were just yesterday...

When my blood was warm, I was a great warrior. Neither man nor beast could best me in mortal combat. Then, in my arrogance, I said one day even Death himself will bow before my swords...

He smiled and said, 'From a man of death from death himself, a wager. If you win, eternal life is yours. If I win, you soul is mine to do with as I wish.' Foolishly I accepted...

With sword and spell, we clashed toe to toe. The world trembled at our unleashed powers. I attacked with such fury and might, that even death himself was taken aback, and then, incredibly, felled.

I toppled the master and he granted my reward. I am cursed to live until all supernatural evil is destroyed. I hunt...and fight...and kill, until the end of my curse.

Only then will I be able to seek solitude and forever rest."


This was a lot of fun to work on. This is Chakan, a character created by Robert A. Kraus for his indie comic that became the star of one of my favorite Sega Genesis games.

A second collaboration long overdue, aka Izaak treated me to a personal color job on what would be his 100th inking, all done as a special gift to me. I noticed his impressive inking skills becoming grittier and darker, so on one of his recent pieces, I suggested he should do a Chakan related piece. Found one on dA and he inked it up fantastically, capturing that underground comic book scene and the character perfectly. On top of that, it fulfilled a want to do a Chakan related piece, so I thank him from the bottom of my heart for being such a wonderful dA friend all this time, offering me encouragement and advice, and sticking with me since our original TRON collaboration ([link]).